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author | Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com> | 2020-07-23 13:58:49 +0200 |
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committer | Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com> | 2020-07-23 18:27:20 +0200 |
commit | 13df1faf25769924dae07e65f3ef3ffdd66f10ee (patch) | |
tree | 498ec38d89b811c7c13bb8f78aefaef3d8d595fc /doc/manual/expressions/arguments-variables.xml | |
parent | efff6cf163fb911689b41d7c2970efd8b17876e1 (diff) |
Get rid of callouts since Markdown doesn't support them
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/manual/expressions/arguments-variables.xml')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/expressions/arguments-variables.xml | 51 |
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>
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