From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: edit-info-enable Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 23:12:51 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Public Access Networks Corp. Message-ID: References: <87wtjxbmhq.fsf@nospam.nomore> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1133047005 27514 80.91.229.2 (26 Nov 2005 23:16:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 23:16:45 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 27 00:16:37 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Eg9Gi-0001Kw-5p for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 27 Nov 2005 00:15:44 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Eg9Gh-000132-4Y for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 26 Nov 2005 18:15:43 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!panix!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 29 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: panix2.panix.com Original-X-Trace: reader2.panix.com 1133046771 16707 166.84.1.2 (26 Nov 2005 23:12:51 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 23:12:51 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001) Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:135783 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:31385 Archived-At: In article , Kevin Rodgers wrote: >John wrote: >> is there a way to set this to non nil so that I can edit an info node >> then reset it back to its default nil, I tried but it does not exist. > >The name of the variable is Info-enable-edit: > >,----[ C-h k e ] >| e runs the command Info-edit >| which is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `info'. >| (Info-edit) >| >| Edit the contents of this Info node. >| Allowed only if variable `Info-enable-edit' is non-nil. >`---- > >-- >Kevin Rodgers Please, what are the pros and cons of doing such a thing (rather than directly editing the info "source"?) Thanks, David