From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Michael Below Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: accessing own info files Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 13:59:53 +0100 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87y95qr0ae.fsf@antithese.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1042377088 3682 80.91.224.249 (12 Jan 2003 13:11:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 13:11:28 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18Xhtd-0000x9-00 for ; Sun, 12 Jan 2003 14:11:25 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18Xhti-0004KU-04 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 12 Jan 2003 08:11:30 -0500 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.09001 (Oort Gnus v0.10) Emacs/21.2 (i386-debian-linux-gnu) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ydWzydwhqCUBZdVZVxAC0Bm2ud4= Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp164-108.uni-bielefeld.de Original-X-Trace: news.uni-bielefeld.de 1042376821 ppp164-108.uni-bielefeld.de (12 Jan 2003 14:07:01 +0200) Original-Lines: 52 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news-out.cwix.com!newsfeed.cwix.com!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!fu-berlin.de!news.uni-bielefeld.de!not-for-mail Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:108867 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:5396 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:5396 Hi, I want to use some info files I installed locally in ~/elisp/info So far, I have set INFOPATH=/usr/info/:/usr/share/info/:/usr/share/info/emacs-21/ :/home/mbelow/elisp/info/ As far as I understand the Info documentation, the info mode merges info files from all those directories into the top menu. But it doesn't happen... As a next step, I tried making a "dir" file of my own in /home/mbelow/elisp/info , because I thought maybe those dir files are being merged. This changed the behaviour of info, but not as intended: I keep getting Search Failed: " ^_" whenever I call info. Also I have tried to run "info -f elisp/info/dir", that tells me: info: Cannot find node `Top'. Below is my dir file, any ideas? Ciao Michael snip---- ^_ File: dir Node: Top * Menu: Meine persönlichen Info-Dateien Emacs-Erweiterungen für LaTeX * auctex-mode:: Der major mode für LaTeX-Dateien * bibtex-mode:: Der major mode für bibtex-Dateien * preview-latex:: Voransicht von LaTeX-Elementen im Emacs-Buffer Oort Gnus * gnus:: Die Gnus-Doku an sich * emacs-mime:: MIME-Support für Gnus * message:: Der Modus zum Schreiben von Mail und News * pgg:: Keine Ahnung * sieve:: Ein Spamfilter snip---- -- Der hohe Anteil an Dienstreisen fällt auf. Niklas Luhmann, Die Weltgesellschaft, ARSP 1971, 8