From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dale Snell Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to get info pages for Emacs? Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2015 11:50:27 -0700 Organization: Department of redundant redundancies and tautological pleonasms department Message-ID: <20150608115027.67cbb49b@zothique.localdomain> References: <20150608102118.66a46387@zothique.localdomain> Reply-To: ddsnell@frontier.com NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; boundary="Sig_/hH.1GuHk/j3lqQZ9Mv5y3cd"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1433789506 31169 80.91.229.3 (8 Jun 2015 18:51:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2015 18:51:46 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 08 20:51:26 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-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 1Z228n-0001Tz-Nf for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Jun 2015 20:51:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59743 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z228n-0006Ta-7g for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Jun 2015 14:51:21 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41625) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z228Z-0006TT-QZ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jun 2015 14:51:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z228W-0005j3-HA for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jun 2015 14:51:07 -0400 Original-Received: from filter01.dlls.pa.frontiernet.net ([199.224.80.228]:55570) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z228W-0005iv-D8 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jun 2015 14:51:04 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by filter01.dlls.pa.frontiernet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA6A21FE233 for ; Mon, 8 Jun 2015 18:51:02 +0000 (UTC) Original-Received: from relay03.dlls.pa.frontiernet.net ([199.224.80.246]) by localhost (filter01.dlls.pa.frontiernet.net [199.224.80.228]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id sfDPKkhoGmvn for ; Mon, 8 Jun 2015 18:50:51 +0000 (UTC) X-Originating-IP: [50.38.74.40] X-Previous-IP: 50.38.74.40 Original-Received: from zothique.localdomain (unknown [50.38.74.40]) by relay03.dlls.pa.frontiernet.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id C4690940B9 for ; Mon, 8 Jun 2015 18:50:50 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.11.1 (GTK+ 2.24.28; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 199.224.80.228 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:104847 Archived-At: --Sig_/hH.1GuHk/j3lqQZ9Mv5y3cd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 8 Jun 2015 18:10:17 +0000, in message B8D164BED956C5439875951895CB4B22284D111A@CAFRFD1MSGUSRIA.ITServices.sbc.com, KARR, DAVID wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+dk068x=3Datt.com@gnu.org [mailto:help- > > gnu-emacs-bounces+dk068x=3Datt.com@gnu.org] On Behalf Of Dale Snell > > Sent: Monday, June 08, 2015 10:21 AM > > To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > > Subject: Re: How to get info pages for Emacs? > >=20 > > On Mon, 8 Jun 2015 16:44:52 +0000, in message > > B8D164BED956C5439875951895CB4B22284D0F65@CAFRFD1MSGUSRIA.ITServices > > .sbc.com, > > KARR, DAVID wrote: > >=20 > > > I've got Cygwin Emacs 24.5.1 on my desktop and Emacs 24.3.1 on my > > > CentOS 7 VM. > > > > > > If I open the main "info" node on each, I see an "Emacs" node on > > the > > > first, but not on the second. How do I get the missing Emacs > > info > > > pages on my CentOS 7 VM? > >=20 > > There's a couple of things I can think of. First off, is there an > > "emacs-doc" package for Centos? If so, is it installed? > > Honestly, I don't think this is the problem, since emacs' info > > file should be part of the emacs package, but it's easy to check: > >=20 > > yum list emacs-\* | grep -i doc >=20 > No obvious "doc" package: > ---------------- > % yum list emacs-\* > Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks > Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile > Installed Packages > emacs.x86_64 > 1:24.3-11.el7 @base =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D%<-------- snip! -------->%= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > emacs-vala-el.noarch > 0.20.1-3.el7 base ----------------------------- Yeah, I didn't think there would be. As I said, emacs.info is supposed to be included in the emacs package. > > Next, check in "/usr/share/info" for the file "emacs.info". If it > > isn't there, try re-installing emacs. If it is there, check the > > same directory for the file "doc", which is the top-level node for > > Info. It should have the lines: > >=20 > > Emacs > > * Emacs: (emacs). > >=20 > > (possibly more) in there, under Editors. > % ls *emacs* > emacs-gnutls.info.gz emacs.info.gz emacs-mime.info.gz >=20 > % ls *doc* > ls: cannot access *doc*: No such file or directory >=20 > However, if I run "info emacs" from the command ilne, it brings up > the Emacs info node. It's just Emacs that can't find its own info > page. Interesting. There is no /usr/share/info/doc file at all? What does info show you when you run just "info" from the command line, without specifying a subject? I'm running Fedora 21, which shouldn't be much different from Centos. To me, this looks like a packaging error on Centos' part. So far as I know, /usr/share/info/doc has to be there; it's the top-level info node. (I could be wrong, of course; if so, I hope someone more knowledgeable will jump in here.) --Dale --=20 "Be comforted, that in the face of all aridity and disillusionment, And despite the changing fortunes of time, There is always a big future in computer maintenance." --from National Lampoon's "Deteriorata" --Sig_/hH.1GuHk/j3lqQZ9Mv5y3cd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJVdeQJAAoJEB7OMKhvWRr8X90H/RJNvMrHDNxcB/mx7e2TmLPI nmdQOVXN/5YLZrMOiyprY1JuASovWzPZor2IArIgylf3jL5UNfnNgGvgVqaHtmDh d70zIr8GrvunMlL4ZA3gnj5f6mFw4t/8whtkTlVDjNBj55IUFfnusJwXps+ihsvj P7jqi8PM3EvIH6yzQ7WeSQr6z/XN4SQVztsBAQIHn133QTasbcKGkITIP4ZmC+02 X2BRQw0nKaJtbuSsDAw+n+GzIdaybgOFoOxT9DkGQyq6RT10BcJLuBKWlwyAIn1J T5APACiJT17iuXw7KT7UwaBW+9zyTNnjrLBAk7G/XVBCl3KThgiMSDc+bX0MM6k= =gQ9z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/hH.1GuHk/j3lqQZ9Mv5y3cd--