From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#60762: 28.2; info--manual-names ignores Info-additional-directory-list Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2023 15:18:58 +0200 Message-ID: <83edrya7y5.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83pmbiam0q.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="38166"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 60762@debbugs.gnu.org To: Sean Devlin Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 13 14:20:25 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1pGJyp-0009hv-Hv for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 13 Jan 2023 14:20:23 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pGJyW-0000Ck-Li; Fri, 13 Jan 2023 08:20:04 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pGJyU-0000CH-PY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jan 2023 08:20:02 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pGJyU-0008FJ-H2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jan 2023 08:20:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1pGJyU-0005JI-4h for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jan 2023 08:20:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2023 13:20:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 60762 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 60762-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B60762.167361594720341 (code B ref 60762); Fri, 13 Jan 2023 13:20:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 60762) by debbugs.gnu.org; 13 Jan 2023 13:19:07 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49878 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1pGJxa-0005I1-L0 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jan 2023 08:19:06 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:56948) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1pGJxY-0005HS-Or for 60762@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jan 2023 08:19:05 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pGJxT-00084Y-CC; Fri, 13 Jan 2023 08:18:59 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=MIME-version:References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From: Date; bh=4LJZWmNB1f3U7iCes009340AWd7f4XkYmNV65sO1cWc=; b=dfKU58zDLJUsw9La8tLk auwZAV29Vkug0CkoI4HuZVBDiOxd9GhOf8LXvNUH8ii4xyCj4mRAXJgc5Zh1tWI5nxi5u0Dh6Vhjj i57QblsSaTMZ98mUY1KOMO1NClyl+MTawZwkbFEeFhBS/OZ42zTqg9AMz8GF0dBbWl7vcyDvdDgJ2 /ucT9LBDlYa2Fq65ixPRatntVTa8x4bhyeFhssOE49pujnW0onpf9wW8Tt1Qk7H3DAfA6jK4bFPP7 ZajyffOqk0E36tZhV086oGyDOKOGz4JLuRdGnMgGBozR4KS3w0YR9Y0HDwYnIPhpKfv1G1RG1XNEG Nk9ZdsZctivvEQ==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pGJxS-0000Gn-JX; Fri, 13 Jan 2023 08:18:58 -0500 In-Reply-To: (message from Sean Devlin on Fri, 13 Jan 2023 07:04:53 -0500) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:253291 Archived-At: > From: Sean Devlin > Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2023 07:04:53 -0500 > Cc: 60762@debbugs.gnu.org > > >> The variable Info-additional-directory-list is intended as the main > >> Lisp-level customization point for users. > > > > That is inaccurate. The main Lisp-level customization variable for > > users is Info-default-directory-list. So the question I'd like to ask > > before discussing the situations you describe is why don't you > > customize Info-default-directory-list instead? > > The documentation string for Info-default-directory says: > > “Although this is a customizable variable, that is mainly for technical > reasons. Normally, you should either set INFOPATH or customize > `Info-additional-directory-list', rather than changing this variable.” This text is no longer in the doc string in Emacs 29. > To me, this suggests that users should prefer > Info-additional-directory-list. I guess that will change in Emacs 29, > but that is not released yet. Yes, the main customization option is Info-default-directory-list. > To be clear, I have already worked around this issue in my own > configuration. Can you tell whether customizing Info-default-directory-list solves the problems in your case? I'd like to know if there's still a problem we need to consider for Emacs 29. Thanks.