Re: [Nix-dev] Redesign of documentation

2016-02-17 Thread Cillian de Róiste
2016-02-17 6:58 GMT+01:00 stewart mackenzie : > I can't find the link, but a few nixers made something called nix-cloud. > That was fun and informative for learning the nix expression language. Yes indeed, qknight and friends made http://nixcloud.io/tour (web based,

Re: [Nix-dev] Redesign of documentation

2016-02-16 Thread stewart mackenzie
I can't find the link, but a few nixers made something called nix-cloud. That was fun and informative for learning the nix expression language. ___ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev

Re: [Nix-dev] Redesign of documentation

2016-02-16 Thread Profpatsch
On 16-02-15 06:57pm, Freddy Rietdijk wrote: > Furthermore, I can imagine a third > part with How To's could be added to the Nix user guide. These are commonly called “Cookbook” and in my experience they are an invaluable source of practical information. We kind of have something similar in the

Re: [Nix-dev] Redesign of documentation

2016-02-16 Thread Christian Kauhaus
Am 15.02.2016 um 18:57 schrieb Freddy Rietdijk: > So, that's my idea about the documentation. What are your views about this > issue and the proposal? And remember, no talking about implementations/formats > just yet! In my opinion it would be helpful to cover the Nix language (language syntax,

[Nix-dev] Redesign of documentation

2016-02-15 Thread Freddy Rietdijk
Hi Nixers, Since NixCon last year UX and documentation are in the spotlight, and especially since the Wiki has gone to read-only there seems to be even more pressure to come up with a good solution to the documentation challenge. I would like to bring up a discussion on what type of