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doc: link, instead of just mentioning, Nix manual (#255126)

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Instead of just telling the reader to go find the relevant section of the Nix
manual, let's just link to it. Yay hypertext!
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doc/languages-frameworks/python.section.md
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@ -716,8 +716,8 @@ We've now seen how to create an ad-hoc temporary shell session, and how to
create a single script with Python dependencies, but in the course of normal
development we're usually working in an entire package repository.
As explained in the Nix manual, `nix-shell` can also load an expression from a
`.nix` file. Say we want to have Python 3.11, `numpy` and `toolz`, like before,
As explained [in the `nix-shell` section](https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/command-ref/nix-shell) of the Nix manual, `nix-shell` can also load an expression from a `.nix` file.
Say we want to have Python 3.11, `numpy` and `toolz`, like before,
in an environment. We can add a `shell.nix` file describing our dependencies:
```nix

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doc/languages-frameworks/ruby.section.md
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#### Load Ruby environment from `.nix` expression {#load-ruby-environment-from-.nix-expression}
As explained in the Nix manual, `nix-shell` can also load an expression from a `.nix` file. Say we want to have Ruby 2.6, `nokogori`, and `pry`. Consider a `shell.nix` file with:
As explained [in the `nix-shell` section](https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/command-ref/nix-shell) of the Nix manual, `nix-shell` can also load an expression from a `.nix` file.
Say we want to have Ruby 2.6, `nokogori`, and `pry`. Consider a `shell.nix` file with:
```nix
with import <nixpkgs> {};

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doc/stdenv/meta.chapter.md
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@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ The name of the main binary for the package. This affects the binary `nix run` e
### `priority` {#var-meta-priority}
The *priority* of the package, used by `nix-env` to resolve file name conflicts between packages. See the Nix manual page for `nix-env` for details. Example: `"10"` (a low-priority package).
The *priority* of the package, used by `nix-env` to resolve file name conflicts between packages. See the [manual page for `nix-env`](https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/command-ref/nix-env) for details. Example: `"10"` (a low-priority package).
### `platforms` {#var-meta-platforms}

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doc/using/overlays.chapter.md
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2. Otherwise, if the Nix path entry `<nixpkgs-overlays>` exists, we look for overlays at that path, as described below.
See the section on `NIX_PATH` in the Nix manual for more details on how to set a value for `<nixpkgs-overlays>.`
See the [section on `NIX_PATH`](https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/command-ref/env-common.html#env-NIX_PATH) in the Nix manual for more details on how to set a value for `<nixpkgs-overlays>.`
3. If one of `~/.config/nixpkgs/overlays.nix` and `~/.config/nixpkgs/overlays/` exists, then we look for overlays at that path, as described below. It is an error if both exist.