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# Help is essential
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Help should be built into your command line so that new users can gradually
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discover new features when they need them.
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discover new features when they need them.
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## Looking for help
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Initializing Nix project at `/path/to/here`.
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Select a template for you new project:
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|> template#pyton
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|> template#python
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template#python-pip
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template#python-poetry
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```
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# Input
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Input to a command is provided via `ARGUMENTS` and `OPTIONS`.
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Input to a command is provided via `ARGUMENTS` and `OPTIONS`.
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`ARGUMENTS` represent a required input for a function. When choosing to use
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`ARGUMENTS` over `OPTIONS` please be aware of the downsides that come with it:
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Warning! A security related question needs to be answered.
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The following substitutors will be used to in `my-project`:
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The following substitutors will be used to in `my-project`:
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- https://cache.example.org
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Do you allow `my-project` to use above mentioned substitutors?
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```shell
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$ nix build > build.txt
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Error! Atrribute `bin` missing at (1:94) from string.
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Error! Attribute `bin` missing at (1:94) from string.
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1| with import <nixpkgs> { }; (pkgs.runCommandCC or pkgs.runCommand) "shell" { buildInputs = [ (surge.bin) ]; } ""
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of `nix build`, which is a command that might take some time to complete, it is
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equally important to also show that a command started.
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## Text alignment
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## Text alignment
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Text alignment is the number one design element that will present all of the
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Nix commands as a family and not as separate tools glued together.
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$ nix COMMAND
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VERB_1 NOUN and other words
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VERB__1 NOUN and other words
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|> Some details
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|> Some details
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```
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Few rules that we can extract from above example:
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**The bright text is much better supported** across terminals and color
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schemes. Most of the time the difference is perceived as if the bright text
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would be bold.
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would be bold.
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## Colors
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Humans are already conditioned by society to attach certain meaning to certain
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colors. While the meaning is not universal, a simple collection of colors is
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used to represent basic emotions.
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used to represent basic emotions.
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Colors that can be used in output
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Warning! A security related question needs to be answered.
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The following substitutors will be used to in `my-project`:
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The following substitutors will be used to in `my-project`:
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- https://cache.example.org
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Do you allow `my-project` to use above mentioned substitutors?
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There are many ways that you can control verbosity.
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Verbosity levels are:
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Verbosity levels are:
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- `ERROR` (level 0)
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- `WARN` (level 1)
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# Appendix 1: Commands naming exceptions
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`nix init` and `nix repl` are well established
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`nix init` and `nix repl` are well established
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<dl>
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<dt><code>derivation <var>attrs</var></code>;
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<code>builtins.derivation <var>attrs</var></code></dt>
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<dd><p><var>derivation</var> in described in
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<dd><p><var>derivation</var> is described in
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<a href="derivations.md">its own section</a>.</p></dd>
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$ nix-store --gc
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```
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The behaviour of the gargage collector is affected by the
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The behaviour of the garbage collector is affected by the
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`keep-derivations` (default: true) and `keep-outputs` (default: false)
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options in the Nix configuration file. The defaults will ensure that all
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derivations that are build-time dependencies of garbage collector roots
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