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In Nixpkgs, the attribute in all-packages.nix corresponding to a package is usually equal to the package name. However, this doesn't work if the package contains a dash, which is fairly common. The convention is to replace the dash with an underscore (e.g. "dbus-lib" becomes "dbus_glib"), but that's annoying. So now dashes are valid in variable / attribute names, allowing you to write: dbus-glib = callPackage ../development/libraries/dbus-glib { }; and buildInputs = [ dbus-glib ]; Since we don't have a negation or subtraction operation in Nix, this is unambiguous. |
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The Nix Emacs mode supports syntax highlighting, somewhat sensible indenting, and refilling of comments. To enable Nix mode in Emacs, add something like this to your ~/.emacs file: (load "/nix/share/emacs/site-lisp/nix-mode.el") This automatically causes Nix mode to be activated for all files with extension `.nix'.