OK, got the builds to work. I did, in fact, have to go two layers down to build yi-lib and install it before building yi proper. (I think this needs to be updated in the docs or repaired, whichever is appropriate.)

So, I have a Yi build. I type "Yi" and it... dies. It complains about not having a YiConfig.hs and suggests something to read. (I like this touch, actually.) And, unlike, say, emacs, it tells you how to exit. So I copy the examples/YiConfig.hs to ~/.yi and try again. I'll let the console speak for itself:

/home/michael/.yi/YiConfig.hs:15:2:
    Couldn't match expected type `GHC.IOBase.IORef Editor'
^I   against inferred type `Yi'
      Expected type: Control.Monad.Reader.ReaderT (GHC.IOBase.IORef Editor)
^I^I^I^I^I^I IO
^I^I^I^I^I^I t
      Inferred type: Action
    In the expression: changeKeymapE myKeymap
    In a 'do' expression: changeKeymapE myKeymap

This is the stock YiConfig.hs left completely untouched and boilerplate. What's the next step? (Running yi --as=whatever doesn't help either. Same errors.)

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