From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#16407: Info-directory-list should always put this Emacs's info direc first Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 00:46:39 -0500 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1389332824 11290 80.91.229.3 (10 Jan 2014 05:47:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 05:47:04 +0000 (UTC) To: 16407@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 10 06:47:11 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1W1Uw1-0004lX-AD for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Jan 2014 06:47:09 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55392 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W1Uw0-0000bv-Vu for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Jan 2014 00:47:08 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33805) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W1Uvw-0000YV-43 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Jan 2014 00:47:04 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W1Uvv-00063s-9h for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Jan 2014 00:47:04 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:58826) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W1Uvv-00063o-66 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Jan 2014 00:47:03 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1W1Uvu-00013t-RM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Jan 2014 00:47:03 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 05:47:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 16407 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: X-Debbugs-Original-To: submit@debbugs.gnu.org Original-Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.13893328044044 (code B ref -1); Fri, 10 Jan 2014 05:47:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Jan 2014 05:46:44 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44612 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1W1Uvb-000139-UU for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 10 Jan 2014 00:46:44 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:49767) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1W1UvY-00012y-Gl for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 10 Jan 2014 00:46:41 -0500 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W1UvX-0007NW-LH; Fri, 10 Jan 2014 00:46:39 -0500 X-Spook: COSCO Ft. Knox SP4 USCODE anarchy sniper nitrate Mantis X-Ran: C<-w$,Sc`=hr.}E'.M9%4y"%L%bWY|'fGNY|cUUHz9CNGzPauXb=N,L(~&1@~&|GvCV!S) X-Hue: blue X-Attribution: GM User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:83213 Archived-At: Package: emacs Version: 24.3 Severity: minor The initialization of Info-directory-list is rather complicated. Part of it uses this logic: Therefore, the directory of Info files that come with Emacs normally should come last (so that local files override standard ones), unless Emacs is installed into a non-standard directory. In the latter case, the directory of Info files that come with Emacs should be first in this list. I don't think this logic makes sense any more. I think the directory of Info files that come with Emacs should *always* be placed at the front of the result (even before INFOPATH entries). I assume the current logic dates from a time when it was thought likely that a site might want to customize the Emacs info pages. I don't think this happens any more. What I think does happen is people having multiple versions of Emacs installed. In this case, I think Emacs version N should always display the info pages associated with version N. So Emacs should always put its own info directory first.