From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Fredrik Bulow Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: No emacs info node Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 10:59:02 +1000 Message-ID: <877j5luko9.fsf@gmail.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1145497302 8627 80.91.229.2 (20 Apr 2006 01:41:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 01:41:42 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 20 03:41:38 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FWOAa-0002DK-MC for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 20 Apr 2006 03:41:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FWOAa-0006uh-8p for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 21:41:20 -0400 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:zuaLM989AujJTnkPmreRpytvySY= Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 220.245.217.246 X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 220.245.217.246 Original-X-Trace: dnews.tpgi.com.au!tpg.com.au 1145494743 220.245.217.246 (20 Apr 2006 10:59:03 +1100) Original-Lines: 45 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newsfeed.news2me.com!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.cw.net!cw.net!news-FFM2.ecrc.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!solnet.ch!solnet.ch!nntp.gblx.net!nntp3.phx1!dnews.tpgi.com.au!tpg.com.au!not-for-mail Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:138876 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:34495 Archived-At: Tim Johnson writes: > Using 21.4.1 on linux. > No 'info' node for emacs is available. > Example: > c-h i memacs RET gives me [no match] > > the shell command: locate /info/emacs | more > seems to indicate that emacs info files are at > > /usr/share/info > and > /usr/local/info/ > > I've set INFOPATH as follows in .bashrc > export INFOPATH="/usr/local/info:/usr/share/info" > echo $INFOPATH from both shell and from emacs shell command > confirms this path value. > > And here's the puzzling thing: > 1)eval-expression (info "emacs") gives me the node. > 2)calling `info emacs' from shell gives me the node > as a standalone feature. Hi Tim. What happens if you evaluate (info), does that take you to the main info page? What happens when you hit C-h k C-h i ? I get the message: C-h i runs the command info which is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `info'. (info &optional FILE) where `info' takes me to the file /usr/share/emacs/21.4/lisp/info.el Which Linux distro are you using? I'm using Ubuntu Breezy and the same emacs version as you do and I didn't have to fiddle with the infopath shell variable at all (in fact the variable is unset and echo $INFOPATH gives a blank line) and my info pages works fine. Hope any of this was usefull to you and good luck! /Fredrik