nixpkgs-suyu/modules/services/misc/nixos-manual.nix
Nicolas Pierron 0e3981213f Add an option to change the policy of source file links inside the manual.
The default policy use local files instead of remote ones.

svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=17258
2009-09-18 15:27:10 +00:00

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# This module includes the NixOS man-pages in the system environment,
# and optionally starts a browser that shows the NixOS manual on one
# of the virtual consoles. The latter is useful for the installation
# CD.
{pkgs, config, options, ...}:
let
inherit (pkgs.lib) mkOption mkIf types;
cfg = config.services.nixosManual;
manual = import ../../../doc/manual {
inherit (cfg) revision;
inherit pkgs options;
};
in
{
options = {
services.nixosManual.enable = mkOption {
default = true;
description = ''
Whether to build the NixOS manual pages.
'';
};
services.nixosManual.showManual = mkOption {
default = false;
description = ''
Whether to show the NixOS manual on one of the virtual
consoles.
'';
};
services.nixosManual.ttyNumber = mkOption {
default = "8";
description = ''
Virtual console on which to show the manual.
'';
};
services.nixosManual.browser = mkOption {
default = "${pkgs.w3m}/bin/w3m";
description = ''
Browser used to show the manual.
'';
};
services.nixosManual.revision = mkOption {
default = "local";
type = types.uniq types.string;
description = ''
Revision of the targeted source file. This value can either be
<literate>"local"</literate>, <literate>"HEAD"</literate> or any
revision number embedded in a string.
'';
};
};
config = mkIf cfg.enable {
environment.systemPackages = [manual];
boot.extraTTYs = mkIf cfg.showManual [cfg.ttyNumber];
services.extraJobs = mkIf cfg.showManual (pkgs.lib.singleton
{ name = "nixos-manual";
job = ''
description "NixOS manual"
start on udev
stop on shutdown
respawn ${cfg.browser} ${manual}/share/doc/nixos/manual.html \
< /dev/tty${toString cfg.ttyNumber} > /dev/tty${toString cfg.ttyNumber} 2>&1
'';
});
services.ttyBackgrounds.specificThemes = mkIf cfg.showManual
[ { tty = cfg.ttyNumber;
theme = pkgs.themes "green";
}
];
services.mingetty.helpLine = mkIf cfg.showManual
"\nPress <Alt-F${toString cfg.ttyNumber}> for the NixOS manual.";
};
}