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diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/haskell.section.md b/doc/languages-frameworks/haskell.section.md index 3b8971c295bb..74cb0da15700 100644 --- a/doc/languages-frameworks/haskell.section.md +++ b/doc/languages-frameworks/haskell.section.md @@ -334,10 +334,29 @@ navigate there. Finally, you can run ```shell -hoogle server -p 8080 --local +hoogle server --local -p 8080 ``` and navigate to http://localhost:8080/ for your own local -[Hoogle](https://www.haskell.org/hoogle/). +[Hoogle](https://www.haskell.org/hoogle/). The `--local` flag makes the hoogle +server serve files from your nix store over http, without the flag it will use +`file://` URIs. Note, however, that Firefox and possibly other browsers +disallow navigation from `http://` to `file://` URIs for security reasons, +which might be quite an inconvenience. Versions before v5 did not have this +flag. See +[this page](http://kb.mozillazine.org/Links_to_local_pages_do_not_work) for +workarounds. + +For NixOS users there's a service which runs this exact command for you. +Specify the `packages` you want documentation for and the `haskellPackages` set +you want them to come from. Add the following to `configuration.nix`. + +```nix +services.hoogle = { +enable = true; +packages = (hpkgs: with hpkgs; [text cryptonite]); +haskellPackages = pkgs.haskellPackages; +}; +``` ### How to build a Haskell project using Stack |