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03/05: doc: Link to the "Scheme Crash Course".
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03/05: doc: Link to the "Scheme Crash Course". |
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Fri, 2 Sep 2022 12:17:28 -0400 (EDT) |
civodul pushed a commit to branch master
in repository guix.
commit 5c444a0208e049b646d0dc4f1675f1d07cdbe507
Author: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
AuthorDate: Fri Sep 2 15:07:16 2022 +0200
doc: Link to the "Scheme Crash Course".
* doc/guix.texi (Defining Packages): Add @quotation block linking to "A
Scheme Crash Course".
---
doc/guix.texi | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 246403bcba..80ca017599 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -7322,6 +7322,14 @@ unavailable to the build process, possibly leading to a
build failure.
@xref{package Reference}, for a full description of possible fields.
+@quotation Going further
+@cindex Scheme programming language, getting started
+Intimidated by the Scheme language or curious about it? The Cookbook
+has a short section to get started that recaps some of the things shown
+above and explains the fundamentals. @xref{A Scheme Crash Course,,,
+guix-cookbook, GNU Guix Cookbook}, for more information.
+@end quotation
+
Once a package definition is in place, the
package may actually be built using the @code{guix build} command-line
tool (@pxref{Invoking guix build}), troubleshooting any build failures