@@ -446,6 +446,7 @@ Top
* Mail: Mail Home Services. Services for managing mail.
* Messaging: Messaging Home Services. Services for managing messaging.
* Media: Media Home Services. Services for managing media.
+* Miscellaneous: Miscellaneous Home Services. More services.
Platforms
@@ -38723,6 +38724,12 @@ Miscellaneous Services
You can add @command{open localhost} to your @file{~/.dico} file to make
@code{localhost} the default server for @command{dico} client
(@pxref{Initialization File,,, dico, GNU Dico Manual}).
+
+@quotation Note
+This service is also available for Guix Home, where it runs directly
+with your user privileges (@pxref{Miscellaneous Home Services,
+@code{home-dicod-service-type}}).
+@end quotation
@end defvar
@deftp {Data Type} dicod-configuration
@@ -42613,6 +42620,7 @@ Home Services
* Mail: Mail Home Services. Services for managing mail.
* Messaging: Messaging Home Services. Services for managing messaging.
* Media: Media Home Services. Services for managing media.
+* Miscellaneous: Miscellaneous Home Services. More services.
@end menu
@c In addition to that Home Services can provide
@@ -44202,6 +44210,43 @@ Media Home Services
@end table
@end deftp
+@node Miscellaneous Home Services
+@subsection Miscellaneous Home Services
+
+This section lists Home services that lack a better place.
+
+@subsubheading Dictionary Service
+
+@cindex dictionary service, for Home
+The @code{(gnu home services dict)} module provides the following service:
+
+@defvar home-dicod-service-type
+This is the type of the service that runs the @command{dicod} daemon, an
+implementation of DICT server (@pxref{Dicod,,, dico, GNU Dico Manual}).
+
+You can add @command{open localhost} to your @file{~/.dico} file to make
+@code{localhost} the default server for @command{dico} client
+(@pxref{Initialization File,,, dico, GNU Dico Manual}).
+@end defvar
+
+This service is a direct mapping of the @code{dicod-service-type} system
+service (@pxref{Miscellaneous Services, Dictionary Service}). You can
+use it like this:
+
+@lisp
+(service home-dicod-service-type)
+@end lisp
+
+You may specify a custom configuration by providing a
+@code{dicod-configuration} record, exactly like for
+@code{dicod-service-type}, but wrapping it in @code{for-home}:
+
+@lisp
+(service home-dicod-service-type
+ (for-home
+ (dicod-configuration @dots{})))
+@end lisp
+
@node Invoking guix home
@section Invoking @command{guix home}
new file mode 100644
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+;;; Copyright © 2023 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;;
+;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+;;; your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;;
+;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;;; along with GNU Guix. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+(define-module (gnu home services dict)
+ #:use-module (gnu home services)
+ #:use-module (gnu services)
+ #:use-module (gnu services dict)
+ #:use-module ((gnu system shadow) #:select (account-service-type))
+ #:export (home-dicod-service-type)
+ #:re-export (dicod-configuration))
+
+(define home-dicod-service-type
+ (service-type
+ (inherit (system->home-service-type
+ (remove-service-extensions dicod-service-type
+ (list account-service-type))))
+ (default-value (for-home (dicod-configuration)))))
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES = \
%D%/home.scm \
%D%/home/services.scm \
%D%/home/services/desktop.scm \
+ %D%/home/services/dict.scm \
%D%/home/services/symlink-manager.scm \
%D%/home/services/fontutils.scm \
%D%/home/services/gnupg.scm \
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ (define-record-type* <dicod-configuration>
(handlers dicod-configuration-handlers ;list of <dicod-handler>
(default '()))
(databases dicod-configuration-databases ;list of <dicod-database>
- (default (list %dicod-database:gcide))))
+ (default (list %dicod-database:gcide)))
+ (home-service? dicod-configuration-home-service? ;boolean
+ (default for-home?) (innate)))
(define-record-type* <dicod-handler>
dicod-handler make-dicod-handler
@@ -152,20 +154,26 @@ (define (dicod-configuration-file config)
(define (dicod-shepherd-service config)
(let* ((dicod.conf (dicod-configuration-file config))
(interfaces (dicod-configuration-interfaces config))
+ (home-service? (dicod-configuration-home-service? config))
+ (mappings `(,@(if home-service?
+ '()
+ (list (file-system-mapping
+ (source "/dev/log")
+ (target source))))
+ ,(file-system-mapping
+ (source dicod.conf)
+ (target source))))
(dicod (least-authority-wrapper
(file-append (dicod-configuration-dico config)
"/bin/dicod")
#:name "dicod"
- #:mappings (list (file-system-mapping
- (source "/dev/log")
- (target source))
- (file-system-mapping
- (source dicod.conf)
- (target source)))
+ #:mappings mappings
#:namespaces (delq 'net %namespaces))))
(list (shepherd-service
(provision '(dicod))
- (requirement '(user-processes))
+ (requirement (if home-service?
+ '()
+ '(user-processes)))
(documentation "Run the dicod daemon.")
(start #~(make-inetd-constructor
(list #$dicod "--inetd" "--foreground"
@@ -176,7 +184,8 @@ (define (dicod-shepherd-service config)
(car (getaddrinfo interface "dict")))))
'#$interfaces)
#:requirements '#$requirement
- #:user "dicod" #:group "dicod"
+ #:user #$(and (not home-service?) "dicod")
+ #:group #$(and (not home-service?) "dicod")
#:service-name-stem "dicod"))
(stop #~(make-inetd-destructor))
(actions (list (shepherd-configuration-action dicod.conf)))))))