So `nix do nix` would do nothing? (Joke for the germans)
I like the idea of having `nix do`. On 23-01-2016 17:11:15, Oliver Charles wrote: > `nix do`? :) > > On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 4:59 PM Matthias Beyer <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > On 23-01-2016 17:39:09, Christian Theune wrote: > > > > > > I like the direction where this is going a lot. A big +1 from my side. > > > > Same here. > > > > > > > > As a suggestion to the transactional behaviour, I’d like to avoid > > unnecessary shell quoting. How about “+” instead of “;"? I could imagine > > another non-colliding operator from the nix language, but “;” as a > > statement separator is going to be confusing because bash already uses it > > for almost the same thing. > > > > > > > I want to second this! Especially because "\" is kinda hard to type on > > german > > keyboards (two strokes and a weird location of both keys, ergonomically). > > "+" > > sounds much better. > > > > What would be nice is a "repl"-like thing where you can do this: > > > > nix transaction > > > install firefox > > > uninstall chromium > > > commit ## or maybe ctrl-D > > [nix] transaction about to be committed... doing things now > > > > (ofc, the `nix install firefox $sep uninstall chromium` variant should be > > available as well) > > > > -- > > Mit freundlichen Grüßen, > > Kind regards, > > Matthias Beyer > > > > Proudly sent with mutt. > > Happily signed with gnupg. > > _______________________________________________ > > nix-dev mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev > > -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Kind regards, Matthias Beyer Proudly sent with mutt. Happily signed with gnupg.
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