From: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Freenet.DE>
To: Tyler Smith <tyler.smith@mail.mcgill.ca>
Cc: emacs list <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: managing multiple dir files
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:33:22 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <36FDC02C-7DC7-43D0-B2CA-8B58BDAAAE57@Freenet.DE> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <06C82703-2F47-43FC-9096-E1A38324DCA9@Web.DE>
Am 13.03.2008 um 15:52 schrieb Peter Dyballa:
> it *might* work to uninstall them temporarily, and then create a
> sym-link
I forgot to mention why it *might* work: some installation procedures
check whether info is a directory. If not, it is "converted" to a
directory.
I think the programmers of such procedures should explicitly be
mentioned on the web.
--
Greetings
Pete
Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.
– Oscar Wilde
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-03-13 17:33 UTC|newest]
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2008-03-12 16:42 managing multiple dir files Tyler Smith
2008-03-13 9:00 ` Peter Dyballa
[not found] ` <mailman.8826.1205398841.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-03-13 12:24 ` Tyler Smith
2008-03-13 14:52 ` Peter Dyballa
2008-03-13 17:33 ` Peter Dyballa [this message]
[not found] ` <mailman.8844.1205419949.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-03-15 11:37 ` Tyler Smith
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