From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: karl@freefriends.org (Karl Berry) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs cvs newbie problems Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 10:13:42 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <200210011413.g91EDgD32118@f7.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1033481800 11241 127.0.0.1 (1 Oct 2002 14:16:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 14:16:40 +0000 (UTC) Cc: teirllm@dms.auburn.edu, hattons@speakeasy.net, emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17wNpG-0002v2-00 for ; Tue, 01 Oct 2002 16:16:38 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17wOZS-0000wy-00 for ; Tue, 01 Oct 2002 17:04:22 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17wNpV-0002Fo-00; Tue, 01 Oct 2002 10:16:53 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17wNmb-0001zq-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Oct 2002 10:13:53 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17wNmX-0001y5-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Oct 2002 10:13:52 -0400 Original-Received: from consort.superb.net ([209.61.216.22] helo=f7.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17wNmV-0001xZ-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Oct 2002 10:13:48 -0400 Original-Received: (from karl@localhost) by f7.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g91EDgD32118; Tue, 1 Oct 2002 10:13:42 -0400 Original-To: eliz@is.elta.co.il Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:8291 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:8291 the order of the directories in the search path might have nothing to do with dir files, I wasn't proposing using the search path (PATH). I was proposing the dir path (INFOPATH / Info-directory-list). So we could be left with a wrong section. By `section' do you mean dircategory? If so, dir entries in different categories always have to be included in the merge. At least I was taking that as a given. Thus: 1) if direntry A has the same (filename)nodename as direntry B, 2) and A and B have the same dircategory, 3) then include whichever of A and B belongs to the dir file earlier in the dir path. I don't think any real information can be lost by this algorithm, all the same entries will end up in the merged dir file, all the same info files can be reached. The only change will be the elimination of (some) duplicates, as far as I can see. Thanks, k