Subject: Re: bug#22587: ‘guix edit’ & ‘M-x guix-edit' typo, rename, & mode change

From: Andreas Enge <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2016 19:58:12 +0100

On Sun, Feb 07, 2016 at 01:04:40PM -0500, myglc2 wrote:
> TYPO:
> "edit" (last line above) should be replaced with "view", "inspect", or
> "examine".
> RENAME:
> Calling these functions 'guix edit' and 'M-x guix-edit' implies that the
> user will be able to modify the recipe, but this is not actually the
> case.

This depends on the user's rights. In a global installation, root is allowed
to modify. In a git checkout, one would need to do "./pre-inst-env guix edit"
like with all other guix commands.

Andreas