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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/src/expressions/advanced-attributes.md | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/src/expressions/builtins-prefix.md | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/src/expressions/builtins-suffix.md | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/src/expressions/expression-syntax.md | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/src/expressions/language-operators.md | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/src/expressions/language-values.md | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/src/expressions/simple-building-testing.md | 2 |
7 files changed, 23 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/expressions/advanced-attributes.md b/doc/manual/src/expressions/advanced-attributes.md index 5b208df67..000595815 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/expressions/advanced-attributes.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/expressions/advanced-attributes.md @@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ Derivations can declare some infrequently used optional attributes. - `preferLocalBuild`\ If this attribute is set to `true` and [distributed building is enabled](../advanced-topics/distributed-builds.md), then, if - possible, the derivaton will be built locally instead of forwarded + possible, the derivation will be built locally instead of forwarded to a remote machine. This is appropriate for trivial builders where the cost of doing a download or remote build would exceed the cost of building locally. diff --git a/doc/manual/src/expressions/builtins-prefix.md b/doc/manual/src/expressions/builtins-prefix.md index c16b2805f..c631a8453 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/expressions/builtins-prefix.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/expressions/builtins-prefix.md @@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ scope. Instead, you can access them through the `builtins` built-in value, which is a set that contains all built-in functions and values. For instance, `derivation` is also available as `builtins.derivation`. - - `derivation` *attrs*; `builtins.derivation` *attrs*\ - - `derivation` is described in [its own section](derivations.md). - +<dl> + <dt><code>derivation <var>attrs</var></code>; + <code>builtins.derivation <var>attrs</var></code></dt> + <dd><p><var>derivation</var> is described in + <a href="derivations.md">its own section</a>.</p></dd> diff --git a/doc/manual/src/expressions/builtins-suffix.md b/doc/manual/src/expressions/builtins-suffix.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a74db2857 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/manual/src/expressions/builtins-suffix.md @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +</dl> diff --git a/doc/manual/src/expressions/expression-syntax.md b/doc/manual/src/expressions/expression-syntax.md index 2a1306e32..6b93e692c 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/expressions/expression-syntax.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/expressions/expression-syntax.md @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ elements (referenced from the figure by number): called with three arguments: `stdenv`, `fetchurl`, and `perl`. They are needed to build Hello, but we don't know how to build them here; that's why they are function arguments. `stdenv` is a package that - is used by almost all Nix Packages packages; it provides a + is used by almost all Nix Packages; it provides a “standard” environment consisting of the things you would expect in a basic Unix environment: a C/C++ compiler (GCC, to be precise), the Bash shell, fundamental Unix tools such as `cp`, `grep`, `tar`, diff --git a/doc/manual/src/expressions/language-operators.md b/doc/manual/src/expressions/language-operators.md index b7fd6f4c6..268b44f4c 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/expressions/language-operators.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/expressions/language-operators.md @@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ order of precedence (from strongest to weakest binding). | String Concatenation | *string1* `+` *string2* | left | String concatenation. | 7 | | Not | `!` *e* | none | Boolean negation. | 8 | | Update | *e1* `//` *e2* | right | Return a set consisting of the attributes in *e1* and *e2* (with the latter taking precedence over the former in case of equally named attributes). | 9 | -| Less Than | *e1* `<` *e2*, | none | Arithmetic comparison. | 10 | -| Less Than or Equal To | *e1* `<=` *e2* | none | Arithmetic comparison. | 10 | -| Greater Than | *e1* `>` *e2* | none | Arithmetic comparison. | 10 | -| Greater Than or Equal To | *e1* `>=` *e2* | none | Arithmetic comparison. | 10 | +| Less Than | *e1* `<` *e2*, | none | Arithmetic/lexicographic comparison. | 10 | +| Less Than or Equal To | *e1* `<=` *e2* | none | Arithmetic/lexicographic comparison. | 10 | +| Greater Than | *e1* `>` *e2* | none | Arithmetic/lexicographic comparison. | 10 | +| Greater Than or Equal To | *e1* `>=` *e2* | none | Arithmetic/lexicographic comparison. | 10 | | Equality | *e1* `==` *e2* | none | Equality. | 11 | | Inequality | *e1* `!=` *e2* | none | Inequality. | 11 | | Logical AND | *e1* `&&` *e2* | left | Logical AND. | 12 | -| Logical OR | *e1* `\|\|` *e2* | left | Logical OR. | 13 | -| Logical Implication | *e1* `->` *e2* | none | Logical implication (equivalent to `!e1 \|\| e2`). | 14 | +| Logical OR | *e1* <code>||</code> *e2* | left | Logical OR. | 13 | +| Logical Implication | *e1* `->` *e2* | none | Logical implication (equivalent to <code>!e1 || e2</code>). | 14 | diff --git a/doc/manual/src/expressions/language-values.md b/doc/manual/src/expressions/language-values.md index ce31029cc..75ae9f2eb 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/expressions/language-values.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/expressions/language-values.md @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Nix has the following basic data types: the start of each line. To be precise, it strips from each line a number of spaces equal to the minimal indentation of the string as a whole (disregarding the indentation of empty lines). For instance, - the first and second line are indented two space, while the third + the first and second line are indented two spaces, while the third line is indented four spaces. Thus, two spaces are stripped from each line, so the resulting string is @@ -139,6 +139,13 @@ Nix has the following basic data types: environment variable `NIX_PATH` will be searched for the given file or directory name. + Antiquotation is supported in any paths except those in angle brackets. + `./${foo}-${bar}.nix` is a more convenient way of writing + `./. + "/" + foo + "-" + bar + ".nix"` or `./. + "/${foo}-${bar}.nix"`. At + least one slash must appear *before* any antiquotations for this to be + recognized as a path. `a.${foo}/b.${bar}` is a syntactically valid division + operation. `./a.${foo}/b.${bar}` is a path. + - *Booleans* with values `true` and `false`. - The null value, denoted as `null`. diff --git a/doc/manual/src/expressions/simple-building-testing.md b/doc/manual/src/expressions/simple-building-testing.md index 6f730a936..7f0d8f841 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/expressions/simple-building-testing.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/expressions/simple-building-testing.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Building and Testing -You can now try to build Hello. Of course, you could do `nix-env -i +You can now try to build Hello. Of course, you could do `nix-env -f . -iA hello`, but you may not want to install a possibly broken package just yet. The best way to test the package is by using the command `nix-build`, which builds a Nix expression and creates a symlink named |