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author | Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com> | 2017-04-25T16·13+0200 |
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committer | Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com> | 2017-04-25T16·13+0200 |
commit | 40daf0d800d6a248a57bae0fff8c3989d4814840 (patch) | |
tree | c1e0da0cd5bd87225875cb459b2a702a65c72ceb /README.md | |
parent | fee93541a441b35cb62b11dd1c2c787a5df63b15 (diff) |
Cleanup in preparation of merging nix-repl repo into nix repo
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md deleted file mode 100644 index ac5ad98cf53c..000000000000 --- a/README.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,108 +0,0 @@ -nix-repl -======== - -`nix-repl` is a simple read–eval–print loop (REPL) for the Nix package -manager. - -Installation ------------- - -Assuming you have Nix installed, just do - - $ git clone https://github.com/edolstra/nix-repl.git - $ cd nix-repl - $ nix-env -f . -i nix-repl - -Example -------- - -Here is a typical `nix-repl` session: - - $ nix-repl - Welcome to Nix version 1.6pre3215_2c1ecf8. Type :? for help. - - nix-repl> 3 * 4 - 12 - - nix-repl> :l <nixpkgs> - Added 3337 variables. - - nix-repl> lib.range 1 5 - [ 1 2 3 4 5 ] - - nix-repl> :a lib - Added 299 variables. - - nix-repl> range 1 5 - [ 1 2 3 4 5 ] - - nix-repl> xs = range 1 5 - - nix-repl> map (x: x * x) xs - [ 1 4 9 16 25 ] - - nix-repl> :l <nixpkgs/nixos> - Added 7 variables. - - nix-repl> config.services.dhcpd - { configFile = null; enable = false; extraConfig = ""; interfaces = [ ... ]; machines = [ ... ]; } - - nix-repl> :p config.services.dhcpd - { configFile = null; enable = false; extraConfig = ""; interfaces = [ "eth0" ]; machines = [ ]; } - - nix-repl> config.fileSystems - { "/" = { ... }; "/boot" = { ... }; } - - nix-repl> mapAttrsToList (n: v: v.device) config.fileSystems - [ "/dev/disk/by-label/nixos" "/dev/disk/by-label/boot" ] - - nix-repl> :b libjson - these derivations will be built: - /nix/store/h910xqb36pysxcxkayb1zkr1zcvvk1zy-libjson_7.6.1.zip.drv - /nix/store/iv0rdx08di0fg704zyxklkvdz6i96lm8-libjson-7.6.1.drv - ... - this derivation produced the following outputs: - out -> /nix/store/ys6bvgfia81rjwqxjlgkwnx6jhsml8h9-libjson-7.6.1 - - nix-repl> :t makeFontsConf - a function - - nix-repl> :b makeFontsConf { fontDirectories = [ "${freefont_ttf}/share/fonts/truetype" ]; } - ... - this derivation produced the following outputs: - out -> /nix/store/jkw848xj0gkbhmvxi0hwpnhzn2716v3c-fonts.conf - - nix-repl> :s pan - # Builds dependencies of the ‘pan’ derivation, then starts a shell - # in which the environment variables of the derivation are set - - [nix-shell:/tmp/nix-repl]$ echo $src - /nix/store/0ibx15r02nnkwiclmfbpzrzjm2y204fh-pan-0.139.tar.bz2 - - [nix-shell:/tmp/nix-repl]$ exit - - nix-repl> - -Tab completion works on variables in scope and on attribute sets. For -example: - - $ nix-repl '<nixpkgs>' '<nixpkgs/nixos>' - Welcome to Nix version 1.6pre3215_2c1ecf8. Type :? for help. - - nix-repl> thunder<TAB> => thunderbird - - nix-repl> <TAB> - Display all 3634 possibilities? (y or n) - - nix-repl> lib<TAB> - Display all 291 possibilities? (y or n) - - nix-repl> xorg.libX<TAB> - xorg.libXdamage xorg.libXdmcp - - nix-repl> config.networking.use<TAB> - config.networking.useDHCP config.networking.usePredictableInterfaceNames - -Input history is preserved by readline in ~/.nix-repl-history -The readline "application name" is nix-repl. This allows for nix-repl specific -settings in ~/.inputrc |