17 commits

Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Carlos Marques	f281829318	fix mismatching file name in example (#655)	2023-07-20 17:59:43 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin	16ffcd0651	move estimated effort after the prerequisites	2023-07-13 21:23:23 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin	db1d3c8404	revert change of title ... introducing a negatively connotated word is probably not a good idea. there is some risk of inducing fear that was not there before, and the tongue-in-cheek aspect may not come across. the title should be unique and easy to recognise, and it was. "Reading the Nix language" is already the title of the talk most of this is based on, and we shouldn't reuse it	2023-07-13 21:23:23 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin	57741ca766	fix custom admonition	2023-07-13 21:23:23 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin	561ee13ffa	don't use mobile wikipedia	2023-07-13 21:23:23 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin	fc308c367e	clarify details on name assignment ... this fills a long-standing gap of not mentioning function arguments as another form of name assignment	2023-07-13 21:23:23 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin	633a35514c	shorten introduction ... the allusion to the Elements of Programming[0] never really worked out [0]: https://mitp-content-server.mit.edu/books/content/sectbyfn/books_pres_0/6515/sicp.zip/full-text/book/book-Z-H-10.html#%_sec_1.1	2023-07-13 21:23:23 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin	8f4f1936c0	rename the Nix language tutorial ... this collapses the "don't panic" section into a motivating introduction and gives the document a more distinctive name. this also addresses feedback stating that having "basics" in the title may be misleading about the effort required to work through the tutorial.	2023-07-13 21:23:23 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin	181fdc6ced	refer to Nix manual for identifier syntax (#542) ... that information should not be maintained here	2023-06-08 02:19:23 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin	53a71b0666	same statement for both laziness notes	2023-05-30 15:11:20 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin	8009e92f82	do not leave pointers to the WHNF rabbit hole ... these details are for the reference manual	2023-05-30 15:11:20 +02:00
Robert Hensing	1106e43cc1	nix-language: Don't imply strict eval is a thing (nix-instantiate)	2023-05-30 15:11:20 +02:00
Robert Hensing	6518e7cd6b	nix-language: Don't imply strict eval is a thing	2023-05-30 15:11:20 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin	ac5b6c2a41	clarify notes on reading files ... placeholders were referred to before showing the example, this is probably confusing	2023-05-11 18:49:29 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin	2bc7e57227	reword note on default.nix	2023-05-11 18:40:27 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin	964b3cf2e1	update Nix version in tutorial ... this is the one currently in nixpkgs-unstable	2023-05-11 18:39:50 +02:00
Zach Mitchell	b573def109	Set the structure of the tutorials section	2023-05-07 09:08:04 -06:00

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