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Gabriella Gonzalez 51d2fa4e9c
Add credit for integration test example (#434) 2023-02-08 01:22:50 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin c22b9e139f remove notes and links to verifying Nix installation
Nix releases aren not signed any more:
https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/7411

nixos.org does not have the referenced section any more:
https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-homepage/pull/975
2023-02-06 10:30:48 +01:00
Felix Uhl e57b033647 Rename antiquotation to string interpolation
This is in accordance with the official naming, which was
[changed in Release 2.13](https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/release-notes/rl-2.13.html).
2023-01-30 15:27:17 +01:00
Domen Kožar ea42f78c36
Merge pull request #422 from doubledup/patch-1
Make install command in documentation compatible with fish shell
2023-01-24 16:40:41 +00:00
Ottmar Deinhart d8b911d12f
show how to exit nix repl (#433) 2023-01-20 22:21:53 +01:00
luukasahola 5a0d95fcd2 Fixed a minor function spelling error (Definitely didn't fix this to claim to be a NixOS contributor) 2023-01-10 12:25:19 +02:00
Luc Perkins af9c9eb3c1
Merge pull request #405 from yukiisbored/styling
Improve readibility via styling improvements
2023-01-05 16:43:55 +00:00
David Dunn be05bdef94
Use a pipe for all install commands 2022-12-28 09:36:27 +04:00
Valentin Gagarin ee2b3d63a0
Merge pull request #420 from gkelly/update-nixpkgs
Update example pinned nixpkgs to a recent one
2022-12-23 10:46:49 +01:00
Yuki Langley d8ee8efca0 install-nix: Use tabs to choose OS 2022-12-18 21:58:05 +01:00
Yuki Langley 5d1fa6c217 Use grid instead of table 2022-12-18 21:58:01 +01:00
Yuki Langley 505a96774c Use dropdown instead of details 2022-12-18 21:53:52 +01:00
Yuki Langley 79ca846ada Use Value instead of Result
Nix language tutorial asserts that it is called *Nix value* not *Nix
result*.
2022-12-18 21:18:28 +01:00
Yuki Langley 742f525741 Distinguish visually between expression and result
Related to https://github.com/NixOS/nix.dev/pull/395
2022-12-18 21:18:28 +01:00
David Dunn 4965408021
Add fish shell syntax for process substitution 2022-12-17 13:11:48 +02:00
Hans Christian v. Stockhausen e583297654
Fix minor error with import-builtin example (#421) 2022-12-16 18:45:35 +01:00
Garret Kelly 3264e91e74 Update example pinned nixpkgs to a recent one
The pinned nixpkgs in these examples does not work with more recent
versions of nix.

Fixes #419
2022-12-14 11:27:22 -05:00
Valentin Gagarin aeaf6a3cd9
Merge pull request #415 from mmolhoek/fix/document-pi-4-display-problem
Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
2022-12-13 12:24:30 +01:00
Mischa Molhoek 8290fb7c8f Comment about display problems and fix with older kernel
Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
2022-12-13 12:23:21 +01:00
Mischa Molhoek 26a7673f73
You have to run nixos-rebuild switch as well (#416) 2022-12-10 19:15:55 +01:00
Yuki Langley 3f95a892ff
Rewrite "Set up development environment" (#376)
* Rewrite "Set up development environment"

The previous version is specific to Python as it uses
`buildPythonApplication` instead of `mkShell`.

This one is more general but maintains the same Python Flask web
application example.

* Update pinning-nixpkgs to use 22.11

Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
2022-12-10 04:33:06 +01:00
Yuki Langley 6df9bfc5e0
Update source/tutorials/index.md
Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
2022-12-09 14:46:01 +01:00
Yuki Langley d58f1503da Remove information overload from toctrees 2022-12-08 20:45:53 +01:00
Yuki Langley 428416093c
Mention WSL 2 systemd support (#406) 2022-12-04 09:16:32 +01:00
Henrik fa6aebeea6
Correction in calling functions section (#402)
* correction in calling functions section

List elements separated by white space
examples were not generating correctly.
2022-11-26 01:24:13 +01:00
Jörg Thalheim 858bf0eae3
nix-language: attempt to simplify concept overview (#397)
In the current text its not even for me clear what it is referring to. This rewrite tries to give more examples for each concept of the language.

Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
2022-11-24 10:05:32 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin 6ae488e715
Merge pull request #388 from fricklerhandwerk/nix-language-introduction
rework parentheses example
2022-11-18 17:16:39 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin ec14804aee
Merge pull request #387 from fricklerhandwerk/nix-language-examples
refine worked examples
2022-11-18 17:15:50 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin dd8e3f6aa3
Merge pull request #386 from fricklerhandwerk/nix-language-tutorial
Nix language tutorial: add explanation on how `pkgs.lib` is obtained
2022-11-18 17:15:15 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin 8efe974f67
Merge pull request #392 from fricklerhandwerk/nix-language-derivation 2022-11-12 12:09:49 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin a2f10f337f fix wording on derivations
most importantly, derivations are not a special data type, but only
a certain kind of attribute set with two magic attributes.

we don't go into the details of the magic here, because it's really hard
to explain concisely. it would only distract from the surface feature
we care about here: composition through store paths.
2022-11-11 10:40:33 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin ad19f50231 fix typos, grammar, indentation 2022-11-09 11:14:04 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin ecf756298f
Update source/tutorials/nix-language.md 2022-11-08 20:40:39 +01:00
Yuki Langley ac06c07360 Make code blocks consistent
Illustration of shell sessions or terminals should use shell-session.

Entire expressions should be encapsulated in code blocks, not inline code.
2022-11-08 17:37:41 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin ade558c532 rework parentheses example
it was reported that the list example was confusing and lacked
explanation.

moved the example to function application, and reduced the syntax notes
to "notes on whitespace". moved the emphasis on the goals of this
tutorial to its proper place in the introduction.

it's good to leave the whitespace notes in the introductory part,
because they are unspecific and clearly belong to the "don't worry, it
may look weird, but that doesn't matter" part.
2022-11-08 14:28:01 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin 9b63c68d5c refine worked examples
it was reported that the NixOS configuration is confusing, because
information is lacking to understand what it does.

added another note reminding of this tutorial's objective.

added section headings to give hints where to look next.
2022-11-08 13:35:51 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin 3b775207a5 clarify how library functions are implemented 2022-11-08 13:16:53 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin 4a18a5ffdc add explanation on how pkgs.lib is obtained 2022-11-08 12:38:20 +01:00
Yuki Langley a4a6ce812b Rewrite GitHub anchor links to user-content-
Due to an Sphinx issue[1], linkcheck fails on GitHub anchors for
GitHub rendered documents.

This change rewrites the anchors to the ones that can be verified by
linkcheck.

[1]: https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/issues/9016
2022-11-03 17:36:40 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin 6b6dac8a6b
Merge pull request #343 from jherland/nix-language-readthrough
Nix language tutorial: fix typos, add notes
2022-10-27 10:06:15 +02:00
Niklas Hambüchen 5d4cadace9
integration testing: Fix attribute name for interactive testing
According to

70ec3b9f54/nixos/doc/manual/development/running-nixos-tests-interactively.section.md (running-tests-interactively-sec-running-nixos-tests-interactively)

`driverInteractive` is needed, and just `driver` indeed just runs through
without giving me an interactive shell.
2022-10-25 13:54:53 +02:00
Nejc Zupan 5ab8d5a77f Fix leftovers from .rst -> .md migration
Sphinx doesn't care about filetype suffixes so we didn't see any errors.

But it's still nice to do this bit of gardening, I suppose?
2022-10-22 17:21:04 +02:00
Yuki Langley 4f33a6d07c Move contributing from tutorials to top-level 2022-10-22 15:13:27 +02:00
Johan Herland 7017fdbb00 Warn about combining paths and antiquotation too early in the tutorial
This is the point in the tutorial where I started playing around with
paths and antiquotation in a `nix repl` session and got seriously
confused for a few minutes...

Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
2022-10-19 12:01:09 +02:00
Johan Herland 17b1bd8c2e Add a sentence on what happens to antiquoted dirs (vs. files) 2022-10-19 12:00:42 +02:00
Johan Herland eb0615c397 Clarify explanation under the NixOS config example
Split one long point into two to make things clearer.

Also explain what happens to the `./hardware-configuration.nix` when evaluated.
2022-10-19 12:00:42 +02:00
Johan Herland 07098339b2 Minor clarifying reword
Without this, it almost sounds like you can bind a function to any other value.

Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
2022-10-19 12:00:42 +02:00
Johan Herland 4b9563eb5d Fix typo 2022-10-17 13:33:14 +02:00
Domen Kožar e269b465e7
github actions: bump versions 2022-10-12 14:23:52 +01:00
Yann Hamdaoui 7bd6c145bc
Fix typo in Nix language tutorial
Fix the evaluation result of an example which missed enclosing brackets.
2022-10-04 17:04:51 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin a68cf03133 rework section on purity, move antiquotation up 2022-10-04 08:34:34 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 0bfd4b1bb2 add introductory notes on syntax 2022-10-04 08:34:34 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin abb1808c31 guide -> tutorial 2022-10-04 08:34:34 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin df7024c253 a Linux distribution 2022-10-04 08:34:34 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 39cfb88480 show inherit inside let 2022-10-04 08:34:34 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin e711230b39 attribute sets are actually ordered 2022-10-04 08:34:34 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin b8e80af94a a derivation 2022-10-04 08:34:33 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 014e0e507b remove too detailed details 2022-10-04 08:34:33 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin a2fe15959e rework import and side effects
based on detailed review by @infinisil
2022-10-04 08:34:33 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin cf9c8c1919 improve wording on attribute set arguments 2022-10-04 08:34:33 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 46f1c25277 more clarifications on curried functions 2022-10-04 08:34:33 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 961bb2766a be more precise what we cover here
most importantly, the "elements of programming" approach is understood
in a broader sence. we don't really deal with operators and just subsume
them under functions.
2022-10-04 08:34:33 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin e64b2059e0 flarify role of NixOS 2022-10-04 08:34:33 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 23c8c80481 note the overview is an overview 2022-10-04 08:34:33 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin e5b77c58fc make Derivations a topic on its own
this pays tribute to its central role in Nix and elegantly removes it
from the part on side effects, whicht it doesn't belong to.
2022-10-04 08:34:33 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin b3407ec6b6 move indented strings to the end
they are the least significant combination of frequency of occurrence
and peculiarity, even if they're really handy.

but remember, the goal is to help people *understand* Nix language code,
not write it effectively.
2022-10-04 08:34:33 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 90cbe92389 clarify purpose of inherit 2022-10-04 08:34:33 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 8047c8f16e restructure functions section 2022-10-04 08:34:33 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 3e89ed3038 search paths are not reproducible at all 2022-10-04 08:34:33 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin f478379550 add missing semicolons 2022-10-04 08:34:33 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 1d86654878 elaborate on current directory 2022-10-04 08:34:33 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 69b0858367 add emphasis 2022-10-04 08:34:33 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 1dd5699888 less strict wording 2022-10-04 08:34:33 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin d2cad3d48e clarify nested functions with parentheses 2022-10-04 08:34:33 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin de6128a8f8 chaining arguments -> multiple arguments
"chaining arguments" is not well-defined, as [noted] by @matta

[notes]: https://github.com/NixOS/nix.dev/pull/267/files#r968597277
2022-10-04 08:34:33 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin f66543da01 Nix language -> the Nix language
as [pointed out] by @matta

[pointed out]: https://github.com/NixOS/nix.dev/pull/267/files#r968574463
2022-10-04 08:34:33 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin ff2c457f32 reword; there are also invalid expressions 2022-10-04 08:34:33 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin e9af30a6ff shorten time estimate
move the section further up, as recommended by @infinisil
2022-10-04 08:34:33 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin d910383580 capitalize list items
according to English style guides such as [1]

[1]: https://www.instructionalsolutions.com/blog/bulleted-list-punctuation
2022-10-04 08:34:33 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 93706c411e add notes on strict evaluation 2022-10-04 08:34:33 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 109ae74e94 Update source/tutorials/nix-language.md
Co-authored-by: Silvan Mosberger <github@infinisil.com>
2022-10-04 08:34:33 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin aaea5b42c0 Update source/tutorials/nix-language.md
Co-authored-by: Silvan Mosberger <github@infinisil.com>
2022-10-04 08:34:33 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 1fcaaea3b0 Update source/tutorials/nix-language.md
Co-authored-by: Silvan Mosberger <github@infinisil.com>
2022-10-04 08:34:33 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 68c33e7ed1 Update source/tutorials/nix-language.md
Co-authored-by: Silvan Mosberger <github@infinisil.com>
2022-10-04 08:34:33 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 7474d830a1 Update source/tutorials/nix-language.md
Co-authored-by: Silvan Mosberger <github@infinisil.com>
2022-10-04 08:34:33 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 90522e865f expressions are transformed, not simplified
@infinisil: This is a bit misleading, the model isn't that expressions get simplified. Instead it's that each expression type has semantics for how it should be turned into a Nix value.

Co-authored-by: Silvan Mosberger <github@infinisil.com>
2022-10-04 08:34:33 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 14455c1d86 evaluate to Nix value, not just value
@infinisil: Introducing the concept of a Nix value fits very well here

Co-authored-by: Silvan Mosberger <github@infinisil.com>
2022-10-04 08:34:33 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin e5260f3d6d libraries are not just functions
Co-authored-by: Silvan Mosberger <github@infinisil.com>
2022-10-04 08:34:33 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 55eb91bd9e stdenv -> stdenv.mkDerivation
@infinisil: `stdenv` itself is not a builder

Co-authored-by: Silvan Mosberger <github@infinisil.com>
2022-10-04 08:34:33 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 5938ad044b remove "and" from example list
@infinisil: The "and" would indicate the end of the list

Co-authored-by: Silvan Mosberger <github@infinisil.com>
2022-10-04 08:34:33 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 506b35311e libraries have more things than functions
Co-authored-by: Silvan Mosberger <github@infinisil.com>
2022-10-04 08:34:33 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 30d76c858b use less ambiguous grammar for what NixOS is
Co-authored-by: Silvan Mosberger <github@infinisil.com>
2022-10-04 08:34:33 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin abf0f5e6d3 use consistent grammatical structure in requirements
Co-authored-by: Silvan Mosberger <github@infinisil.com>
2022-10-04 08:34:33 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 95ce02b793 update Nix manual URLs 2022-10-04 08:34:33 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 8ac15f8a08 Update source/tutorials/nix-language.md
Co-authored-by: Dan Baker <daniel.n.baker@gmail.com>
2022-10-04 08:34:33 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 78a43fb28f use consistent terminology
sort out derivation, Derivation, `derivation` and store derivation
2022-10-04 08:34:33 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin adaba6637e fix wording 2022-10-04 08:34:33 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin e0ee7d5597 link to installation instructions 2022-10-04 08:34:33 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 17bf23546a rework section on side effects 2022-10-04 08:34:33 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 397a39f9de mention operators
at some point we have to introduce them, even if they are not really
important here.
2022-10-04 08:34:33 +02:00