Re: [PATCH 3/4] gnu: emacs: Find packages in "~/.guix-profile".

[Alex Kost]

Ludovic Courtès (2016-01-10 23:28 +0300) wrote:

> Alex Kost <address@hidden> skribis:
>
>> From: Federico Beffa <address@hidden>
>>
>> * gnu/packages/emacs.scm (emacs)[inputs]: Add 'guix-src' input.
>>   [arguments]: Add 'install-site-start' phase.
>
> [...]
>
>> +         (add-after 'install 'install-site-start
>
> Could you add a comment like:
>
>   ;; Copy guix-emacs.el from Guix and add it to site-start.el.  This
>   ;; way, Emacs packages provided by Guix and installed in
>   ;; ~/.guix-profile/share/emacs/site-lisp/guix.d/PACKAGE-VERSION are
>   ;; automatically found.
>
> Otherwise LGTM.

Done for this and for your notes on other patches, thanks!

> Also, on GuixSD, should we remove the default EMACSLOADPATH as well as
> /etc/emacs/site-start.el?

If the goal for GuixSD is just to make Emacs packages work, then yes;
but if the intention is also to make "M-x guix-..." commands work
out-of-the-box, then we should leave it as it is now.

-- 
Alex