home: services: shepherd: Add ‘transient’ and ‘timer’ services.

* gnu/home/services/shepherd.scm (home-shepherd-timer-service-type)
(home-shepherd-transient-service-type): New variables.
* doc/guix.texi (Shepherd Home Service): Document them.
(Shepherd Services): Add anchor.

Reviewed-by: Maxim Cournoyer <[email protected]>
Change-Id: Ia4eb7cf043f4661c64f5ca81b8989a451532aa18

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index e0b7d26cb9..11e3f7bc13 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
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@@ -45702,6 +45702,7 @@ system:
                                             (shepherd my-shepherd))))))
 @end lisp
 
+@anchor{shepherd-transient-timer-services}
 @cindex @code{transient} service, Shepherd
 @defvar shepherd-transient-service-type
 This service type represents the Shepherd's @code{transient} service,
@@ -47366,6 +47367,17 @@ its reference.
 This service is part of @code{%base-home-services}.
 @end defvar
 
+@defvar home-shepherd-transient-service-type
+@defvarx home-shepherd-timer-service-type
+These are the @code{timer} and @code{transient} Shepherd services.  The
+former lets you schedule command execution for later, while the latter
+can run commands in the background as a regular service.
+
+@xref{shepherd-transient-timer-services, the system @code{timer} and
+@code{transient} services}, which are their Guix System counterparts,
+for more info.
+@end defvar
+
 @node Secure Shell
 @subsection Secure Shell