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submitted 2 weeks ago by jjba23@lemmy.ml to c/rust@lemmy.ml

A minimal, declarative setup for productive Rust hacking on Emacs + Guix

I noticed there was a blatant lack of resources and documentation on this particular setup. So I rolled up my sleeves and wrote this article, which hopefully you find useful.

https://jointhefreeworld.org/blog/articles/rust/simple-guix-emacs-rust-development-environment/index.html

See image here of my Emacs with rust-analyzer and clippy working: https://ibb.co/whxq8dX1

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[-] INeedMana@piefed.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

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I see you are a crustacean of culture as well!

I don't fully get why use Guix with Rust, though. AFAIK cargo already plays the role of a venv

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