Drew, Thanks very much. Eric On Oct 21, 2009 1:06pm, Drew Adams wrote: > > > If that is a major mode, check the value of > > > `auto-mode-alist' - perhaps some > > > code you load adds a mapping for `*.info' files to `text-fly-mode'. > > > > Thanks. I added a auto-mode-alist line for the file "dir". But it > > didn't help. I did a grep to see anything change the mode. It all > > looks allright to me. > No, don't fiddle with `auto-mode-alist' unless it is already mapping > `.info' to > the wrong mode. > > I jump to info mode with saved bookmarks. I have tried Ch i. It works > > for my own info file. But everytime I jump to /usr/share/info/dir, it > > showed the correct file, but in "Text Fly" mode and is in a normal > > buffer, not *info* buffer. When I repeat this to go to teh Emacs info > > file, it is in the correct mode though. > If `Ch i' works for your own file, but not for some others, then they are > not > listed in the `dir' that you are using. It sounds like you need to do what > Pascal suggested: > > You can also add directories to the variable Info-directory-list > Or better yet, customize option `Info-additional-directory-list', which is > intended for user modification.