haskell docs: add info about hoogle's --local flag to section 9.5.2.3 #33217
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doc/languages-frameworks/haskell.md
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| security reasons, which might be quite an inconvenience. See [this | ||
| page](http://kb.mozillazine.org/Links_to_local_pages_do_not_work) for | ||
| security reasons, which might be quite an inconvenience. Since version 5 hoogle | ||
| server has a `--local` flag that solves the problem. For older versions see |
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Can you describe how it solves the problem (by serving the files,) so people know the implications up front?
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btw the hoogle server module does this for you: I forgot to document this when I put it together... |
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@jb55 I'm not on nixos, how would one use this, is it just installing it? |
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@toonn ah yeah nixos system(d) services are not yet available to non-nixos users. |
doc/languages-frameworks/haskell.md
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| server has a `--local` flag that solves the problem. For older versions see | ||
| [Hoogle](https://www.haskell.org/hoogle/). The `--local` flag makes the hoogle | ||
| server serve files from your nix store over http, without the flag it will use | ||
| `file:\\` URIs. Note, however, that Firefox and possibly other browsers |
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You accidentally flipped some slashes here
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I felt like the backslashes were starting to get outnumbered ; )
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Once ndmitchell/hoogle@759f755d lands this will be less of a lie, so might want to hold off on merging until then : ) |
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The patch was merged and is in a release so this PR is ready to be merged. |
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@toonn Cool, could you rebase? There's merge conflicts. :) |
Relevant section: 9.5.2.3. How to install a compiler with libraries, hoogle and documentation indexes
Since version 5 `hoogle server`s --local flag solves the problem with links from
`http:` to `file:` URIs:
hoogle server --local -p 8080
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@srhb, I rebased a while ago, just pinging so I won't have to rebase again : ) |
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@toonn Thank you, GitHub doesn't ping me when that happens. :) |
Relevant section: 9.5.2.3. How to install a compiler with libraries, hoogle and documentation indexes
Since version 5
hoogle servers --local flag solves the problem with links fromhttp:tofile:URIs:Motivation for this change
Using the --local flag is easier than the workarounds and not very discoverable.
Things done
build-use-sandboxinnix.confon non-NixOS)nix-shell -p nox --run "nox-review wip"./result/bin/)