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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix-cookbook.texi | 19 |
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diff --git a/doc/guix-cookbook.texi b/doc/guix-cookbook.texi index 0a33efc73a..7c3860fbf5 100644 --- a/doc/guix-cookbook.texi +++ b/doc/guix-cookbook.texi @@ -187,9 +187,10 @@ A list structure can be created with the @code{list} procedure: @end lisp @item -The @emph{quote} disables evaluation of a parenthesized expression: the first -term is not called over the other terms. Thus it effectively returns a list -of terms. +The @dfn{quote} disables evaluation of a parenthesized expression: the +first term is not called over the other terms (@pxref{Expression Syntax, +quote,, guile, GNU Guile Reference Manual}). Thus it effectively +returns a list of terms. @lisp '(display (string-append "Hello " "Guix" "\n")) @@ -200,9 +201,9 @@ of terms. @end lisp @item -The @dfn{quasiquote} disables evaluation of a parenthesized expression until -a comma re-enables it. Thus it provides us with fine-grained control over -what is evaluated and what is not. +The @dfn{quasiquote} disables evaluation of a parenthesized expression +until @dfn{unquote} (a comma) re-enables it. Thus it provides us with +fine-grained control over what is evaluated and what is not. @lisp `(2 a 5 7 (2 ,a 5 ,(+ a 4))) @@ -213,7 +214,8 @@ Note that the above result is a list of mixed elements: numbers, symbols (here @code{a}) and the last element is a list itself. @item -Multiple variables can be named locally with @code{let}: +Multiple variables can be named locally with @code{let} (@pxref{Local +Bindings,,, guile, GNU Guile Reference Manual}): @lisp (define x 10) @@ -249,7 +251,8 @@ the build stage. Note that it is merely a convention, like @code{_} in C. Scheme treats @code{%} exactly the same as any other letter. @item -Modules are created with @code{define-module}. For instance +Modules are created with @code{define-module} (@pxref{Creating Guile +Modules,,, guile, GNU Guile Reference Manual}). For instance @lisp (define-module (guix build-system ruby) |