diff options
| author | Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com> | 2015-07-24 20:31:11 +0300 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com> | 2015-09-23 13:36:37 +0300 |
| commit | 1a6c4c2f376e4ca4dc119d10b2671ea2f3b1fa28 (patch) | |
| tree | ddd048c27c7f590cce345f099e00a3a76a8731e8 /doc/emacs.texi | |
| parent | 187f80c6c542bc65486ef600aa3af96f7173f4fa (diff) | |
| download | gnu-guix-1a6c4c2f376e4ca4dc119d10b2671ea2f3b1fa28.tar gnu-guix-1a6c4c2f376e4ca4dc119d10b2671ea2f3b1fa28.tar.gz | |
emacs: Add 'guix-devel-build-package-definition'.
Suggested by Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>.
* emacs/guix-guile.el (guix-guile-definition-regexp): New variable.
(guix-guile-current-definition, guix-guile-boolean): New functions.
* emacs/guix-devel.el: Require 'guix-base'.
(guix-devel-repl-processes): New variable.
(guix-devel-setup-repl, guix-devel-setup-repl-maybe): New functions.
(guix-devel-build-package-definition): New command.
* doc/emacs.texi (Emacs Development): Document it.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/emacs.texi')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/emacs.texi | 24 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/emacs.texi b/doc/emacs.texi index d44d329c5c..b6f2701bc4 100644 --- a/doc/emacs.texi +++ b/doc/emacs.texi @@ -659,4 +659,28 @@ want to use a module it defines, so you switch to the Geiser REPL and write @code{,use (some module)} there. You may just use this command instead (@code{guix-devel-use-module}). +@item C-c . b +Build a package defined by the current variable definition. The +building process is run in the current Geiser REPL. If you modified the +current package definition, don't forget to reevaluate it before calling +this command---for example, with @kbd{C-M-x} (@pxref{To eval or not to +eval,,, geiser, Geiser User Manual}) +(@code{guix-devel-build-package-definition}). + @end table + +Unluckily, there is a limitation related to long-running REPL commands. +When there is a running process in a Geiser REPL, you are not supposed +to evaluate anything in a scheme buffer, because this will ``freeze'' +the REPL: it will stop producing any output (however, the evaluating +process will continue---you will just not see any progress anymore). Be +aware: even moving the point in a scheme buffer may ``break'' the REPL +if Autodoc (@pxref{Autodoc and friends,,, geiser, Geiser User Manual}) +is enabled (which is the default). + +So you have to postpone editing your scheme buffers until the running +evaluation will be finished in the REPL. + +Alternatively, to avoid this limitation, you may just run another Geiser +REPL, and while something is being evaluated in the previous REPL, you +can continue editing a scheme file with the help of the current one. |