diff --git a/doc/manual/src/language/builtin-constants.md b/doc/manual/src/language/builtin-constants.md index 78d066a82..3898bfd66 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/language/builtin-constants.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/language/builtin-constants.md @@ -2,19 +2,19 @@ Here are the constants built into the Nix expression evaluator: - - `builtins`\ - The set `builtins` contains all the built-in functions and values. - You can use `builtins` to test for the availability of features in - the Nix installation, e.g., - - ```nix - if builtins ? getEnv then builtins.getEnv "PATH" else "" - ``` - - This allows a Nix expression to fall back gracefully on older Nix - installations that don’t have the desired built-in function. +- `builtins`\ + The set `builtins` contains all the built-in functions and values. + You can use `builtins` to test for the availability of features in + the Nix installation, e.g., + + ```nix + if builtins ? getEnv then builtins.getEnv "PATH" else "" + ``` + + This allows a Nix expression to fall back gracefully on older Nix + installations that don’t have the desired built-in function. - - [`builtins.currentSystem`]{#builtins-currentSystem}\ - The built-in value `currentSystem` evaluates to the Nix platform - identifier for the Nix installation on which the expression is being - evaluated, such as `"i686-linux"` or `"x86_64-darwin"`. +- [`builtins.currentSystem`]{#builtins-currentSystem}\ + The built-in value `currentSystem` evaluates to the Nix platform + identifier for the Nix installation on which the expression is being + evaluated, such as `"i686-linux"` or `"x86_64-darwin"`.