Installing Guix

2014-03-07 Thread Xue Fuqiao
Hi, I'm trying to install Guix from Git (for the first time) and I have two questions: 1. Do I have to run `./bootstrap' every time after running `git pull'? 2. After running `./bootstrap', I can't find the `configure' script: $ ./configure --help bash: ./configure: No such file or direct

Re: [GSoC] Package management from Emacs

2014-03-06 Thread Xue Fuqiao
In Package Menu mode, `r' will download the archive contents again, whereas `g' only rebuilds the tabulated list of packages that have been downloaded previously. So we can use `r' (guix pull) to check if there is any updated packages, and use `g' for example to revert the install/delete marks in

Re: [GSoC] Package management from Emacs

2014-03-05 Thread Xue Fuqiao
Grim Schjetne writes: > l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: > >> Xue Fuqiao skribis: >>> `r' >>> Refresh the package list (`guix-refresh'). This recomputes the >>> package list. >> >> Perhaps there should be some

Re: [GSoC] Package management from Emacs

2014-03-05 Thread Xue Fuqiao
Hi Ludovic, l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: >> The command `guix-describe-package' (I haven't come up with a good key >> binding yet) can prompt for the name of a package, and display a help >> buffer describing the package. The buffer includes the name, version, >> source, dependencies, h

Re: About GSoC 2014

2014-03-04 Thread Xue Fuqiao
Hi Ludovic, l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: > Are you applying for other projects as well for this year? I'm also interested in the emacs-xwidget project, but my to be honest, my C level isn't high. I'm not sure if I'm competent at that job. > Please familiarize yourself with the tools,

About GSoC 2014

2014-03-02 Thread Xue Fuqiao
Hi list, Having used Emacs for 4 years, I am a Chinese student and an Emacs developer. I'd like to work on Guix under the GNU umbrella for GSoC 2014, especially this project: * Package management from Emacs The goal of this project is to write a complete package management user interfa