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diff --git a/doc/nix.md b/doc/nix.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ce25b2f8a --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/nix.md @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +--- +title: Using NiX to develop pandoc +author: John MacFarlane +--- + +The source directory contains `shell.nix` and `flake.nix`, +so if you have NiX installed, you can use either `nix shell` +or `nix develop` can be used to obtain a shell with pandoc +dependencies installed. + +To set up `direnv` so that the NiX shell is automatically +activated whenever the directory is entered, add the following +`.envrc` in the pandoc source directory: + +``` +if ! has nix_direnv_version || ! nix_direnv_version 2.2.1; then + source_url "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nix-community/nix-direnv/2.2.1/direnvrc" "sha256-zelF0vLbEl5uaqrfIzbgNzJWGmLzCmYAkInj/LNxvKs=" +fi +use flake +``` + +This uses [nix-direnv] for caching. See its web page for +further help. + +[nix-direnv]: https://github.com/nix-community/nix-direnv + |