Re: locales do not work

Ricardo Wurmus wrote: >t...@envs.net writes: > >> i am using guix on debian (installed with the installer from apt) >> the trouble is that some programs don't translate or can't >handle filenames containing unicode and guix prints this warning: >>>hint: Consider installing the `glibc-locales' pac

Re: Trivia question: What does the "G" in G-expressions stand for?

Ekaitz Zarraga skribis: >> Hi! >> >> jgart jg...@dismail.de skribis: >> >> > Does the G in G-Expressions stand for Guix? >> >> >> No, it stands for “G”, just like the “s” in “s-expression” stands for >> nothing (AFAIK). :-) >> >> Ludo’. > > In s-expression it doesn't stand for symbolic expre

Re: lock files

Hi, Dominic Martinez skribis: > jgart writes: > >> Does Guix have a concept of lock files? > > In Guix, instead of locking specific packages, you lock an entire Guix > installation. You can see the "lock" for your current installation with > the 'guix describe' command. Yes. To complement tha

Re: locales do not work

t...@envs.net writes: > i am using guix on debian (installed with the installer from apt) > the trouble is that some programs don't translate or can't handle filenames > containing unicode and guix prints this warning: >>hint: Consider installing the `glibc-locales' package and defining >>`GUIX

Re: locales do not work

*though *latter sorry for my bad english! please tell me if you know how to make epiphany use the english dictionary for checking spelling in addition to the native one

locales do not work

hi gnu! i am using guix on debian (installed with the installer from apt) the trouble is that some programs don't translate or can't handle filenames containing unicode and guix prints this warning: >hint: Consider installing the `glibc-locales' package and defining >`GUIX_LOCPATH', along these li

Re: Virtualisation: Network problems

Hi Andreas, late is no problem. I am thankful, I have learned something. Gottfried OpenPGP_0x61FAF349C9FB7F94.asc Description: OpenPGP public key OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Retain shell history in a guix container

Hi, On Sun, 02 Oct 2022 at 19:21, jgart wrote: > Does anyone know how I can retain the shell history in a guix > container? Is it not from the configuration of your Shell you use? For instance, it is the file ~/.bash_history. Cheers, simon

Re: Retain shell history in a guix container

jgart writes: > Does anyone know how I can retain the shell history in a guix container? Make the shell write its history to a location that exists outside of the container. -- Ricardo

Re: lock files

jgart writes: > Does Guix have a concept of lock files? > > Or, why doesn't Guix need lock files? Guix uses lock files. See for example “call-with-file-lock” in (guix build syscalls). But the question and its answer tells you very little about Guix. -- Ricardo