Hi Gottfried, On Fri, Feb 07 2025, gfp wrote:
> You can read it with `guix package --search-paths -p > "/home/gfp/.guix-profile"'. I think you want to redirect the output and edit it: guix package --search-paths -p "/home/gfp/.guix-profile" > /tmp/whatever Then you can use vim to edit /tmp/whatever. I personally recommend mg, however, because it more like Emacs. I used Emacs for ten years and only knew these three key combinations: C-c C-x to quit C-c C-s to save C-c C-f to open a file When you are in your editor you will probably want to copy that line to another script, which then executes the variable assignment. You can later run that file in Bash with $ . /tmp/whatever Yes, that's a dot. Bash also offers the more readable 'source' to load files, but that may not work in other POSIX shells. In summary, it's not possible to copy the line to a Bash command line without a mouse---unless you are using Emacs. It's one reason why many of us do. In Emacs, every window is an editor. You can hit M-x shell and copy/paste between output and the command line any way you like. The marking commands in Emacs are: 1. move point to beginning of copy area (with arrows or mouse) 2. hit C-Space to set mark 3. move point to end of copy area (which is now highlighted) 4. hit C-w for copy (or M-w for cut) 5. move point to destination 6. hit C-y to retrieve saved text (or M-y to select from recent saves) In Emacs, the 'mark' and the 'point' are two different things. Kind regards Felix
