diff --git a/doc/manual/developing.rst b/doc/manual/developing.rst index d5b59bc45..1ea053d09 100644 --- a/doc/manual/developing.rst +++ b/doc/manual/developing.rst @@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ ARTIQ itself does not depend on Nix, and it is also possible to compile everythi * The communication parameters are 115200 8-N-1. Ensure that your user has access to the serial device (e.g. by adding the user account to the ``dialout`` group). .. warning:: - Nix will make a read-only copy of the ARTIQ source to use in the shell environment. Therefore, any modifications that you make to the source after the shell is started will not be taken into account. A solution applicable to ARTIQ (and several other Python packages such as Migen and MiSoC) is to prepend the ARTIQ source directory to the ``PYTHONPATH`` environment variable after entering the shell. If you want this to be done by default, edit ``profile`` in ``artiq-dev.nix``. + Nix will make a read-only copy of the ARTIQ source to use in the shell environment. Therefore, any modifications that you make to the source after the shell is started will not be taken into account. A solution applicable to ARTIQ (and several other Python packages such as Migen and MiSoC) is to prepend the ARTIQ source directory to the ``PYTHONPATH`` environment variable after entering the shell. If you want this to be done by default, edit ``profile`` in ``shell-dev.nix``.