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bug#47911: Improving the package outputs UI
From: |
Leo Famulari |
Subject: |
bug#47911: Improving the package outputs UI |
Date: |
Tue, 20 Apr 2021 20:52:51 -0400 |
On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 12:05:05AM +0200, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice wrote:
> Leo Famulari writes:
> > Another idea I had is to make Guix accept the concatenation of
> > packagename-output in the UI.
>
> I'm firmly against this (but read on :-)
>
> > For example, `guix install git-send-email`, instead of `git:send-email`.
> >
> > But maybe that is going too far, I'm not sure.
>
> I think it is, but the intention is good.
It's definitely pie-in-the-sky daydreaming :)
> Instead, Guix could suggest (‘did you mean...?’) like it does for commands.
>
> ~ λ guix install git-send-email
> guix install: error: git-send-email: unknown package
> hint: Did you mean one of:
> git:send-email
I think that's a better idea.
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