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2005-04-10* Manual updates.Eelco Dolstra
2005-04-09* Document nix-channel.Eelco Dolstra
2005-04-08* Lots of manual updates, in particular the new `nix-store --query'Eelco Dolstra
options were documented, as well as the Nix configuration file.
2005-04-07* More doc updates.Eelco Dolstra
2005-04-07* More manual updates.Eelco Dolstra
2005-04-07* Build hook documentation.Eelco Dolstra
* nix-store options.
2005-04-07* GC docs.Eelco Dolstra
2005-04-05* Manual updates.Eelco Dolstra
2005-04-05* Some GC documentation.Eelco Dolstra
2005-04-05* Use `--nonet' flag.Eelco Dolstra
2005-04-01* Added a glossary to the manual.Eelco Dolstra
2005-03-17* Manual updates.Eelco Dolstra
2005-03-16* Documented common environment variables.Eelco Dolstra
2005-03-16* Update the user environments figure to show multiple profiles andEelco Dolstra
users. * Change to base-32 hashes.
2005-03-16* Automake 1.9 compatibility.Eelco Dolstra
2005-03-15* Some more updates.Eelco Dolstra
2005-03-15* XInclude all the way.Eelco Dolstra
2005-03-15* Manual updates.Eelco Dolstra
2005-01-12* NEWS and manual update for release 0.7.Eelco Dolstra
2004-12-17* Typo: genericBuilder -> genericBuild.Eelco Dolstra
2004-11-14* More manual fixes.Eelco Dolstra
2004-11-14* Manual fixes.Eelco Dolstra
2004-11-12* Document --delete-generations and other nix-env options.Eelco Dolstra
2004-11-12* Document --eval-only and --parse-only options in nix-instantiate.Eelco Dolstra
2004-11-09* Typos.Eelco Dolstra
2004-11-07* Documented the standard environment, including the generic builder.Eelco Dolstra
2004-11-07* Everything you always wanted to know about functions and derivationsEelco Dolstra
but were afraid to ask.
2004-11-07* Drop the grammar appendix.Eelco Dolstra
2004-11-07* Operators, comments.Eelco Dolstra
2004-11-07* Lets, inheritance, assertions.Eelco Dolstra
2004-11-05* Typo fix.Eelco Dolstra
2004-11-05* Generic builders.Eelco Dolstra
2004-11-05* Start of language reference.Eelco Dolstra
2004-11-05* Finished GNU Hello walkthrough.Eelco Dolstra
2004-11-04* Manual: writing Nix expressions.Eelco Dolstra
2004-11-02* chapter -> appendix.Eelco Dolstra
2004-11-01* Section about channels.Eelco Dolstra
2004-11-01* Section about garbage collection.Eelco Dolstra
2004-11-01* Profiles section.Eelco Dolstra
2004-10-31* Document setuid Nix installs.Eelco Dolstra
2004-10-31* Add figures to `make install' / `make dist'.Eelco Dolstra
2004-10-29* Began adding build farm docs.Eelco Dolstra
2004-10-25* New language feature: with expressions.Eelco Dolstra
The expression `with E1; E2' evaluates to E2 with all bindings in the attribute set E1 substituted. E.g., with {x = 123;}; x evaluates to 123. That is, the attribute set E1 is in scope in E2. This is particularly useful when importing files containing lots definitions. E.g., instead of let { inherit (import ./foo.nix) a b c d e f; body = ... a ... f ...; } we can now say with import ./foo.nix; ... a ... f ... I.e., we don't have to say what variables should be brought into scope.
2004-10-18* Instead of — use the actual Unicode character. By the way, toEelco Dolstra
edit the manual, you should have something like (modify-coding-system-alist 'file "\\.xml\\>" 'utf-8) in your ~/.emacs.
2004-10-14* Rewrite of package management stuff.Eelco Dolstra
2004-10-14* Split overview chapter into a chapter on package management and aEelco Dolstra
chapter on writing Nix expressions.
2004-10-14* Unindent.Eelco Dolstra
2004-10-13* Updated the quick start section. Use channels instead ofEelco Dolstra
downloading Nix expressions and calling nix-pull. This is so user-friendly that even a Mac user can do it! :-)
2004-10-13* Better introduction.Eelco Dolstra
* Set notes in a different color than warnings.
2004-09-09* Use setre[ug]id() instead of setres[ug]id(), since the former isEelco Dolstra
more common than the latter (which exists only on Linux and FreeBSD). We don't really care about dropping the saved IDs since there apparently is no way to quiry them in any case, so it can't influence the build (unlike the effective IDs which are checked by Perl for instance).