From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Eli Zaretskii" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs cvs newbie problems Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 11:27:03 +0300 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <8582-Sat21Sep2002112703+0300-eliz@is.elta.co.il> References: <200209160002.g8G02Eb06228@f7.net> <9003-Wed18Sep2002214449+0300-eliz@is.elta.co.il> <200209200309.WAA03597@eel.dms.auburn.edu> <4331-Sat21Sep2002002840+0300-eliz@is.elta.co.il> <200209202207.RAA05200@eel.dms.auburn.edu> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1032607559 19405 127.0.0.1 (21 Sep 2002 11:25:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 11:25:59 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, karl@freefriends.org, hattons@speakeasy.net, emacs-devel@gnu.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 17siOb-00052a-00 for ; Sat, 21 Sep 2002 13:25:57 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17sj4H-0002me-00 for ; Sat, 21 Sep 2002 14:09:05 +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 17siNV-0005Sq-00; Sat, 21 Sep 2002 07:24:49 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17sfbZ-0008Gk-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Sep 2002 04:27:09 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17sfbR-0008DO-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Sep 2002 04:27:08 -0400 Original-Received: from freya.inter.net.il ([192.114.186.14]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17sfbQ-0008Bx-00; Sat, 21 Sep 2002 04:27:00 -0400 Original-Received: from Zaretsky ([80.230.2.40]) by freya.inter.net.il (Mirapoint Messaging Server MOS 3.1.0.58-GA) with ESMTP id BTS97872; Sat, 21 Sep 2002 11:26:24 +0300 (IDT) Original-To: teirllm@dms.auburn.edu X-Mailer: emacs 21.3.50 (via feedmail 8 I) and Blat ver 1.8.9 In-reply-to: <200209202207.RAA05200@eel.dms.auburn.edu> (message from Luc Teirlinck on Fri, 20 Sep 2002 17:07:27 -0500 (CDT)) 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:8074 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:8074 > Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 17:07:27 -0500 (CDT) > From: Luc Teirlinck > > Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > How many DIR files do you have on your INFOPATH on that system, and > how many of those DIR files have the Texinfo section? > > Transcript of an ielm run: > > *** Welcome to IELM *** Type (describe-mode) for help. > ELISP> (getenv "INFOPATH") > nil > ELISP> Info-directory-list > ("/usr/local/info/" "/usr/local/share/info/" "/usr/info/" "/usr/share/info/" "/usr/local/info/") > > As you can see from this ielm run, my INFOPATH is nil. Sorry for inaccurate wording: Info-directory-list and INFOPATH are two sources where Emacs gets the list of directories to search for DIR files. I should have mentioned both. > The fist two identical sections occur in /usr/local/info/dir and > /usr/info/dir. usr/local/info/ occurs twice in Info-directory-list, > but that does not seem to produce a third identical copy. The third, > slightly different, version occurs in /usr/share/info/dir, which is a > symbolic link to etc/info-dir. /usr/local/share/info is just an empty > directory. > > All of this seems to explain my C-h i output. Indeed. > I still do not > understand whether this is just a local problem with my own setup or a > problem with the Emacs CVS. IMHO, it's a local problem on your machine.