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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 78bf03de9e..2e70848e55 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -4347,8 +4347,22 @@ of the @code{gexp?} type (see below.) @deffn {Scheme Syntax} with-imported-modules @var{modules} @var{body}@dots{} Mark the gexps defined in @var{body}@dots{} as requiring @var{modules} -in their execution environment. @var{modules} must be a list of Guile -module names, such as @code{'((guix build utils) (guix build gremlin))}. +in their execution environment. + +Each item in @var{modules} can be the name of a module, such as +@code{(guix build utils)}, or it can be a module name, followed by an +arrow, followed by a file-like object: + +@example +`((guix build utils) + (guix gcrypt) + ((guix config) => ,(scheme-file "config.scm" + #~(define-module @dots{})))) +@end example + +@noindent +In the example above, the first two modules are taken from the search +path, and the last one is created from the given file-like object. This form has @emph{lexical} scope: it has an effect on the gexps directly defined in @var{body}@dots{}, but not on those defined, say, in |