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docs: split types from syntax (#11013)

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move together all syntactic and semantic information into one
page, and add a page on data types, which in turn links to the syntax and
semantics.

also split out the note on scoping rules into its own page.

Co-authored-by: Ryan Hendrickson <ryan.hendrickson@alum.mit.edu>
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doc/manual/src/language/derivations.md
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@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ It outputs an attribute set, and produces a [store derivation] as a side effect
### Required
- [`name`]{#attr-name} ([String](@docroot@/language/values.md#type-string))
- [`name`]{#attr-name} ([String](@docroot@/language/types.md#type-string))
A symbolic name for the derivation.
It is added to the [store path] of the corresponding [store derivation] as well as to its [output paths](@docroot@/glossary.md#gloss-output-path).
@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ It outputs an attribute set, and produces a [store derivation] as a side effect
> The store derivation's path will be `/nix/store/<hash>-hello.drv`.
> The [output](#attr-outputs) paths will be of the form `/nix/store/<hash>-hello[-<output>]`
- [`system`]{#attr-system} ([String](@docroot@/language/values.md#type-string))
- [`system`]{#attr-system} ([String](@docroot@/language/types.md#type-string))
The system type on which the [`builder`](#attr-builder) executable is meant to be run.
@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ It outputs an attribute set, and produces a [store derivation] as a side effect
>
> [`builtins.currentSystem`](@docroot@/language/builtin-constants.md#builtins-currentSystem) has the value of the [`system` configuration option], and defaults to the system type of the current Nix installation.
- [`builder`]{#attr-builder} ([Path](@docroot@/language/values.md#type-path) | [String](@docroot@/language/values.md#type-string))
- [`builder`]{#attr-builder} ([Path](@docroot@/language/types.md#type-path) | [String](@docroot@/language/types.md#type-string))
Path to an executable that will perform the build.
@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ It outputs an attribute set, and produces a [store derivation] as a side effect
### Optional
- [`args`]{#attr-args} ([List](@docroot@/language/values.md#list) of [String](@docroot@/language/values.md#type-string))
- [`args`]{#attr-args} ([List](@docroot@/language/types.md#list) of [String](@docroot@/language/types.md#type-string))
Default: `[ ]`
@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ It outputs an attribute set, and produces a [store derivation] as a side effect
> };
> ```
- [`outputs`]{#attr-outputs} ([List](@docroot@/language/values.md#list) of [String](@docroot@/language/values.md#type-string))
- [`outputs`]{#attr-outputs} ([List](@docroot@/language/types.md#list) of [String](@docroot@/language/types.md#type-string))
Default: `[ "out" ]`