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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2016-08-01 23:08:48 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2016-08-01 23:08:48 +0200
commita8cb87abe98d57fb763d5b14524dc32c96bd31b5 (patch)
tree3cf336686d777d2415bfdb19f4eb04d432d47ab4 /doc
parentd92e23dc9dcc90f2fbf2c956201ae194d6d31742 (diff)
install: Add nvi to the image.
* gnu/system/install.scm (installation-os)[packages]: Add NVI. * doc/guix.texi (Proceeding with the Installation): Mention it.
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@@ -6394,8 +6394,9 @@ builds to @file{/gnu/store} which, initially, is an in-memory file system.
Next, you have to edit a file and
provide the declaration of the operating system to be installed. To
-that end, the installation system comes with two text editors: GNU nano
-(@pxref{Top,,, nano, GNU nano Manual}), and GNU Zile, an Emacs clone.
+that end, the installation system comes with three text editors: GNU nano
+(@pxref{Top,,, nano, GNU nano Manual}), GNU Zile (an Emacs clone), and
+nvi (a clone of the original BSD @command{vi} editor).
We strongly recommend storing that file on the target root file system, say,
as @file{/mnt/etc/config.scm}. Failing to do that, you will have lost your
configuration file once you have rebooted into the newly-installed system.