RE: How to get info pages for Emacs?

["KARR, DAVID" <dk068x@att.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+dk068x=att.com@gnu.org [mailto:help-
> gnu-emacs-bounces+dk068x=att.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?
> 
> On Mon, 8 Jun 2015 16:44:52 +0000, in message
> B8D164BED956C5439875951895CB4B22284D0F65@CAFRFD1MSGUSRIA.ITServices
> .sbc.com,
> KARR, DAVID wrote:
> 
> > 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?
> 
> 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:
> 
>     yum list emacs-\* | grep -i doc

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    
emacs-common.x86_64                      1:24.3-11.el7                 @base    
emacs-filesystem.noarch                  1:24.3-11.el7                 @anaconda
Available Packages
emacs-a2ps.x86_64                        4.14-23.el7                   base     
emacs-a2ps-el.x86_64                     4.14-23.el7                   base     
emacs-auctex.noarch                      11.87-4.el7                   base     
emacs-auctex-doc.noarch                  11.87-4.el7                   base     
emacs-el.noarch                          1:24.3-11.el7                 base     
emacs-gettext.noarch                     0.18.2.1-4.el7                base     
emacs-gettext-el.noarch                  0.18.2.1-4.el7                base     
emacs-git.noarch                         1.8.3.1-4.el7                 base     
emacs-git-el.noarch                      1.8.3.1-4.el7                 base     
emacs-gnuplot.noarch                     4.6.2-3.el7                   base     
emacs-gnuplot-el.noarch                  4.6.2-3.el7                   base     
emacs-golang.noarch                      1.3.3-3.el7                   base     
emacs-libidn.noarch                      1.28-3.el7                    base     
emacs-mercurial.x86_64                   2.6.2-4.el7                   base     
emacs-mercurial-el.x86_64                2.6.2-4.el7                   base     
emacs-nox.x86_64                         1:24.3-11.el7                 base     
emacs-terminal.noarch                    1:24.3-11.el7                 base     
emacs-vala.noarch                        0.20.1-3.el7                  base     
emacs-vala-el.noarch                     0.20.1-3.el7                  base     
-----------------------------

> 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

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.

> I hope this helps.
> 
> --Dale
> 
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