| 5 Dec 2023 |
 fricklerhandwerk | In reply to @bzzm3r:matrix.org
(It has, for me at least, been very helpful in understanding what mkShell does, so that I can write my own derivation that is less bash-focused, as Rob suggests in the SO answer I linked before: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/71016402/how-to-start-a-zsh-shell-session-with-additional-non-permanent-aliases/71112117#71112117) (Side-benefit: I don't have to use direnv. I could probably submit this little project---once completed---as a guide/recipe on nix.dev...) Extra attributes being passed as environment variables to the builder executable is a behavior of the underlying builtins.derivation: https://nixos.org/manual/nix/unstable/language/derivations#builder-execution
And while mkShell is quite magical, it essentially is also just a wrapper around the undocumented buildEnv. | 20:02:19 |
| fricklerhandwerk | All that surely needs more clarification, but once you get it, it’s not that complicated. I found it fruitful discussing what you understand so far in PRs making these clarifications in documentation. If you have some stamina, everyone will benefit: you’ll learn directly from maintainers how it works, maintainers will learn where the pain points are, and together we’ll make sure it’s correct and unambiguous. | 20:04:19 |
| 6 Dec 2023 |
 @bzzm3r:matrix.org | Sounds good, yeah, I'll start up that sequence of PRs soon! | 02:51:02 |
| @bzzm3r:matrix.org | In the meantime, the continuation of proofconstruction's PR from August is now ready to be reviewed! | 02:51:26 |
| @bzzm3r:matrix.org | https://github.com/NixOS/nix.dev/pull/831 | 02:51:27 |
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| 7 Dec 2023 |
 proofconstruction | Will take a look this afternoon, thanks! | 15:51:27 |
 ibizaman | In reply to @ibizaman:matrix.org
Hi everyone. Thank you for all your efforts on the nix documentation. It is really a treasure trove of information that I use just about all the time. I tried using `nixos-render-docs` on my project’s manual. I was lured away from nvmd thanks to this new tool able to parse markdown files instead. But then I stumbled into a few issues. One is about embedding pictures from nested directories. I’ll create an issue and test and PR soon about that one. I did create an issue about the main blocking one for me https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/272329. I just started looking at that tool’s code and it’s still not obvious to me how all works together to create html files. But if you deem solving this issue in the tool worth it, I’m happy to invest some time on this. Happy to report my issue is resolved! <3 | 19:20:27 |
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| @bzzm3r:matrix.org | infinisil: it seems that getting a google API key requires entering credit card information | 21:09:32 |
