2206d7afe2
I wanted to list the different texlive collections using the nix-repl, as per the [manual](https://nixos.org/nixpkgs/manual/#idm140737316065984). It didn't work, since the nixpkgs were not loaded. Doing `:l <nixpkgs>` first resolved the problem. This change adds the nixpkgs loading step to the manual so that the next inexperienced person don't have to figure out why it didn't work. I tested this on NixOS unstable (16.09pre90254.6b20d5b) with nix-repl 1.11.3.
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<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
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xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
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xml:id="sec-language-texlive">
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<title>TeX Live</title>
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<para>Since release 15.09 there is a new TeX Live packaging that lives entirely under attribute <varname>texlive</varname>.</para>
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<section><title>User's guide</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>
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For basic usage just pull <varname>texlive.combined.scheme-basic</varname> for an environment with basic LaTeX support.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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It typically won't work to use separately installed packages together.
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Instead, you can build a custom set of packages like this:
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<programlisting>
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texlive.combine {
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inherit (texlive) scheme-small collection-langkorean algorithms cm-super;
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}
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</programlisting>
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There are all the schemes, collections and a few thousand packages, as defined upstream (perhaps with tiny differences).
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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By default you only get executables and files needed during runtime, and a little documentation for the core packages. To change that, you need to add <varname>pkgFilter</varname> function to <varname>combine</varname>.
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<programlisting>
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texlive.combine {
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# inherit (texlive) whatever-you-want;
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pkgFilter = pkg:
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pkg.tlType == "run" || pkg.tlType == "bin" || pkg.pname == "cm-super";
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# elem tlType [ "run" "bin" "doc" "source" ]
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# there are also other attributes: version, name
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}
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</programlisting>
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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You can list packages e.g. by <command>nix-repl</command>.
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<programlisting>
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$ nix-repl
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nix-repl> :l <nixpkgs>
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nix-repl> texlive.collection-<TAB>
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</programlisting>
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</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</section>
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<section><title>Known problems</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>
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Some tools are still missing, e.g. luajittex;</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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some apps aren't packaged/tested yet (asymptote, biber, etc.);</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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feature/bug: when a package is rejected by <varname>pkgFilter</varname>, its dependencies are still propagated;</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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in case of any bugs or feature requests, file a github issue or better a pull request and /cc @vcunat.</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</section>
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</section>
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