From 34ea74c9ec21641399a96386094b021d7a2b30f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Valentin Gagarin Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2022 11:46:15 +0200 Subject: 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. --- doc/manual/src/design/design.md | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/manual/src') 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. -- cgit v1.2.3