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Author SHA1 Message Date
Valentin Gagarin
f35b3aa47b do not use unwarranted pkgs in example 2022-08-31 09:16:37 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
71e9c28694 reword introduction to overview 2022-08-15 11:15:03 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
bc315326fa fix whitespace to please markdown
keep some indentation to ease source readability
2022-08-15 11:13:05 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
6ba8d6dc82 add more examples on string interpolation 2022-08-15 11:06:40 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
c209e6e108 add more list examples 2022-08-15 10:18:56 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
0378531bf2 add curried function 2022-08-15 10:18:56 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
2e4704ca93 add second @ pattern example 2022-08-15 10:18:56 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
5c25bdee50 add null 2022-08-15 10:18:56 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
391fd10b12 add home path 2022-08-15 10:18:56 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
587ae9ada5 add search path 2022-08-15 10:18:56 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
21438acc70 add absolute path 2022-08-15 10:18:56 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
e6f7c180de add floating point number 2022-08-15 10:18:56 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
292cab039d add multi-line string 2022-08-15 10:18:56 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
f165a8ae08 flarify relative path semantics 2022-08-15 10:18:56 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
43188d3d18 make hash and version distinguishable as placeholder 2022-08-15 10:18:56 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
90836397d3 remove stale section link 2022-08-15 10:18:56 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
3378a3bce8 add syntax overview from NixOS manual
taken verbatim to keep track of required corrections.

made it an HTML table to more easily change structure and keep diffs
minimal.
2022-08-15 10:18:56 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra
af4e8b00fb
Merge pull request #6882 from DeterminateSystems/allow-multi-user-as-root
Allow installing multi-user as root on macOS and Linux
2022-08-12 10:19:03 +02:00
Graham Christensen
7bb1e913b3 Don't prompt about using sudo if we're already root 2022-08-10 09:37:08 -04:00
Graham Christensen
88a0f3b6ba Strip whitespace in installing-binary.md 2022-08-10 09:37:08 -04:00
Eelco Dolstra
4eb566603a
Comment out the architecture section
This needs more review and probably should be a separate book.
2022-08-05 11:01:40 +02:00
John Ericson
39d32ac4c6 Add disclaimer that arch section is WIP and links may rot
So we can iterate without worrying so much.
2022-08-04 14:02:58 -04:00
John Ericson
6f6498f59c Remove header fragments which is not needd 2022-08-04 14:02:38 -04:00
John Ericson
016d7a8f78 Fix rosetta stone file name 2022-08-04 14:02:19 -04:00
John Ericson
b430a6743c Remove sections within from SUMMARY 2022-08-04 14:01:55 -04:00
John Ericson
bc118854d0 Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/master' into doc-what-is-nix 2022-08-04 09:11:42 -04:00
Valentin Gagarin
b631742277 fix page rendering
apparently it is not possible to link to page anchors with `mdBook`[1]

[1]: https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/issues/167
2022-08-04 14:31:33 +02:00
Domen Kožar
7d1280bbaf
Merge pull request #6678 from abathur/update_darwin_uninstall
doc: update darwin uninstall instructions
2022-08-04 14:09:09 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
cc3a5f4ba2 use correct mdBook syntax for callouts 2022-08-04 14:04:14 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
8cec32e7f5 fix directory tree renderings 2022-08-04 13:51:35 +02:00
Domen Kožar
84a26882f8
Update doc/manual/src/installation/installing-binary.md
Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
2022-08-04 06:23:45 -05:00
Domen Kožar
3c2de2da01
Update doc/manual/src/installation/installing-binary.md
Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
2022-08-04 06:23:36 -05:00
Valentin Gagarin
3df1ee2ba5 clarify what explicitly declaring certain dependencies means 2022-08-04 12:37:48 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
b7309ce624 move architecture to the end 2022-08-04 12:37:48 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
00a7eaed67 add file system object to table of contents 2022-08-04 12:37:48 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
db6faf44a9 clarify what store objects can be
the store of course makes a distinction, but that is not relevant here
2022-08-04 12:37:48 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
0228eb8ae7 add Java example on manual dependency declaration 2022-08-04 12:37:48 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
29c062537d hashes: truncate -> reduce, mention SHA-256
the longer SHA-256 hashes are not truncated, but in fact processed.

Co-authored-by: Thomas <twatson52@mac.com>
2022-08-04 12:37:48 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
9cabba1fc3 mention hard links
Co-authored-by: Thomas <twatson52@mac.com>
2022-08-04 12:37:48 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
bac86231ad use "build plan" consistently 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
5a5a95696f note customized base32
Nix omits E O U T characters for some reason.
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
de5dea45f7 use correct Nix entity
Nix itself does care a lot about what type of store object you have.
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
fe4c0b8d75 fix typo
Co-authored-by: Thomas <twatson52@mac.com>
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
def80d5777 add subsections to table of contents 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
c345345dee concept map: align hights
this has the weird but nice emergent property that terms at the same
height are roughly at the same level of abstraction.
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
a28d6878b2 concept map: put closure as it is in the chapter
this is not as compact any more, but it more closely resembles the
chapter structure, and clearly shows that the closure property is the
key idea on which most of Nix operates.
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
475a332025 make concept map even more compact 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
d8b2f9f772 make concept map more compact
invert arrows to/from derivation:
- we need closures to form derivations
- we need derivations to perform builds
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
348432f48f store: add concept map
this should help nativate the chapter by indicating which terms should
be known to understand a given concept.
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
ec43977553 store: match chapter introduction to outline
the various levels of detail should describe the same things.
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00