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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index d4557b360a..74c7417174 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -4358,6 +4358,12 @@ something like this: (body (en "Don't miss the @@code@{hello@} package!")))) @end lisp +While the news file is using the Scheme syntax, avoid naming it with a +@file{.scm} extension or else it will get picked up when building the +channel and yield an error since it is not a valid module. +Alternatively, you can move the channel module to a subdirectory and +store the news file in another directory. + The file consists of a list of @dfn{news entries}. Each entry is associated with a commit or tag: it describes changes made in this commit, possibly in preceding commits as well. Users see entries only @@ -4376,7 +4382,7 @@ you write news entries in English first, the command below creates a PO file containing the strings to translate: @example -xgettext -o news.po -l scheme -ken etc/news.scm +xgettext -o news.po -l scheme -ken etc/news.txt @end example To sum up, yes, you could use your channel as a blog. But beware, this |