From: sood@tenet.res.in (Ritesh)
Subject: Re: INFOPATH and emacs
Date: 19 Apr 2003 02:34:57 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e910f684.0304190134.555759ba@posting.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: slrnb9tvbo.u3i.gray@euthanasia.ath.cx
Jeremy Gray <gray@euthanasia.ath.cx> wrote in message news:<slrnb9tvbo.u3i.gray@euthanasia.ath.cx>...
> Jeremy Gray <gray@euthanasia.ath.cx> wrote:
> > Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> So there is a discrepancy between the command line info program and
> >> Emacs' M-x info command in how an empty INFOPATH component is
> >> interpreted. I think Emacs should emulate info as closely as
> >> possible; if the OP agrees, he should use M-x report-emacs-bug to
> >> submit a bug report.
> >
> > I think setting the entire path is easier in the long run since it
> > works for both info and info-mode. But, I think this is a easily fixed
> > bug.
>
> This appears to work, at least for me.
>
> diff -Naur emacs-21.3/lisp/info.el emacs-21.3-jag/lisp/info.el
> --- emacs-21.3/lisp/info.el 2001-12-21 13:08:17.000000000 -0600
> +++ emacs-21.3-jag/lisp/info.el 2003-04-17 14:08:25.000000000 -0500
> @@ -320,7 +320,8 @@
> (insert-file-contents fullname visit))))
>
> (defun info-initialize ()
> - "Initialize `Info-directory-list', if that hasn't been done yet."
> + "Initialize `Info-directory-list', respecting a final colon like
> +info standalone, if that hasn't been done yet."
> (unless Info-directory-list
> (let ((path (getenv "INFOPATH"))
> (source (expand-file-name "info/" source-directory))
> @@ -341,7 +342,10 @@
> (setq Info-directory-list
> (prune-directory-list
> (if path
> - (split-string path (regexp-quote path-separator))
> + (if (string-match ":$" path)
> + (append (split-string path (regexp-quote path-separator))
> + Info-default-directory-list)
> + (split-string path (regexp-quote path-separator)))
> (if (and sibling (file-exists-p sibling))
> ;; Uninstalled, Emacs builddir != srcdir.
> (setq alternative sibling)
thanks!
can you please list out the steps? I've deleted/added the relevent
lines from above to my info.el file and also byte-compiled the file.
however, still the same behavior persists, that is the default info
path is not appended. I am running Red Hat Linux 7.3, emacs 21.2.1.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-04-19 9:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-04-16 6:34 INFOPATH and emacs Ritesh
2003-04-16 17:54 ` David Masterson
2003-04-17 5:18 ` Ritesh
2003-04-17 6:52 ` Jeremy Gray
2003-04-17 17:22 ` Kevin Rodgers
2003-04-17 19:22 ` Jeremy Gray
2003-04-17 20:12 ` Jeremy Gray
2003-04-17 19:26 ` David Masterson
2003-04-17 20:46 ` Jeremy Gray
2003-04-19 9:34 ` Ritesh [this message]
2003-04-19 11:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.4929.1050748877.21513.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2003-04-19 19:03 ` Stefan Monnier
2003-04-20 7:03 ` Ritesh
2003-04-22 13:44 ` Ritesh
2003-04-19 8:44 ` Ritesh
2003-04-17 16:52 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-04-17 18:55 ` David Masterson
2003-04-17 20:21 ` Kai Großjohann
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