From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Masterson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: INFOPATH and emacs Date: 16 Apr 2003 10:54:49 -0700 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1050515905 15308 80.91.224.249 (16 Apr 2003 17:58:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 17:58:25 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 16 19:58:24 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 195rAt-0003yi-00 for ; Wed, 16 Apr 2003 19:58:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 195r91-0005v5-01 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 16 Apr 2003 13:56:27 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!sn-xit-03!sn-xit-06!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Original-Lines: 25 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:112040 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:8540 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:8540 >>>>> Ritesh writes: > i've installed a local repository of 'info' files in my home dir > ....containing documentation of the new emacs packages that i've > installed. I've written at appropriate 'dir' file which seems to be > working fine. i've also set INFOPATH:$HOME/info/: in my > .bash_profile...the trailing ':' appends the complied in path so > that my files are prepended to the already present files. info > program is working fine, that is it displays the entire info tree > beginning with my files as expected. however, echo $INFOPATH returns > /home/ritesh/info: ; ie. it's not displaying the compiled in > path. this is a problem because emacs uses the INFOPATH variable to > look for info files, and now it's only seeing the files that i've > installed and not the compiled in files. How can i make emacs read > the complete path? Run that by again... What are the commands you have in your .bash_profile to setup your INFOPATH variable? What does $INFOPATH look like after you login? -- David Masterson David DOT Masterson AT synopsys DOT com Sr. R&D Engineer Synopsys, Inc. Software Engineering Sunnyvale, CA