Nix: update and add documentation for nix subcommands (#9959)
* Nix: update and add documentation for nix subcommands Updates the documentation on the new unstable Nix command & subcommands, and adds a separate page for the Classic Nix commands. --------- Co-authored-by: K.B.Dharun Krishna <kbdharunkrishna@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: axtloss <axtlos@getcryst.al> Co-authored-by: CleanMachine1 <78213164+CleanMachine1@users.noreply.github.com>
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# nix edit
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> Open the Nix expression of a Nix package in $EDITOR.
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> More information: <https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-edit.html>.
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- Open the source of the Nix expression of a package from nixpkgs in your `$EDITOR`:
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`nix edit {{nixpkgs#pkg}}`
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- Dump the source of a package to stdout:
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`EDITOR=cat nix edit {{nixpkgs#pkg}}`
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