Guix shell now inside Emacs

4 hours ago

GNU Guix is an advanced package manager and distribution, inspired by Nix and using GNU Guile.
The `guix shell` command creates temporary software environments with specified packages.
The author contributed `M-x guix-shell` to the emacs-guix package, allowing users to run Guix shells inside Emacs.
Emacs users can use `guix-shell` to avoid starting a new Emacs instance for each project.
Commands like `guix shell python` or `guix shell python python-numpy` can be executed via Emacs.
Users can export a `manifest.scm` file from a Guix shell session for future use.
The interface could be improved, possibly with a transient menu like Magit.

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