l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
> Alex Kost <alez...@gmail.com> skribis:
>
>> Ludovic Courtès (2016-03-14 01:01 +0300) wrote:
>>
>>> myglc2 <myg...@gmail.com> skribis:
>>>
>>>> Guix is "stateful" because, to use a git checkout, I have to set "state"
>>>> variables like ...
>>>>
>>>> (setq guix-directory "/home/glc/src/guix")
>>>>
>>>> (let ((dir "~/dev/guix/emacs"))
>>>> (add-to-list 'load-path dir)
>>>> (setq guix-load-path dir)
>>>> (require 'guix-init nil t))
>>>>
>>>> '(safe-local-variable-values
>>>> (quote
>>>> ((bug-reference-bug-regexp .
>>>> "<https?://\\(debbugs\\|bugs\\)\\.gnu\\.org/\\([0-9]+\\)>")))))
>>>> (custom-set-faces
>>>>
>>>> /home/glc/.config/guix/latest’ -> ‘../../src/guix'
>>>> /root/.config/guix/latest’ -> ‘/home/glc/src/GUI’
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Guix would be less stateful (AKA more "stateless") if instead I could
>>>> put something like ...
>>>>
>>>> (guix
>>>> (#:use-git #t)
>>>> (#:git-directory:"~/src/guix"))
>>>
>>> It seems to me that it’s not a question of “statefulness”, but rather a
>>> question of how much configuration is needed to have guix.el use the
>>> Guix that you want.
>>
>> I agree. If someone want to use a "non-installed" software, (s)he has
>> to do some additional configuration. I don't see how to reduce such
>> a configuration to set up emacs code from a guix git checkout.
>
> Should this issue be closed?
>
> Ludo’.
Sure! Thanks! - George
