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@@ -54,12 +54,6 @@ Documentation License''.
* guix environment: (guix)Invoking guix environment. Building development environments with Guix.
@end direntry
-@dircategory Emacs
-@direntry
-* Guix user interface: (guix)Emacs Interface. Package management from the comfort of Emacs.
-@end direntry
-
-
@titlepage
@title GNU Guix Reference Manual
@subtitle Using the GNU Guix Functional Package Manager
@@ -86,7 +80,6 @@ package management tool written for the GNU system.
* Introduction:: What is Guix about?
* Installation:: Installing Guix.
* Package Management:: Package installation, upgrade, etc.
-* Emacs Interface:: Using Guix from Emacs.
* Programming Interface:: Using Guix in Scheme.
* Utilities:: Package management commands.
* GNU Distribution:: Software for your friendly GNU system.
@@ -124,19 +117,6 @@ Package Management
* Invoking guix pull:: Fetching the latest Guix and distribution.
* Invoking guix archive:: Exporting and importing store files.
-Emacs Interface
-
-* Initial Setup: Emacs Initial Setup. Preparing @file{~/.emacs}.
-* Package Management: Emacs Package Management. Managing packages and generations.
-* Licenses: Emacs Licenses. Interface for licenses of Guix packages.
-* Package Source Locations: Emacs Package Locations. Interface for package location files.
-* Popup Interface: Emacs Popup Interface. Magit-like interface for guix commands.
-* Prettify Mode: Emacs Prettify. Abbreviating @file{/gnu/store/@dots{}} file names.
-* Build Log Mode: Emacs Build Log. Highlighting Guix build logs.
-* Completions: Emacs Completions. Completing @command{guix} shell command.
-* Development: Emacs Development. Tools for Guix developers.
-* Hydra: Emacs Hydra. Interface for Guix build farm.
-
Programming Interface
* Defining Packages:: Defining new packages.
@@ -278,8 +258,7 @@ assists with the creation and maintenance of software environments.
@cindex user interfaces
Guix provides a command-line package management interface
(@pxref{Invoking guix package}), a set of command-line utilities
-(@pxref{Utilities}), a visual user interface in Emacs (@pxref{Emacs
-Interface}), as well as Scheme programming interfaces
+(@pxref{Utilities}), as well as Scheme programming interfaces
(@pxref{Programming Interface}).
@cindex build daemon
Its @dfn{build daemon} is responsible for building packages on behalf of
@@ -1414,10 +1393,14 @@ procedures or dependencies. Guix also goes beyond this obvious set of
features.
This chapter describes the main features of Guix, as well as the package
-management tools it provides. Two user interfaces are provided for
-routine package management tasks: A command-line interface described below
-(@pxref{Invoking guix package, @code{guix package}}), as well as a visual user
-interface in Emacs described in a subsequent chapter (@pxref{Emacs Interface}).
+management tools it provides. Along with the command-line interface
+described below (@pxref{Invoking guix package, @code{guix package}}),
+you may also use Emacs Interface, after installing @code{emacs-guix}
+package (run @kbd{M-x guix-help} command to start with it):
+
+@example
+guix package -i emacs-guix
+@end example
@menu
* Features:: How Guix will make your life brighter.
@@ -1434,9 +1417,7 @@ interface in Emacs described in a subsequent chapter (@pxref{Emacs Interface}).
When using Guix, each package ends up in the @dfn{package store}, in its
own directory---something that resembles
-@file{/gnu/store/xxx-package-1.2}, where @code{xxx} is a base32 string
-(note that Guix comes with an Emacs extension to shorten those file
-names, @pxref{Emacs Prettify}.)
+@file{/gnu/store/xxx-package-1.2}, where @code{xxx} is a base32 string.
Instead of referring to these directories, users have their own
@dfn{profile}, which points to the packages that they actually want to
@@ -1982,9 +1963,7 @@ also result from derivation builds, can be available as substitutes.
The @code{hydra.gnu.org} server is a front-end to a build farm that
builds packages from the GNU distribution continuously for some
-architectures, and makes them available as substitutes (@pxref{Emacs
-Hydra}, for information on how to query the continuous integration
-server). This is the
+architectures, and makes them available as substitutes. This is the
default source of substitutes; it can be overridden by passing the
@option{--substitute-urls} option either to @command{guix-daemon}
(@pxref{daemon-substitute-urls,, @code{guix-daemon --substitute-urls}})
@@ -2510,9 +2489,6 @@ archive contents coming from possibly untrusted substitute servers.
@end table
@c *********************************************************************
-@include emacs.texi
-
-@c *********************************************************************
@node Programming Interface
@chapter Programming Interface
@@ -4923,11 +4899,6 @@ have created your own packages on @code{GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH}
recipes. Otherwise, you will be able to examine the read-only recipes
for packages currently in the store.
-If you are using Emacs, note that the Emacs user interface provides the
-@kbd{M-x guix-edit} command and a similar functionality in the ``package
-info'' and ``package list'' buffers created by the @kbd{M-x
-guix-search-by-name} and similar commands (@pxref{Emacs Commands}).
-
@node Invoking guix download
@section Invoking @command{guix download}