From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: Info viewer - multiple directories. Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 14:59:24 -0700 Message-ID: <3979026B270B4771B40192F7B66E097A@us.oracle.com> References: <20045.21035.554107.705107@dk.dks.ie> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1313704787 2758 80.91.229.12 (18 Aug 2011 21:59:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 21:59:47 +0000 (UTC) To: "'David Keegan'" , Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 18 23:59:43 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QuAcp-00022b-JE for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 18 Aug 2011 23:59:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35648 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QuAco-0006N8-Jp for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:59:42 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:60403) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QuAck-0006Mr-56 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:59:38 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QuAcj-0000Ww-BF for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:59:38 -0400 Original-Received: from rcsinet15.oracle.com ([148.87.113.117]:28208) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QuAcj-0000WW-5n for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:59:37 -0400 Original-Received: from acsinet21.oracle.com (acsinet21.oracle.com [141.146.126.237]) by rcsinet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.4/Switch-3.4.4) with ESMTP id p7ILxRkJ021413 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 18 Aug 2011 21:59:29 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt356.oracle.com (acsmt356.oracle.com [141.146.40.156]) by acsinet21.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p7ILxQ2t013170 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 18 Aug 2011 21:59:27 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt101.oracle.com (abhmt101.oracle.com [141.146.116.53]) by acsmt356.oracle.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id p7ILxKoq021165; Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:59:21 -0500 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/130.35.178.194) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Thu, 18 Aug 2011 14:59:20 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <20045.21035.554107.705107@dk.dks.ie> Thread-Index: Acxd7465I6Bx/GhqSc+zAhR1EvhOZwAAgo0Q X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6109 X-Source-IP: acsinet21.oracle.com [141.146.126.237] X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090208.4E4D8B41.0108:SCFMA922111,ss=1,re=-4.000,fgs=0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) X-Received-From: 148.87.113.117 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:81979 Archived-At: > I understand the emacs info viewer merges dir files found on > INFOPATH into a single root page. > > How does it handle the situation when there are two versions > of the same info file on the path? I only see a link to one > of the files. How does emacs decide which one to show? Is it > possible to have it generate links to both? C-h i, pick `Info' (the first manual listed in the menu) g Emacs Info Variables That takes you to node `Emacs Info Variables' of the Info manual. See, e.g., `Info-directory-list', environment variable `INFOPATH', `Info-default-directory-list', and `Info-additional-directory-list'.