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authorEelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com>2020-07-23 13:58:49 +0200
committerEelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com>2020-07-23 18:27:20 +0200
commit13df1faf25769924dae07e65f3ef3ffdd66f10ee (patch)
tree498ec38d89b811c7c13bb8f78aefaef3d8d595fc /doc/manual/expressions/arguments-variables.xml
parentefff6cf163fb911689b41d7c2970efd8b17876e1 (diff)
Get rid of callouts since Markdown doesn't support them
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1 files changed, 22 insertions, 29 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/expressions/arguments-variables.xml b/doc/manual/expressions/arguments-variables.xml
index bf60cb7ee..a4375c777 100644
--- a/doc/manual/expressions/arguments-variables.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/expressions/arguments-variables.xml
@@ -6,20 +6,25 @@
<title>Arguments and Variables</title>
-<example xml:id='ex-hello-composition'>
+<para>The Nix expression in <xref linkend='ex-hello-nix' /> is a
+function; it is missing some arguments that have to be filled in
+somewhere. In the Nix Packages collection this is done in the file
+<filename>pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix</filename>, where all Nix
+expressions for packages are imported and called with the appropriate
+arguments. Here are some fragments of
+<filename>all-packages.nix</filename>, with annotations of what they
+mean:</para>
-<title>Composing GNU Hello
-(<filename>all-packages.nix</filename>)</title>
<programlisting>
...
-rec { <co xml:id='ex-hello-composition-co-1' />
+rec { ①
- hello = import ../applications/misc/hello/ex-1 <co xml:id='ex-hello-composition-co-2' /> { <co xml:id='ex-hello-composition-co-3' />
+ hello = import ../applications/misc/hello/ex-1 ② { ③
inherit fetchurl stdenv perl;
};
- perl = import ../development/interpreters/perl { <co xml:id='ex-hello-composition-co-4' />
+ perl = import ../development/interpreters/perl { ④
inherit fetchurl stdenv;
};
@@ -31,31 +36,19 @@ rec { <co xml:id='ex-hello-composition-co-1' />
}
</programlisting>
-</example>
-<para>The Nix expression in <xref linkend='ex-hello-nix' /> is a
-function; it is missing some arguments that have to be filled in
-somewhere. In the Nix Packages collection this is done in the file
-<filename>pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix</filename>, where all
-Nix expressions for packages are imported and called with the
-appropriate arguments. <xref linkend='ex-hello-composition' /> shows
-some fragments of
-<filename>all-packages.nix</filename>.</para>
-
-<calloutlist>
-
- <callout arearefs='ex-hello-composition-co-1'>
+<orderedlist>
+ <listitem>
<para>This file defines a set of attributes, all of which are
concrete derivations (i.e., not functions). In fact, we define a
<emphasis>mutually recursive</emphasis> set of attributes. That
is, the attributes can refer to each other. This is precisely
what we want since we want to <quote>plug</quote> the
various packages into each other.</para>
+ </listitem>
- </callout>
-
- <callout arearefs='ex-hello-composition-co-2'>
+ <listitem>
<para>Here we <emphasis>import</emphasis> the Nix expression for
GNU Hello. The import operation just loads and returns the
@@ -71,9 +64,9 @@ some fragments of
When you try to import a directory, Nix automatically appends
<filename>/default.nix</filename> to the file name.</para>
- </callout>
+ </listitem>
- <callout arearefs='ex-hello-composition-co-3'>
+ <listitem>
<para>This is where the actual composition takes place. Here we
<emphasis>call</emphasis> the function imported from
@@ -107,15 +100,15 @@ hello = callPackage ../applications/misc/hello/ex-1 { stdenv = myStdenv; };
</para></note>
- </callout>
+ </listitem>
- <callout arearefs='ex-hello-composition-co-4'>
+ <listitem>
<para>Likewise, we have to instantiate Perl,
<varname>fetchurl</varname>, and the standard environment.</para>
- </callout>
+ </listitem>
-</calloutlist>
+</orderedlist>
-</section> \ No newline at end of file
+</section>