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| author | Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io> | 2022-04-26 11:46:15 +0200 |
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| committer | Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io> | 2022-08-04 12:37:46 +0200 |
| commit | 34ea74c9ec21641399a96386094b021d7a2b30f4 (patch) | |
| tree | 413c16f1ea735bd8afbe901af4b593b8d2dff354 /doc/manual | |
| parent | b387d809437b0c787691b814bf65e1647fd18009 (diff) | |
reword introductory section
there should be a meta section for each chapter to give motivation of
the presented structure. the structure itself is visible from the table
of contents.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/manual')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/src/design/design.md | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/design/design.md b/doc/manual/src/design/design.md index 7d4211764..f5135bc9a 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/design/design.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/design/design.md @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ # Design and Data Model Most of the manual is about how to use Nix. -This chapter is about what Nix actually is. -The hope is that it can serve as a reference for key concepts, and also shed light on why things are the way they are. +This chapter is about the technical principles behind Nix. + +It describes each architectural layer and its components in its own section, starting at the bottom with the store layer, then working its way up to the user-facing components described in the rest of the manual. |