Add a command ‘nixos-help’ that opens the NixOS manual in a browser

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Eelco Dolstra 2013-01-08 02:13:33 +01:00
parent f05e5813b5
commit 81796c5baf

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@ -16,6 +16,17 @@ let
inherit pkgs options;
};
entry = "${manual.manual}/share/doc/nixos/manual.html";
help = pkgs.writeScriptBin "nixos-help"
''
#! ${pkgs.stdenv.shell} -e
if ! ''${BROWSER:-w3m} ${entry}; then
echo "$0: unable to start a web browser; please set \$BROWSER or install w3m"
exit 1
fi
'';
in
{
@ -69,7 +80,7 @@ in
system.build.manual = manual;
environment.systemPackages = [ manual.manpages ];
environment.systemPackages = [ manual.manpages help ];
boot.extraTTYs = mkIf cfg.showManual ["tty${cfg.ttyNumber}"];
@ -78,7 +89,7 @@ in
{ description = "NixOS Manual";
wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
serviceConfig =
{ ExecStart = "${cfg.browser} ${manual.manual}/share/doc/nixos/manual.html";
{ ExecStart = "${cfg.browser} ${entry}";
StandardInput = "tty";
StandardOutput = "tty";
TTYPath = "/dev/tty${cfg.ttyNumber}";