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@@ -115,9 +115,14 @@ In general, we follow the [[http://mumble.net/~campbell/scheme/style.txt][Riastr
to describe the conventions mostly used in Guile’s code too. It is very
thoughtful and well written, so please do read it.
-In addition, we require all top-level procedures to carry a docstring. This
-requirement can be relaxed for simple private procedures in the (guix build …)
-name space, though.
+Some special forms introduced in Guix, such as the ‘substitute*’ macro, have
+special indentation rules. These are defined in the .dir-locals.el file,
+which Emacs automatically uses. If you do not use Emacs, please make sure to
+let your editor know the rules.
+
+We require all top-level procedures to carry a docstring. This requirement
+can be relaxed for simple private procedures in the (guix build …) name space,
+though.
Procedures should not have more than four positional parameters. Use keyword
parameters for procedures that take more than four parameters.