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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2022-06-01 16:54:40 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2022-06-04 12:04:24 +0200
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guix home: Add 'edit' sub-command.
* guix/scripts/home/edit.scm: New file.
* Makefile.am (MODULES): Add it.
* guix/scripts/home.scm (show-help): Add "edit".
(process-command): Handle it.
(guix-home): Add it.
* po/guix/POTFILES.in: Add 'guix/scripts/home/edit.scm'.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix home): Document it.
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@@ -39452,6 +39452,19 @@ guix home container config.scm -- herd status
 The command to run in the container must come after @code{--} (double
 hyphen).
 
+@cindex service type definition, editing
+@cindex editing, service type definition
+@item edit
+Edit or view the definition of the given Home service types.
+
+For example, the command below opens your editor, as specified by the
+@env{EDITOR} environment variable, on the definition of the
+@code{home-mcron} service type:
+
+@example
+guix home edit home-mcron
+@end example
+
 @item reconfigure
 Build the home environment described in @var{file}, and switch to it.
 Switching means that the activation script will be evaluated and (in