From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tassilo Horn Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to get info pages for Emacs? Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2015 20:43:16 +0200 Message-ID: <87r3pmkpmj.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20150608102118.66a46387@zothique.localdomain> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1433789034 22888 80.91.229.3 (8 Jun 2015 18:43:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2015 18:43:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "ddsnell@frontier.com" , "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" To: "KARR\, DAVID" Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 08 20:43:43 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 1Z221M-00030a-Tq for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Jun 2015 20:43:41 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59704 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z221H-00040M-AJ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Jun 2015 14:43:35 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39264) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z2215-00040D-OK for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jun 2015 14:43:24 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z2212-0000no-DZ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jun 2015 14:43:23 -0400 Original-Received: from out4-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.28]:45757) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z2212-0000nM-A6 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jun 2015 14:43:20 -0400 Original-Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.nyi.internal [10.202.2.42]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8456320768 for ; Mon, 8 Jun 2015 14:43:19 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from frontend2 ([10.202.2.161]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Mon, 08 Jun 2015 14:43:19 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-sasl-enc :x-sasl-enc; s=smtpout; bh=A5/tKeAKFpSIKxO2To0kID0FNYQ=; b=R2FUN S0cHsB6Q1KLpb7y8rddmby8oihprDJFHdbDKdwmrQ+QZd/kGzVPgR+85Ruw1ISK9 crIQgGaMOaki/bqDIXbpDy37kpy7OcQe86xpxbEj1aMJoASSbbWvFoK2IQq7hkpp ebVqfde+lI2nHDBGD+IQU3hzfoAvLdinF9JjKI= X-Sasl-enc: 7+3jS2kSyr/K8X3iSPVHurzwLxt8lYXkAH15UE1Kvc8/ 1433788998 Original-Received: from thinkpad-t440p (unknown [2.162.161.54]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 85BD468015F; Mon, 8 Jun 2015 14:43:18 -0400 (EDT) Mail-Followup-To: "KARR\, DAVID" , "ddsnell\@frontier.com" , "help-gnu-emacs\@gnu.org" In-Reply-To: (DAVID KARR's message of "Mon, 8 Jun 2015 18:10:17 +0000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130014 (Ma Gnus v0.14) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 66.111.4.28 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:104845 Archived-At: "KARR, DAVID" writes: >> 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: >> >> Emacs >> * Emacs: (emacs). >> >> (possibly more) in there, under Editors. >> >> Beyond that, I'm lost. > > % ls *emacs* > emacs-gnutls.info.gz emacs.info.gz emacs-mime.info.gz > > % ls *doc* > ls: cannot access *doc*: No such file or directory That file is actually named "dir". > 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. What's the value of `Info-directory-list'? I guess it doesn't contain /usr/share/info/, and then that's the problem. That variable is documented to be initialized from `Info-default-directory-list', so what's the value of that variable? Bye, Tassilo