From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jude DaShiell Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: How to get info pages for Emacs? 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On Mon, 8 Jun 2015, KARR, DAVID wrote: > Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2015 14:10:17 > From: "KARR, DAVID" > To: "ddsnell@frontier.com" , > "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" > Subject: RE: How to get info pages for Emacs? > >> -----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 >> >> -- >> "It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the >> beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire >> shakes, the shakes become a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set >> my mind in motion." > > --