@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ date: "2024-05-01"
55author : " Lix Team"
66---
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8- These are the most common questions we get -- or anticipate getting. If you can't find the answer
8+ These are the most common questions we get --- or anticipate getting. If you can't find the answer
99you're looking for, please feel free to ask over in the [ community] ( /community ) .
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@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ Check out the [install page](/install) to see how to use Lix with your existing
2020#### Q: What are your plans for flakes?
2121
2222One of our primary goals is compatibility. While flakes are an experimental technology, their use is
23- widespread enough that they've become a de-facto part of the Nix ecosystem -- and thus we consider them
23+ widespread enough that they've become a de-facto part of the Nix ecosystem --- and thus we consider them
2424to be part of our compatibility guarantee.
2525
2626That said, we're not tied to any particular flake implementation. As Lix develops, we plan on adding an
27- extension system for the tooling -- which will allow technologies like flakes, as well as new and different
28- extensions -- to seamlessly act with the Lix core without needing to reside long-term in the Lix tree.
27+ extension system for the tooling --- which will allow technologies like flakes, as well as new and different
28+ extensions --- to seamlessly act with the Lix core without needing to reside long-term in the Lix tree.
2929
3030_ Flakes are not the only way to write Nix language code in Lix, and we intend to provide a good experience
3131to those using flakes -- while also improving the experience for those not using them --
@@ -35,16 +35,16 @@ by evolving a compatible but more flexible flake-like abstraction in the periphe
3535#### Q: What relation does Lix have to the Nix Foundation, and to related projects?
3636
3737Besides being a fork of CppNix and an implementation of the Nix language, Lix is the
38- effort of a number of long-time Nix, Nixpkgs, NixOS, and Snix contributors and maintainers -- and has
38+ effort of a number of long-time Nix, Nixpkgs, NixOS, and Snix contributors and maintainers --- and has
3939been developed in partnership with a number of prolific Nix-documenters, bloggers, and users.
4040
41- We welcome anyone who wants to develop for both Lix and another implementation -- including CppNix and Snix,
41+ We welcome anyone who wants to develop for both Lix and another implementation --- including CppNix and Snix,
4242and our open-source implementation absolutely allows any developer to integrate our code into any
4343license-compatible project.
4444
4545However, ___ Lix does not fall under the NixOS Foundation umbrella___ , is funded independently of the foundation,
4646and is not in any way controlled by its leadership. With the recent reboot of the foundation's governance,
47- we are in communication with -- and open to collaboration with -- the foundation.
47+ we are in communication with --- and open to collaboration with - -- the foundation.
4848
4949#### Q: How does Lix work? How can I contribute or help out?
5050
@@ -88,17 +88,17 @@ will gladly make you one manually.
8888#### Q: If Lix plans to adopt Rust, what makes it different from Snix?
8989
9090Unlike Lix, [ Snix] ( https://snix.dev/ ) is a ground-up re-implementation of the Nix language in Rust,
91- which shares many of the same modernization goals as Lix -- but also has a long way to go before it can
91+ which shares many of the same modernization goals as Lix --- but also has a long way to go before it can
9292reach feature parity (and parity in correctness) with the CppNix and Lix implementations.
9393
94- Lix instead plans a _ top-down_ , _ piecewise_ approach to our Rust extensions and replacements -- which means
95- that Lix already has feature-parity with -- and correctness exceeding -- the original CppNix.
94+ Lix instead plans a _ top-down_ , _ piecewise_ approach to our Rust extensions and replacements --- which means
95+ that Lix already has feature-parity with --- and correctness exceeding - -- the original CppNix.
9696
9797
9898#### Q: What does the name Lix stand for? How is it pronounced?
9999
100100Like Nix, Lix isn't really short for anything. The name originally derives from the term _ Layered Nix_ ,
101101based on the premise of layering new language and tooling features atop a fully-compatible, rock-solid base.
102102
103- Lix is pronounced like _ licks_ -- i.e. what you might do if someone handed you a delicious ice cream cone;
103+ Lix is pronounced like _ licks_ --- i.e. what you might do if someone handed you a delicious ice cream cone;
104104which may or may not be stacked up with lambdas.
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