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e.g. nix-env -e subversion => nix-env --uninstall subversion
The aim is to make the documentation less cryptic for newcomers and the
long options are more self-documenting.
The change was made with the following script:
<https://github.com/aschmolck/convert-short-nix-opts-to-long-ones>
and sanity checked visually.
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`binary-caches` is deprecated and `substituters` the new recommended option.
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it is out of date, all over the place in level of detail, is really
about `nixpkgs`, and in general instructions should not be part of
a reference manual.
also:
- update redirects and internal links
- use "Nix language" consistently
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The old link returned 404 errror.
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The manual uses `nix-env -i` without `-A` prominently, teaching a bad practice to newcomers.
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They are equivalent according to
<https://spec.commonmark.org/0.29/#hard-line-breaks>,
and the trailing spaces tend to be a pain (because the make git
complain, editors tend to want to remove them − the `.editorconfig`
actually specifies that − etc..).
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Markdown doesn't support them.
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Pandoc doesn't know <replaceable> so let's force it to be rendered as
italics.
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Markdown doesn't have floats so we can't have this.
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