Ludovic Courtès (2016-02-06 15:38 +0300) wrote:

> Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com> skribis:
>
>> myglc2 (2016-02-05 17:52 +0300) wrote:
>
> [...]
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>>> b) make a new/improved 'guix-edit' that prompts for guix-directory if it
>>>    is not already not set, perhaps also refering the user to "8.1
>>>    Building from Git".
>>
>> As I see it, 'M-x guix-edit' should do the same as 'guix edit' in shell,
>> i.e. it should open a package file without additional prompting.  OTOH I
>> think it would be good to improve 'guix-edit' so that with C-u it will
>> prompt for a directory with guix packages.
>
> Yes, that would be nice.  However, AIUI, it would require spawning a new
> Guix REPL for this specific ‘guix-directory’ value, no?

No, not at all.  The attached patch implements this.