Merging a local info file with the system's

Merging a local info file with the system's

[Iain Dalton]

Texinfo manual Sec. 21.2.3 says you can add extra info directories to
Info-directory-list and it will merge all the `dir' files it finds.  I
created ~/.emacs.d/info/, added info files, and made this `dir' file:

    Programming
    * ANSI Common Lisp: (ansicl).		Draft ANSI Common Lisp standard

Instead of merging the dir files, "C-h i" only shows this minimal one.
What am I doing wrong?

Re: Merging a local info file with the system's

[Teemu Likonen]

On 2009-02-10 02:49 (-0700), Iain Dalton wrote:

> Texinfo manual Sec. 21.2.3 says you can add extra info directories to
> Info-directory-list and it will merge all the `dir' files it finds. I
> created ~/.emacs.d/info/, added info files, and made this `dir' file:
>
>     Programming
>     * ANSI Common Lisp: (ansicl).		Draft ANSI Common Lisp standard
>
> Instead of merging the dir files, "C-h i" only shows this minimal one.
> What am I doing wrong?

I have forgot the theory about how things work but I'll show you what
works in my system. I have this line in my ~/.emacs file:

    (add-to-list 'Info-default-directory-list "~/.emacs.d/info/")

And I have a Makefile (see below) for converting .texi files to .info
files and creating "dir" file. If you want to use it put it in your
~/.emacs.d/info/ directory and run "make". First it converts .texi files
(if any) to .info files and then creates a "dir" file from all .info
that are available. Just run "make" if you want to update. Command "make
clean" will delete the "dir" file and all .info files which have the
corresponding .texi file available.


# Makefile
INFO := $(patsubst %.texi,%.info,$(wildcard *.texi))

dir: $(INFO) $(wildcard *.info)
	for file in $?; do \
		ginstall-info $$file $@; done

%.info: %.texi
	makeinfo --output=$@ -- $<

clean:
	rm -f -- dir $(INFO)

.PHONY: clean

Re: Merging a local info file with the system's

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 10.02.2009 um 17:12 schrieb Teemu Likonen:

>>     Programming
>>     * ANSI Common Lisp: (ansicl).		Draft ANSI Common Lisp standard
>>
>> Instead of merging the dir files, "C-h i" only shows this minimal  
>> one.
>> What am I doing wrong?


The optional section name, the title entry, and its description are  
installed via '(sudo) install-info.'

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