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[PATCH] gnu: Add emacs-rg.

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From: "LaFreniere\, Joseph" <joseph <at> lafreniere.xyz>
To: 39384 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Marius Bakke <mbakke <at> fastmail.com>, Efraim Flashner <efraim <at> flashner.co.il>, Nicolas Goaziou <mail <at> nicolasgoaziou.fr>
Subject: [bug#39384] [PATCH] gnu: Add emacs-rg.
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2020 17:08:51 -0600

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Efraim Flashner <efraim <at> flashner.co.il> writes:
>> Can you point me to the Guix documentation where the 
>> functionality you're
>> describing is explained?  I have read through the description 
>> of package
>> inputs in section 6.2.1 of Guix's manual, but I still do not 
>> explain what
>> advantage patching the search path offers.
>
> I'm not sure I can find a spot in the manual where it is 
> detailed. It
> comes down to the difference between "search for this program in 
> PATH"
> and "call this program located at this location". By calling the 
> rg
> at it's exact path rg doesn't need to be installed directly.

A patch that includes ripgrep as non-propagated inputs is 
attached.

--
Joseph LaFreniere

[0001-gnu-Add-emacs-rg.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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