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authorAlex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>2014-10-17 22:21:32 +0400
committerAlex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>2014-10-18 10:24:13 +0400
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emacs: Improve interface for working with multiple profiles.
Suggested by David Thompson, Ludovic Courtès and Mathieu Lirzin. * emacs/guix-base.el (guix-profile-prompt): New procedure. (guix-set-current-profile): Use it. (guix-buffer-name-simple, guix-buffer-name-default, guix-buffer-name): New procedures. (guix-buffer-name-function, guix-profile): New variables. (guix-set-vars, guix-get-entries, guix-get-show-entries, guix-set-buffer, guix-history-call, guix-process-package-actions, guix-continue-package-operation-p, guix-delete-generations, guix-switch-to-generation): Add 'profile' argument. * emacs/guix.el (guix-get-show-packages, guix-get-show-generations, guix-search-by-name, guix-search-by-regexp, guix-installed-packages, guix-obsolete-packages, guix-all-available-packages, guix-newest-available-packages, guix-generations, guix-generations-by-time): Likewise. (guix-last-generations): New command. * emacs/guix-info.el: Adjust for using 'profile' argument where needed. * emacs/guix-list.el: Likewise. * doc/emacs.texi (Emacs Commands): Document 'guix-last-generations' and using "C-u" for commands. (Emacs Buffer Names): Document 'guix-buffer-name-function'.
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@@ -76,19 +76,26 @@ can be displayed in a ``list'' or ``info'' buffer.
@node Emacs Commands
@subsubsection Commands
-You may use the following commands to display packages and generations:
+All commands for displaying packages and generations use the current
+profile, which can be changed with
+@kbd{M-x@tie{}guix-set-current-profile}. Alternatively, if you call any
+of these commands with prefix argument (@kbd{C-u}), you will be prompted
+for a profile just for that command.
+
+Commands for displaying packages:
@table @kbd
+
@item M-x guix-all-available-packages
@itemx M-x guix-newest-available-packages
Display all/newest available packages.
@item M-x guix-installed-packages
-Display all packages installed in the current profile.
+Display all installed packages.
@item M-x guix-obsolete-packages
-Display obsolete packages (the packages that are installed in the
-current profile but cannot be found among available packages).
+Display obsolete packages (the packages that are installed in a profile
+but cannot be found among available packages).
@item M-x guix-search-by-name
Display package(s) with the specified name.
@@ -98,29 +105,33 @@ Search for packages by a specified regexp. By default ``name'',
``synopsis'' and ``description'' of the packages will be searched. This
can be changed by modifying @code{guix-search-params} variable.
-@item M-x guix-generations
-List generations for the current profile. With numeric prefix, show so
-many last generations.
-
-@item M-x guix-generations-by-time
-List generations matching time period. You'll be prompted for the
-period using Org mode time prompt based on Emacs calendar (@pxref{The
-date/time prompt,,, org, Org Mode Manual}).
-
@end table
-By default commands for displaying packages display each output on a
-separate line. If you prefer to see a list of packages---i.e., a list
-with a package per line, use the following setting:
+By default, these commands display each output on a separate line. If
+you prefer to see a list of packages---i.e., a list with a package per
+line, use the following setting:
@example
(setq guix-package-list-type 'package)
@end example
-It is possible to change the currently used profile with
-@kbd{M-x@tie{}guix-set-current-profile}. This has the same effect as
-specifying @code{--profile} option for @command{guix package}
-(@pxref{Invoking guix package}).
+Commands for displaying generations:
+
+@table @kbd
+
+@item M-x guix-generations
+List all the generations.
+
+@item M-x guix-last-generations
+List the @var{N} last generations. You will be prompted for the number
+of generations.
+
+@item M-x guix-generations-by-time
+List generations matching time period. You will be prompted for the
+period using Org mode time prompt based on Emacs calendar (@pxref{The
+date/time prompt,,, org, Org Mode Manual}).
+
+@end table
@node Emacs General info
@subsubsection General information
@@ -304,10 +315,13 @@ changed with the following variables:
@item guix-generation-info-buffer-name
@item guix-repl-buffer-name
@item guix-internal-repl-buffer-name
-@item guix-temp-buffer-name
@end table
-For example if you want to display all types of results in a single
+By default, the name of a profile is also displayed in a ``list'' or
+``info'' buffer name. To change this behavior, use
+@code{guix-buffer-name-function} variable.
+
+For example, if you want to display all types of results in a single
buffer (in such case you will probably use a history (@kbd{l}/@kbd{r})
extensively), you may do it like this:
@@ -319,7 +333,8 @@ extensively), you may do it like this:
guix-generation-list-buffer-name name
guix-package-info-buffer-name name
guix-output-info-buffer-name name
- guix-generation-info-buffer-name name))
+ guix-generation-info-buffer-name name
+ guix-buffer-name-function #'guix-buffer-name-simple))
@end example
@node Emacs Keymaps