I think this is fine. The cookbook should recommend using Ctrl-L and suggest you can install clear with the ncurses package. We get that question from time to time, so I think it belongs to a FAQ :) Le 8 novembre 2021 12:18:50 GMT-05:00, "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" a écrit : >Disseminate, thank you for your work. > >On Mon, Nov 08, 2021 at 01:48:39PM +0000, Disseminate Dissent wrote: >> Thanks for the comments Florian, >> >> Added periods and removed whitespace. >> >> In my initial Guix setup I was unable to clear the terminal with >> neither `clear` nor C-l. Installing ncurses solved that issue and is >> listed as a dependency for GNU Readline. > >Bash always enables readline as far as I can see. Perhaps you used a >system that disabled C-l in the ~/.inputrc file, which would also >disable it for a Guix-installed bash? Some Slackware users complain >about non-working C-l on stackoverflow. Anyway I will leave this >patch for experienced guix commiters to decide; IMHO the clear command >should not be needed with Guix and the cookbook so far contains only >what can be done with Guix itself. Even though I like the idea of a >FAQ section and am happy about new Guix contributors such as you. > >As for the patch: > >On Mon, Nov 08, 2021 at 01:50:20PM +0000, Disseminate Dissent via Guix-patches via wrote: >> Corrected missing periods and whitespace. >> > >You have not addressed this latter passive Added instead of Add: > >On Mon, Nov 08, 2021 at 10:29:00AM +0100, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) wrote: >> For the commit message, Guix uses the active voice “Add a FAQ section >> with …”. >> >> >> > * doc/guix-cookbook.texi: Added FAQ section. >> >> Here too. > >Then: > >On Mon, Nov 08, 2021 at 01:50:20PM +0000, Disseminate Dissent via Guix-patches via wrote: >> @menu >> * Scheme tutorials:: Meet your new favorite language! >> -* Packaging:: Packaging tutorials >> -* System Configuration:: Customizing the GNU System >> +* Packaging:: Packaging tutorials. >> +* System Configuration:: Customizing the GNU System. >> * Advanced package management:: Power to the users! >> -* Environment management:: Control environment >> +* Environment management:: Control environment. >> +* FAQ:: Commonly asked questions. > >Your commit should only add the period to your sentence; other >sentences should remain untouched (fixing them belongs in a separate >commit). I should fix such things myself in other commits; probably I >won’t do it. > >Other than that, it is a nicely written patch. > >It seems the issue when running the commands from >`info "(guix)Building from Git"` is that the other menu > >> +@menu >> +* How do I clear my terminal screen? >> +@end menu > >does not contain double colons followed by a sentence like the other >@menu. > >Regards, >Florian > > > >