From d7f9eb0e876257b28672057bea3561fef2fe5c0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ricardo Wurmus Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2023 23:14:23 +0100 Subject: gnu: sugar-desktop-configuration: Allow specification of activities. * gnu/services/desktop.scm (): Add new fields for activities and gobject-introspection. (sugar-gobject-introspection, sugar-activities): New procedures. (sugar-desktop-service-type): Install packages for activities and gobject-introspection alongside the sugar package. * doc/guix.texi (Desktop Services): Document changes. --- doc/guix.texi | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/guix.texi') diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 73e3d1aa92..6ff525d0ff 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -23185,10 +23185,9 @@ This is the type of the service that runs the @uref{https://www.sugarlabs.org, Sugar desktop environment}. Its value is a @code{sugar-desktop-configuration} object (see below). -This service adds the @code{sugar} package to the system profile. It -does not install any Sugar Activity. Add packages providing activities -to the list of packages to be installed globally to make them available -to users of the Sugar desktop environment. +This service adds the @code{sugar} package to the system profile, as +well as any selected Sugar activities. By default it only includes a +minimal set of activities. @end defvar @deftp {Data Type} sugar-desktop-configuration @@ -23197,9 +23196,33 @@ Configuration record for the Sugar desktop environment. @table @asis @item @code{sugar} (default: @code{sugar}) The Sugar package to use. +@item @code{gobject-introspection} (default: @code{gobject-introspection}) +The @code{gobject-introspection} package to use. This package is used +to access libraries installed as dependencies of Sugar activities. +@item @code{activities} (default: @code{(list sugar-help-activity)}) +A list of Sugar activities to install. @end table @end deftp +The following example configures the Sugar desktop environment with a +number of useful activities: + +@lisp +(use-modules (gnu)) +(use-package-modules sugar) +(use-service-modules desktop) +(operating-system + ... + (services (cons* (service sugar-desktop-service-type + (sugar-desktop-configuration + (activities (list sugar-browse-activity + sugar-help-activity + sugar-jukebox-activity + sugar-typing-turtle-activity)))) + %desktop-services)) + ...) +@end lisp + @defvar enlightenment-desktop-service-type Return a service that adds the @code{enlightenment} package to the system profile, and extends dbus with actions from @code{efl}. -- cgit 1.4.1