Hi Ludovic! l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
> Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.courno...@gmail.com> skribis: > >> From b6aff9b364f09e77e07109578128f3be383231e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 >> From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.courno...@gmail.com> >> Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2017 09:25:21 -0700 >> Subject: [PATCH] profiles: Generate database file for manpages >> MIME-Version: 1.0 >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 >> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit >> >> The mandb database file (index.db) is used by the "apropos" (whatis) or >> "man -k" commands. This change introduces a profile hook to generate >> such database file. >> >> Co-authored by Ludovic Courtès >> >> * guix/profiles.scm (manual-database): New procedure. >> (%default-profile-hooks): Add it. > > Finally applied as a0b87ef8ec7735aa42cf35d380e9cff04f3236f3! \o/ > I added a ‘format’ call in the hook itself so that people understand > what’s going on if it takes too long, and tweaked the commit log. > > While at it, I added in commit 31f1f593fb835978085566e50d3d8c576d55fe99 > a section on searching for and reading Info and man documentation. > Something that may be obvious for some of us but less so for other > (notably younger) users. Feel free to extend it! > Thanks for your collaboration on this! I think the Documentation section you added be of great help to Guix newcomers; I reviewed it and it looks great! > Thanks, > Ludo’. Thanks! Maxim
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