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== Following the white rabbit == | == Following the white rabbit == | ||
* This section does not apply for packages in the directory pkgs/by-name. For them, see the included [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/by-name/README.md pkgs/by-name/README.md]. | |||
* I will center this tutorial on the nix expression that packages the [http://i3wm.org/ i3 window manager], as this expression is quite simple and it was contributing to this expression that I got to understand this whole workflow I am documenting. | * I will center this tutorial on the nix expression that packages the [http://i3wm.org/ i3 window manager], as this expression is quite simple and it was contributing to this expression that I got to understand this whole workflow I am documenting. | ||
* In <tt>~/devel/nixpkgs/default.nix</tt> there is an ''import'' statement that reads <tt>import ./pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix</tt> | * In <tt>~/devel/nixpkgs/default.nix</tt> there is an ''import'' statement that reads <tt>import ./pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix</tt> | ||