From 3063e5b94c1cc1f64cea6af792513c1a04e12155 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Valentin Gagarin Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2022 17:09:53 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 1/7] manual: use subheadings for primitive types this gives us HTML anchors for each of them --- doc/manual/src/expressions/language-values.md | 288 +++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 149 insertions(+), 139 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/manual/src/expressions/language-values.md b/doc/manual/src/expressions/language-values.md index abbe1fd35..fa5743222 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/expressions/language-values.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/expressions/language-values.md @@ -4,151 +4,161 @@ Nix has the following basic data types: - - *Strings* can be written in three ways. - - The most common way is to enclose the string between double quotes, - e.g., `"foo bar"`. Strings can span multiple lines. The special - characters `"` and `\` and the character sequence `${` must be - escaped by prefixing them with a backslash (`\`). Newlines, carriage - returns and tabs can be written as `\n`, `\r` and `\t`, - respectively. - - You can include the result of an expression into a string by - enclosing it in `${...}`, a feature known as *antiquotation*. The - enclosed expression must evaluate to something that can be coerced - into a string (meaning that it must be a string, a path, or a - derivation). For instance, rather than writing - - ```nix - "--with-freetype2-library=" + freetype + "/lib" - ``` - - (where `freetype` is a derivation), you can instead write the more - natural - - ```nix - "--with-freetype2-library=${freetype}/lib" - ``` - - The latter is automatically translated to the former. A more - complicated example (from the Nix expression for - [Qt](http://www.trolltech.com/products/qt)): - - ```nix - configureFlags = " - -system-zlib -system-libpng -system-libjpeg - ${if openglSupport then "-dlopen-opengl - -L${mesa}/lib -I${mesa}/include - -L${libXmu}/lib -I${libXmu}/include" else ""} - ${if threadSupport then "-thread" else "-no-thread"} - "; - ``` - - Note that Nix expressions and strings can be arbitrarily nested; in - this case the outer string contains various antiquotations that - themselves contain strings (e.g., `"-thread"`), some of which in - turn contain expressions (e.g., `${mesa}`). - - The second way to write string literals is as an *indented string*, - which is enclosed between pairs of *double single-quotes*, like so: - - ```nix +### Strings + +*Strings* can be written in three ways. + +The most common way is to enclose the string between double quotes, +e.g., `"foo bar"`. Strings can span multiple lines. The special +characters `"` and `\` and the character sequence `${` must be +escaped by prefixing them with a backslash (`\`). Newlines, carriage +returns and tabs can be written as `\n`, `\r` and `\t`, +respectively. + +You can include the result of an expression into a string by +enclosing it in `${...}`, a feature known as *antiquotation*. The +enclosed expression must evaluate to something that can be coerced +into a string (meaning that it must be a string, a path, or a +derivation). For instance, rather than writing + +```nix +"--with-freetype2-library=" + freetype + "/lib" +``` + +(where `freetype` is a derivation), you can instead write the more +natural + +```nix +"--with-freetype2-library=${freetype}/lib" +``` + +The latter is automatically translated to the former. A more +complicated example (from the Nix expression for +[Qt](http://www.trolltech.com/products/qt)): + +```nix +configureFlags = " + -system-zlib -system-libpng -system-libjpeg + ${if openglSupport then "-dlopen-opengl + -L${mesa}/lib -I${mesa}/include + -L${libXmu}/lib -I${libXmu}/include" else ""} + ${if threadSupport then "-thread" else "-no-thread"} +"; +``` + +Note that Nix expressions and strings can be arbitrarily nested; in +this case the outer string contains various antiquotations that +themselves contain strings (e.g., `"-thread"`), some of which in +turn contain expressions (e.g., `${mesa}`). + +The second way to write string literals is as an *indented string*, +which is enclosed between pairs of *double single-quotes*, like so: + +```nix +'' + This is the first line. + This is the second line. + This is the third line. +'' +``` + +This kind of string literal intelligently strips indentation from +the start of each line. To be precise, it strips from each line a +number of spaces equal to the minimal indentation of the string as a +whole (disregarding the indentation of empty lines). For instance, +the first and second line are indented two spaces, while the third +line is indented four spaces. Thus, two spaces are stripped from +each line, so the resulting string is + +```nix +"This is the first line.\nThis is the second line.\n This is the third line.\n" +``` + +Note that the whitespace and newline following the opening `''` is +ignored if there is no non-whitespace text on the initial line. + +Antiquotation (`${expr}`) is supported in indented strings. + +Since `${` and `''` have special meaning in indented strings, you +need a way to quote them. `$` can be escaped by prefixing it with +`''` (that is, two single quotes), i.e., `''$`. `''` can be escaped +by prefixing it with `'`, i.e., `'''`. `$` removes any special +meaning from the following `$`. Linefeed, carriage-return and tab +characters can be written as `''\n`, `''\r`, `''\t`, and `''\` +escapes any other character. + +Indented strings are primarily useful in that they allow multi-line +string literals to follow the indentation of the enclosing Nix +expression, and that less escaping is typically necessary for +strings representing languages such as shell scripts and +configuration files because `''` is much less common than `"`. +Example: + +```nix +stdenv.mkDerivation { + ... + postInstall = '' - This is the first line. - This is the second line. - This is the third line. - '' - ``` - - This kind of string literal intelligently strips indentation from - the start of each line. To be precise, it strips from each line a - number of spaces equal to the minimal indentation of the string as a - whole (disregarding the indentation of empty lines). For instance, - the first and second line are indented two spaces, while the third - line is indented four spaces. Thus, two spaces are stripped from - each line, so the resulting string is - - ```nix - "This is the first line.\nThis is the second line.\n This is the third line.\n" - ``` - - Note that the whitespace and newline following the opening `''` is - ignored if there is no non-whitespace text on the initial line. - - Antiquotation (`${expr}`) is supported in indented strings. - - Since `${` and `''` have special meaning in indented strings, you - need a way to quote them. `$` can be escaped by prefixing it with - `''` (that is, two single quotes), i.e., `''$`. `''` can be escaped - by prefixing it with `'`, i.e., `'''`. `$` removes any special - meaning from the following `$`. Linefeed, carriage-return and tab - characters can be written as `''\n`, `''\r`, `''\t`, and `''\` - escapes any other character. - - Indented strings are primarily useful in that they allow multi-line - string literals to follow the indentation of the enclosing Nix - expression, and that less escaping is typically necessary for - strings representing languages such as shell scripts and - configuration files because `''` is much less common than `"`. - Example: - - ```nix - stdenv.mkDerivation { - ... - postInstall = - '' - mkdir $out/bin $out/etc - cp foo $out/bin - echo "Hello World" > $out/etc/foo.conf - ${if enableBar then "cp bar $out/bin" else ""} - ''; - ... - } - ``` - - Finally, as a convenience, *URIs* as defined in appendix B of - [RFC 2396](http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt) can be written *as - is*, without quotes. For instance, the string - `"http://example.org/foo.tar.bz2"` can also be written as - `http://example.org/foo.tar.bz2`. + mkdir $out/bin $out/etc + cp foo $out/bin + echo "Hello World" > $out/etc/foo.conf + ${if enableBar then "cp bar $out/bin" else ""} + ''; + ... +} +``` - - Numbers, which can be *integers* (like `123`) or *floating point* - (like `123.43` or `.27e13`). - - Numbers are type-compatible: pure integer operations will always - return integers, whereas any operation involving at least one - floating point number will have a floating point number as a result. +Finally, as a convenience, *URIs* as defined in appendix B of +[RFC 2396](http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt) can be written *as +is*, without quotes. For instance, the string +`"http://example.org/foo.tar.bz2"` can also be written as +`http://example.org/foo.tar.bz2`. - - *Paths*, e.g., `/bin/sh` or `./builder.sh`. A path must contain at - least one slash to be recognised as such. For instance, `builder.sh` - is not a path: it's parsed as an expression that selects the - attribute `sh` from the variable `builder`. If the file name is - relative, i.e., if it does not begin with a slash, it is made - absolute at parse time relative to the directory of the Nix - expression that contained it. For instance, if a Nix expression in - `/foo/bar/bla.nix` refers to `../xyzzy/fnord.nix`, the absolute path - is `/foo/xyzzy/fnord.nix`. - - If the first component of a path is a `~`, it is interpreted as if - the rest of the path were relative to the user's home directory. - e.g. `~/foo` would be equivalent to `/home/edolstra/foo` for a user - whose home directory is `/home/edolstra`. - - Paths can also be specified between angle brackets, e.g. - ``. This means that the directories listed in the - environment variable `NIX_PATH` will be searched for the given file - or directory name. +### Numbers - Antiquotation is supported in any paths except those in angle brackets. - `./${foo}-${bar}.nix` is a more convenient way of writing - `./. + "/" + foo + "-" + bar + ".nix"` or `./. + "/${foo}-${bar}.nix"`. At - least one slash must appear *before* any antiquotations for this to be - recognized as a path. `a.${foo}/b.${bar}` is a syntactically valid division - operation. `./a.${foo}/b.${bar}` is a path. +Numbers, which can be *integers* (like `123`) or *floating point* +(like `123.43` or `.27e13`). - - *Booleans* with values `true` and `false`. +Numbers are type-compatible: pure integer operations will always +return integers, whereas any operation involving at least one +floating point number will have a floating point number as a result. - - The null value, denoted as `null`. +### Paths + +*Paths*, e.g., `/bin/sh` or `./builder.sh`. A path must contain at +least one slash to be recognised as such. For instance, `builder.sh` +is not a path: it's parsed as an expression that selects the +attribute `sh` from the variable `builder`. If the file name is +relative, i.e., if it does not begin with a slash, it is made +absolute at parse time relative to the directory of the Nix +expression that contained it. For instance, if a Nix expression in +`/foo/bar/bla.nix` refers to `../xyzzy/fnord.nix`, the absolute path +is `/foo/xyzzy/fnord.nix`. + +If the first component of a path is a `~`, it is interpreted as if +the rest of the path were relative to the user's home directory. +e.g. `~/foo` would be equivalent to `/home/edolstra/foo` for a user +whose home directory is `/home/edolstra`. + +Paths can also be specified between angle brackets, e.g. +``. This means that the directories listed in the +environment variable `NIX_PATH` will be searched for the given file +or directory name. + +Antiquotation is supported in any paths except those in angle brackets. +`./${foo}-${bar}.nix` is a more convenient way of writing +`./. + "/" + foo + "-" + bar + ".nix"` or `./. + "/${foo}-${bar}.nix"`. At +least one slash must appear *before* any antiquotations for this to be +recognized as a path. `a.${foo}/b.${bar}` is a syntactically valid division +operation. `./a.${foo}/b.${bar}` is a path. + +### Booleans + +*Booleans* with values `true` and `false`. + +### Null + +The null value, denoted as `null`. ## Lists From 4ff48854b85f5af6b7448957beae448939c56884 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Valentin Gagarin Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2022 17:11:23 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 2/7] manual: simple values -> primitives "simple" is a loaded term --- doc/manual/src/expressions/language-values.md | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/manual/src/expressions/language-values.md b/doc/manual/src/expressions/language-values.md index fa5743222..19d2f7c0d 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/expressions/language-values.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/expressions/language-values.md @@ -1,8 +1,6 @@ # Values -## Simple Values - -Nix has the following basic data types: +## Primitives ### Strings From 8f4fab8fab9c321aea62b2953cbe16083781f099 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Valentin Gagarin Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2022 17:25:18 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 3/7] manual: use singular for headings --- doc/manual/src/expressions/language-values.md | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/manual/src/expressions/language-values.md b/doc/manual/src/expressions/language-values.md index 19d2f7c0d..6b1047c71 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/expressions/language-values.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/expressions/language-values.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ## Primitives -### Strings +### String *Strings* can be written in three ways. @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ is*, without quotes. For instance, the string `"http://example.org/foo.tar.bz2"` can also be written as `http://example.org/foo.tar.bz2`. -### Numbers +### Number Numbers, which can be *integers* (like `123`) or *floating point* (like `123.43` or `.27e13`). @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ Numbers are type-compatible: pure integer operations will always return integers, whereas any operation involving at least one floating point number will have a floating point number as a result. -### Paths +### Path *Paths*, e.g., `/bin/sh` or `./builder.sh`. A path must contain at least one slash to be recognised as such. For instance, `builder.sh` @@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ least one slash must appear *before* any antiquotations for this to be recognized as a path. `a.${foo}/b.${bar}` is a syntactically valid division operation. `./a.${foo}/b.${bar}` is a path. -### Booleans +### Boolean *Booleans* with values `true` and `false`. @@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ operation. `./a.${foo}/b.${bar}` is a path. The null value, denoted as `null`. -## Lists +## List Lists are formed by enclosing a whitespace-separated list of values between square brackets. For example, @@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ function and the fifth being a set. Note that lists are only lazy in values, and they are strict in length. -## Attribute Sets +## Attribute Set Attribute sets are collections of name-value-pairs (called *attributes*) enclosed in curly brackets (`{ }`). From 41a3b315fd24b83d7e570e1dae8d384317fb89e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Valentin Gagarin Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2022 17:25:25 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 4/7] manual: values -> data types --- doc/manual/src/SUMMARY.md.in | 2 +- doc/manual/src/expressions/language-values.md | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/manual/src/SUMMARY.md.in b/doc/manual/src/SUMMARY.md.in index 5df4e2d75..c8cb72fc0 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/SUMMARY.md.in +++ b/doc/manual/src/SUMMARY.md.in @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ - [Building and Testing](expressions/simple-building-testing.md) - [Generic Builder Syntax](expressions/generic-builder.md) - [Nix Expression Language](expressions/expression-language.md) - - [Values](expressions/language-values.md) + - [Data Types](expressions/language-values.md) - [Language Constructs](expressions/language-constructs.md) - [Operators](expressions/language-operators.md) - [Derivations](expressions/derivations.md) diff --git a/doc/manual/src/expressions/language-values.md b/doc/manual/src/expressions/language-values.md index 6b1047c71..e4e3bf181 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/expressions/language-values.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/expressions/language-values.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# Values +# Data Types ## Primitives From 27138f1ec69c7a6f09ab467de317909780e4ae7a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Valentin Gagarin Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2022 23:30:07 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 5/7] manual: use singular in body, too Co-authored-by: Cole Helbling --- doc/manual/src/expressions/language-values.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/manual/src/expressions/language-values.md b/doc/manual/src/expressions/language-values.md index e4e3bf181..4aa354ba6 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/expressions/language-values.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/expressions/language-values.md @@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ Note that lists are only lazy in values, and they are strict in length. ## Attribute Set -Attribute sets are collections of name-value-pairs (called *attributes*) enclosed in curly brackets (`{ }`). +An attribute set is a collection of name-value-pairs (called *attributes*) enclosed in curly brackets (`{ }`). Names and values are separated by an equal sign (`=`). Each value is an arbitrary expression terminated by a semicolon (`;`). From ceed4d41426f6e2dc74473d5c137a8f061c49061 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Valentin Gagarin Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2022 11:23:40 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 6/7] encode primitive as list with anchors to make it consistent with builtins and configuration options --- doc/manual/src/expressions/language-values.md | 248 +++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 124 insertions(+), 124 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/manual/src/expressions/language-values.md b/doc/manual/src/expressions/language-values.md index 4aa354ba6..a53b2cb22 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/expressions/language-values.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/expressions/language-values.md @@ -2,161 +2,161 @@ ## Primitives -### String +- String -*Strings* can be written in three ways. + *Strings* can be written in three ways. -The most common way is to enclose the string between double quotes, -e.g., `"foo bar"`. Strings can span multiple lines. The special -characters `"` and `\` and the character sequence `${` must be -escaped by prefixing them with a backslash (`\`). Newlines, carriage -returns and tabs can be written as `\n`, `\r` and `\t`, -respectively. + The most common way is to enclose the string between double quotes, + e.g., `"foo bar"`. Strings can span multiple lines. The special + characters `"` and `\` and the character sequence `${` must be + escaped by prefixing them with a backslash (`\`). Newlines, carriage + returns and tabs can be written as `\n`, `\r` and `\t`, + respectively. -You can include the result of an expression into a string by -enclosing it in `${...}`, a feature known as *antiquotation*. The -enclosed expression must evaluate to something that can be coerced -into a string (meaning that it must be a string, a path, or a -derivation). For instance, rather than writing + You can include the result of an expression into a string by + enclosing it in `${...}`, a feature known as *antiquotation*. The + enclosed expression must evaluate to something that can be coerced + into a string (meaning that it must be a string, a path, or a + derivation). For instance, rather than writing -```nix -"--with-freetype2-library=" + freetype + "/lib" -``` + ```nix + "--with-freetype2-library=" + freetype + "/lib" + ``` -(where `freetype` is a derivation), you can instead write the more -natural + (where `freetype` is a derivation), you can instead write the more + natural -```nix -"--with-freetype2-library=${freetype}/lib" -``` + ```nix + "--with-freetype2-library=${freetype}/lib" + ``` -The latter is automatically translated to the former. A more -complicated example (from the Nix expression for -[Qt](http://www.trolltech.com/products/qt)): + The latter is automatically translated to the former. A more + complicated example (from the Nix expression for + [Qt](http://www.trolltech.com/products/qt)): -```nix -configureFlags = " - -system-zlib -system-libpng -system-libjpeg - ${if openglSupport then "-dlopen-opengl - -L${mesa}/lib -I${mesa}/include - -L${libXmu}/lib -I${libXmu}/include" else ""} - ${if threadSupport then "-thread" else "-no-thread"} -"; -``` + ```nix + configureFlags = " + -system-zlib -system-libpng -system-libjpeg + ${if openglSupport then "-dlopen-opengl + -L${mesa}/lib -I${mesa}/include + -L${libXmu}/lib -I${libXmu}/include" else ""} + ${if threadSupport then "-thread" else "-no-thread"} + "; + ``` -Note that Nix expressions and strings can be arbitrarily nested; in -this case the outer string contains various antiquotations that -themselves contain strings (e.g., `"-thread"`), some of which in -turn contain expressions (e.g., `${mesa}`). + Note that Nix expressions and strings can be arbitrarily nested; in + this case the outer string contains various antiquotations that + themselves contain strings (e.g., `"-thread"`), some of which in + turn contain expressions (e.g., `${mesa}`). -The second way to write string literals is as an *indented string*, -which is enclosed between pairs of *double single-quotes*, like so: + The second way to write string literals is as an *indented string*, + which is enclosed between pairs of *double single-quotes*, like so: -```nix -'' - This is the first line. - This is the second line. - This is the third line. -'' -``` + ```nix + '' + This is the first line. + This is the second line. + This is the third line. + '' + ``` -This kind of string literal intelligently strips indentation from -the start of each line. To be precise, it strips from each line a -number of spaces equal to the minimal indentation of the string as a -whole (disregarding the indentation of empty lines). For instance, -the first and second line are indented two spaces, while the third -line is indented four spaces. Thus, two spaces are stripped from -each line, so the resulting string is + This kind of string literal intelligently strips indentation from + the start of each line. To be precise, it strips from each line a + number of spaces equal to the minimal indentation of the string as a + whole (disregarding the indentation of empty lines). For instance, + the first and second line are indented two spaces, while the third + line is indented four spaces. Thus, two spaces are stripped from + each line, so the resulting string is -```nix -"This is the first line.\nThis is the second line.\n This is the third line.\n" -``` + ```nix + "This is the first line.\nThis is the second line.\n This is the third line.\n" + ``` -Note that the whitespace and newline following the opening `''` is -ignored if there is no non-whitespace text on the initial line. + Note that the whitespace and newline following the opening `''` is + ignored if there is no non-whitespace text on the initial line. -Antiquotation (`${expr}`) is supported in indented strings. + Antiquotation (`${expr}`) is supported in indented strings. -Since `${` and `''` have special meaning in indented strings, you -need a way to quote them. `$` can be escaped by prefixing it with -`''` (that is, two single quotes), i.e., `''$`. `''` can be escaped -by prefixing it with `'`, i.e., `'''`. `$` removes any special -meaning from the following `$`. Linefeed, carriage-return and tab -characters can be written as `''\n`, `''\r`, `''\t`, and `''\` -escapes any other character. + Since `${` and `''` have special meaning in indented strings, you + need a way to quote them. `$` can be escaped by prefixing it with + `''` (that is, two single quotes), i.e., `''$`. `''` can be escaped + by prefixing it with `'`, i.e., `'''`. `$` removes any special + meaning from the following `$`. Linefeed, carriage-return and tab + characters can be written as `''\n`, `''\r`, `''\t`, and `''\` + escapes any other character. -Indented strings are primarily useful in that they allow multi-line -string literals to follow the indentation of the enclosing Nix -expression, and that less escaping is typically necessary for -strings representing languages such as shell scripts and -configuration files because `''` is much less common than `"`. -Example: + Indented strings are primarily useful in that they allow multi-line + string literals to follow the indentation of the enclosing Nix + expression, and that less escaping is typically necessary for + strings representing languages such as shell scripts and + configuration files because `''` is much less common than `"`. + Example: -```nix -stdenv.mkDerivation { - ... - postInstall = - '' - mkdir $out/bin $out/etc - cp foo $out/bin - echo "Hello World" > $out/etc/foo.conf - ${if enableBar then "cp bar $out/bin" else ""} - ''; - ... -} -``` + ```nix + stdenv.mkDerivation { + ... + postInstall = + '' + mkdir $out/bin $out/etc + cp foo $out/bin + echo "Hello World" > $out/etc/foo.conf + ${if enableBar then "cp bar $out/bin" else ""} + ''; + ... + } + ``` -Finally, as a convenience, *URIs* as defined in appendix B of -[RFC 2396](http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt) can be written *as -is*, without quotes. For instance, the string -`"http://example.org/foo.tar.bz2"` can also be written as -`http://example.org/foo.tar.bz2`. + Finally, as a convenience, *URIs* as defined in appendix B of + [RFC 2396](http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt) can be written *as + is*, without quotes. For instance, the string + `"http://example.org/foo.tar.bz2"` can also be written as + `http://example.org/foo.tar.bz2`. -### Number +- Number -Numbers, which can be *integers* (like `123`) or *floating point* -(like `123.43` or `.27e13`). + Numbers, which can be *integers* (like `123`) or *floating point* + (like `123.43` or `.27e13`). -Numbers are type-compatible: pure integer operations will always -return integers, whereas any operation involving at least one -floating point number will have a floating point number as a result. + Numbers are type-compatible: pure integer operations will always + return integers, whereas any operation involving at least one + floating point number will have a floating point number as a result. -### Path +- Path -*Paths*, e.g., `/bin/sh` or `./builder.sh`. A path must contain at -least one slash to be recognised as such. For instance, `builder.sh` -is not a path: it's parsed as an expression that selects the -attribute `sh` from the variable `builder`. If the file name is -relative, i.e., if it does not begin with a slash, it is made -absolute at parse time relative to the directory of the Nix -expression that contained it. For instance, if a Nix expression in -`/foo/bar/bla.nix` refers to `../xyzzy/fnord.nix`, the absolute path -is `/foo/xyzzy/fnord.nix`. + *Paths*, e.g., `/bin/sh` or `./builder.sh`. A path must contain at + least one slash to be recognised as such. For instance, `builder.sh` + is not a path: it's parsed as an expression that selects the + attribute `sh` from the variable `builder`. If the file name is + relative, i.e., if it does not begin with a slash, it is made + absolute at parse time relative to the directory of the Nix + expression that contained it. For instance, if a Nix expression in + `/foo/bar/bla.nix` refers to `../xyzzy/fnord.nix`, the absolute path + is `/foo/xyzzy/fnord.nix`. -If the first component of a path is a `~`, it is interpreted as if -the rest of the path were relative to the user's home directory. -e.g. `~/foo` would be equivalent to `/home/edolstra/foo` for a user -whose home directory is `/home/edolstra`. + If the first component of a path is a `~`, it is interpreted as if + the rest of the path were relative to the user's home directory. + e.g. `~/foo` would be equivalent to `/home/edolstra/foo` for a user + whose home directory is `/home/edolstra`. -Paths can also be specified between angle brackets, e.g. -``. This means that the directories listed in the -environment variable `NIX_PATH` will be searched for the given file -or directory name. + Paths can also be specified between angle brackets, e.g. + ``. This means that the directories listed in the + environment variable `NIX_PATH` will be searched for the given file + or directory name. -Antiquotation is supported in any paths except those in angle brackets. -`./${foo}-${bar}.nix` is a more convenient way of writing -`./. + "/" + foo + "-" + bar + ".nix"` or `./. + "/${foo}-${bar}.nix"`. At -least one slash must appear *before* any antiquotations for this to be -recognized as a path. `a.${foo}/b.${bar}` is a syntactically valid division -operation. `./a.${foo}/b.${bar}` is a path. + Antiquotation is supported in any paths except those in angle brackets. + `./${foo}-${bar}.nix` is a more convenient way of writing + `./. + "/" + foo + "-" + bar + ".nix"` or `./. + "/${foo}-${bar}.nix"`. At + least one slash must appear *before* any antiquotations for this to be + recognized as a path. `a.${foo}/b.${bar}` is a syntactically valid division + operation. `./a.${foo}/b.${bar}` is a path. -### Boolean +- Boolean -*Booleans* with values `true` and `false`. + *Booleans* with values `true` and `false`. -### Null +- Null -The null value, denoted as `null`. + The null value, denoted as `null`. ## List From c55bea420402fcf995688ef6a12cfa413bc5e35f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Th=C3=A9ophane=20Hufschmitt?= Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2022 14:16:00 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 7/7] Fix the html id of the list headers --- doc/manual/src/expressions/language-values.md | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/manual/src/expressions/language-values.md b/doc/manual/src/expressions/language-values.md index a53b2cb22..f09400d02 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/expressions/language-values.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/expressions/language-values.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ## Primitives -- String +- String *Strings* can be written in three ways. @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ `"http://example.org/foo.tar.bz2"` can also be written as `http://example.org/foo.tar.bz2`. -- Number +- Number Numbers, which can be *integers* (like `123`) or *floating point* (like `123.43` or `.27e13`). @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ return integers, whereas any operation involving at least one floating point number will have a floating point number as a result. -- Path +- Path *Paths*, e.g., `/bin/sh` or `./builder.sh`. A path must contain at least one slash to be recognised as such. For instance, `builder.sh` @@ -150,11 +150,11 @@ recognized as a path. `a.${foo}/b.${bar}` is a syntactically valid division operation. `./a.${foo}/b.${bar}` is a path. -- Boolean +- Boolean *Booleans* with values `true` and `false`. -- Null +- Null The null value, denoted as `null`.