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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index cfdfcd8b78..4d5a5150e6 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -3116,14 +3116,8 @@ Linux-Libre kernel, initial RAM disk, and boot loader looks like this: @findex operating-system @lisp (use-modules (gnu) ; for 'user-account', '%base-services', etc. - (gnu services ssh) ; for 'lsh-service' - (gnu packages base) ; Coreutils, grep, etc. - (gnu packages bash) ; Bash - (gnu packages admin) ; dmd, Inetutils - (gnu packages zile) ; Zile - (gnu packages less) ; less - (gnu packages guile) ; Guile - (gnu packages linux)) ; procps, psmisc + (gnu packages emacs) ; for 'emacs' + (gnu services ssh)) ; for 'lsh-service' (define komputilo (operating-system @@ -3142,22 +3136,21 @@ Linux-Libre kernel, initial RAM disk, and boot loader looks like this: (uid 1000) (gid 100) (comment "Bob's sister") (home-directory "/home/alice")))) - (packages (list coreutils bash guile-2.0 - guix dmd - inetutils - findutils grep sed - procps psmisc - zile less)) + (packages (cons emacs %base-packages)) (services (cons (lsh-service #:port 2222 #:allow-root-login? #t) %base-services)))) @end lisp This example should be self-describing. The @code{packages} field lists -packages provided by the various @code{(gnu packages ...)} modules above -(@pxref{Package Modules}). These are the packages that will be globally -visible on the system, for all user accounts---i.e., in every user's -@code{PATH} environment variable---in addition to the per-user profiles -(@pxref{Invoking guix package}). +packages that will be globally visible on the system, for all user +accounts---i.e., in every user's @code{PATH} environment variable---in +addition to the per-user profiles (@pxref{Invoking guix package}). The +@var{%base-packages} variables provides all the tools one would expect +for basic user and administrator tasks---including the GNU Core +Utilities, the GNU Networking Utilities, the GNU Zile lightweight text +editor, @command{find}, @command{grep}, etc. The example above adds +Emacs to those, taken from the @code{(gnu packages emacs)} module +(@pxref{Package Modules}). @vindex %base-services The @code{services} field lists @dfn{system services} to be made |