From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bruce Korb Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Is it really necessary to install .info files? Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 10:53:25 -0800 Organization: Private Message-ID: <47408A25.3030008@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1195412040 12754 80.91.229.12 (18 Nov 2007 18:54:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 18:54:00 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 18 19:54:05 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1ItpHR-00051t-BQ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 18 Nov 2007 19:54:05 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ItpHE-0005Mx-33 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 18 Nov 2007 13:53:52 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ItpGy-0005ML-AQ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Nov 2007 13:53:36 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ItpGw-0005Lm-Nn for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Nov 2007 13:53:36 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ItpGw-0005Lg-Iq for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Nov 2007 13:53:34 -0500 Original-Received: from flpi101.sbcis.sbc.com ([207.115.20.70] helo=flpi101.prodigy.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1ItpGw-0003L8-3G for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Nov 2007 13:53:34 -0500 X-ORBL: [75.0.177.73] Original-Received: from [192.168.1.101] (adsl-75-0-177-73.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net [75.0.177.73]) by flpi101.prodigy.net (8.13.8 out.dk.spool/8.13.8) with ESMTP id lAIIrTqY014538 for ; Sun, 18 Nov 2007 10:53:29 -0800 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070801) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:49325 Archived-At: Hi, It used to be the case that I could ESC-1-^H-i and select an info file to look at. Somehow, somewhere it was decided that it would be better to make an additional info buffer and generate a new virtual root to the info directories. Not what I want. Can't figure out how to get what I want. The commands are too non-obvious. What do I do, please? Also, I am still in novice mode. Most of the stuff has gone away, but every now and then I "visit" a file that has a new variable to set and I have to go through an inquisition about whether or not I really want to do that. Well, golly, I set that variable in the Variables section because that is, in fact, what I want to do. I do not wish to be queried any more. There is no obvious setting to make emacs just leave me alone. Your help is appreciated. Thank you!! Regards, Bruce