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02/02: doc: Recommend nano during installation.


From: Ludovic Courtès
Subject: 02/02: doc: Recommend nano during installation.
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2018 17:15:01 -0400 (EDT)

civodul pushed a commit to branch master
in repository guix.

commit 81c63cfc6fb89bc790fba69c6f39748b0c23402e
Author: Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden>
Date:   Wed Apr 4 17:32:25 2018 +0200

    doc: Recommend nano during installation.
    
    * doc/guix.texi (Preparing for Installation)
    (Proceeding with the Installation): Recommend nano.
---
 doc/guix.texi | 12 +++++++-----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 4eac281..738fdf6 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -8335,10 +8335,10 @@ ifconfig @var{interface} up
 To configure wireless networking, you can create a configuration file
 for the @command{wpa_supplicant} configuration tool (its location is not
 important) using one of the available text editors such as
address@hidden:
address@hidden:
 
 @example
-zile wpa_supplicant.conf
+nano wpa_supplicant.conf
 @end example
 
 As an example, the following stanza can go to this file and will work
@@ -8519,8 +8519,10 @@ builds to @file{/gnu/store} which, initially, is an 
in-memory file system.
 
 Next, you have to edit a file and
 provide the declaration of the operating system to be installed.  To
-that end, the installation system comes with three text editors: GNU nano
-(@pxref{Top,,, nano, GNU nano Manual}), GNU Zile (an Emacs clone), and
+that end, the installation system comes with three text editors.  We
+recommend GNU nano (@pxref{Top,,, nano, GNU nano Manual}), which
+supports syntax highlighting and parentheses matching; other editors
+include GNU Zile (an Emacs clone), and
 nvi (a clone of the original BSD @command{vi} editor).
 We strongly recommend storing that file on the target root file system, say,
 as @file{/mnt/etc/config.scm}.  Failing to do that, you will have lost your
@@ -8536,7 +8538,7 @@ something along these lines:
 @example
 # mkdir /mnt/etc
 # cp /etc/configuration/desktop.scm /mnt/etc/config.scm
-# zile /mnt/etc/config.scm
+# nano /mnt/etc/config.scm
 @end example
 
 You should pay attention to what your configuration file contains, and



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