From: Sam Peterson <skpeterson@nospam.please.ucdavis.edu>
Subject: Re: info files
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 21:35:52 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m164e29xhj.fsf@Sams-Baby.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: ei3u81$llm$1@wildfire.prairienet.org
>>>>> "Dan" == Dan Bensen <randomgeek@cyberspace.net> writes:
> There are tons of .info.gz files in /usr/info, but Emacs info
> doesn't seem to see them. When I type M-x info, this appears in
> the window:
> Emacs * Info: (info). How to use the documentation browsing
> system. * Emacs: (emacs). The extensible self-documenting text
> editor. * Emacs FAQ: (efaq). Frequently Asked Questions about
> Emacs.
> etc. But nothing from /usr/info. How do you access those
> files?
The dir file has to have entries pointing to 'em. You need to use the
install-info command for this. sudo install-info <filename> <dir
file> is the typical incantation on Unix systems.
There may be a way to point info directly at a file path, it's not
something I know how to do off the top of my head right now.
--
Sam Peterson
skpeterson At nospam ucdavis.edu
"if programmers were paid to remove code instead of adding it,
software would be much better" -- unknown
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-10-30 5:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-10-30 4:17 info files Dan Bensen
2006-10-30 5:35 ` Sam Peterson [this message]
2006-10-31 4:34 ` Dan Bensen
2006-10-31 10:22 ` Peter Dyballa
2006-10-31 14:41 ` rthorpe
2006-10-31 15:44 ` Dan Bensen
2006-10-31 17:58 ` Robert Thorpe
2006-11-01 0:33 ` Dan Bensen
[not found] ` <mailman.454.1162290165.27805.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-10-31 15:47 ` Dan Bensen
2006-10-31 16:48 ` Peter Dyballa
2006-10-30 12:44 ` Peter Dyballa
[not found] ` <mailman.430.1162212279.27805.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-11-19 22:25 ` David Combs
2006-11-20 4:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.864.1163996313.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-11-20 16:59 ` Robert Thorpe
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