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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index a164608b73..84f194b14b 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -4730,7 +4730,8 @@ The available options are summarized below. @table @code @item --expression=@var{expr} @itemx -e @var{expr} -Create an environment for the package that @var{expr} evaluates to. +Create an environment for the package or list of packages that +@var{expr} evaluates to. For example, running: @@ -4741,10 +4742,18 @@ guix environment -e '(@@ (gnu packages maths) petsc-openmpi)' starts a shell with the environment for this specific variant of the PETSc package. +Running: + +@example +guix environment --ad-hoc -e '(@ (gnu) %base-packages)' +@end example + +starts a shell with all the GuixSD base packages available. + @item --load=@var{file} @itemx -l @var{file} -Create an environment for the package that the code within @var{file} -evaluates to. +Create an environment for the package or list of packages that the code +within @var{file} evaluates to. As an example, @var{file} might contain a definition like this (@pxref{Defining Packages}): |