From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: INFO on add-ons Date: 02 Sep 2002 10:36:21 +0900 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <26720.840650569$1030930586@news.gmane.org> References: <3D728E82.8000808@cox.net> <87ptvxxkoj.fsf@tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1030930586 2023 127.0.0.1 (2 Sep 2002 01:36:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 01:36:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, xemacs-design@xemacs.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17lg8Y-0000WV-00 for ; Mon, 02 Sep 2002 03:36:18 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17lggX-0007IT-00 for ; Mon, 02 Sep 2002 04:11:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17lgA3-0005uA-00; Sun, 01 Sep 2002 21:37:51 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17lg8p-0005sK-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Sep 2002 21:36:35 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17lg8n-0005s8-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Sep 2002 21:36:34 -0400 Original-Received: from tyo202.gate.nec.co.jp ([210.143.35.52]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17lg8m-0005rz-00; Sun, 01 Sep 2002 21:36:33 -0400 Original-Received: from mailgate4.nec.co.jp ([10.7.69.197]) by TYO202.gate.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W01080315) with ESMTP id g821aO410584; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 10:36:24 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mailsv4.nec.co.jp (mailgate51.nec.co.jp [10.7.69.196]) by mailgate4.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W-MAILGATE-NEC) with ESMTP id g821aN520561; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 10:36:23 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp ([10.30.114.133]) by mailsv4.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W-MAILSV4-NEC) with ESMTP id g821aMh04631; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 10:36:23 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (mcspd15 [10.30.114.174]) by mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (8.10.2+Sun/3.7Wlsi_mx_6.0) with ESMTP id g821aMs22142; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 10:36:22 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 1172B36F2; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 10:36:21 +0900 (JST) Original-To: "Stephen J. Turnbull" System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: <87ptvxxkoj.fsf@tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> Original-Lines: 25 Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:7308 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:7308 "Stephen J. Turnbull" writes: > David> to provide an Info source covering their software, and that > David> any installation process ought to support this by merging > David> these (INSTALL-INFO) with the Emacs Info.Dir? > > That's a maintenance nightmare How so? It seem to work well enough if people consistently use `install-info' (and that actually seems to happen on debian at least). > and often impossible on real OSes where not everyone is root. People certainly have write access to the `dir' file in any directory they write info files to. Since info merges all the different `dir' files into the final buffer at run-time, that's all that's needed. > What's wrong with the current (XEmacs only?) system which > automatically generates Dir from the info-path? I'm not sure exactly what you mean; as I mentioned above, emacs merges all the various `dir' files. -Miles -- I have seen the enemy, and he is us. -- Pogo