Catonano <caton...@gmail.com> skribis: > I opened the file guix/scripts/build.scm in Emacs > > For Geiser to be able to jump to the definition of a symbol at point > or to open a documentation buffer, I need the Guile REPL to "load" the > file > > C-x C-b does the trick, but I see this error in the REPL, then > > http://paste.lisp.org/display/320775
I use C-c C-k (geiser-compile-current-buffer), which works well for me. Not sure what the problem is here. > After that, many symbols become available anyway: I can jump to their > definition and I can have doc buffers popping up > > All but one: "options->derivations" on line 670 Works for me after C-c C-k. :-) Could you try this and report back? It’s a good idea to pre-build Guix before, using ‘make’, so that Geiser doesn’t end up recompiling everything. > I'm doing this because I'd like to redo in the REPL what the command > "guix build blah" does. At least some parts of it > > In order to make it less abstract in my mind, to get aquainted with > the build subsystem. I need to see some procedures called and > returning something, I need to see macros expanded. > > I hope you understand > > If anyone can suggest a better way to get aquainted with the build > subsystem I'm all ears. I think you’re right, it’s a very good idea to explore Guix this way. This is more or less the approach I took in <https://audio-video.gnu.org/video/misc/2016-01__GNU_Guix__Your_Distro_is_a_Scheme_Library.webm>, so you might find it useful (you might also have suggestions on how to improve this talk, which would be more than welcome!). HTH, Ludo’.
