From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Notes-Mode package problem (was dir(Top) is in French ?!?) Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 18:21:17 +0300 Message-ID: <83iopto4ya.fsf@gnu.org> References: <86vbtup2ko.fsf@gmail.com> <8661lujcok.fsf@gmail.com> <861twij9ws.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1398698514 1923 80.91.229.3 (28 Apr 2014 15:21:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 15:21:54 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 28 17:21:47 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WenNJ-0000on-6A for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 28 Apr 2014 17:21:45 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44469 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WenNI-0001iy-KF for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 28 Apr 2014 11:21:44 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33288) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WenMv-0001ZL-1g for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Apr 2014 11:21:28 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WenMn-0006cJ-Iy for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Apr 2014 11:21:20 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout22.012.net.il ([80.179.55.172]:51789) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WenMn-0006c0-9U for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Apr 2014 11:21:13 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout22.012.net.il by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0N4Q00600YI6Y800@a-mtaout22.012.net.il> for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Apr 2014 18:21:12 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0N4Q0062NYNBYZ00@a-mtaout22.012.net.il> for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Apr 2014 18:21:12 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <861twij9ws.fsf@gmail.com> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 X-Received-From: 80.179.55.172 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:97417 Archived-At: > From: David Masterson > Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 22:33:07 -0700 > > > Found the problem! I installed the notes-mode package and it has a > > "dir" file that is written in French. ELPA added this package to the > > front of Info-directory-list and, so, this became the top of Info. > > > > Can someone fix Notes-Mode? Fixing Notes-Mode will not help you, see my other response in this thread. Whenever install-info is run, it can install a localized version of these instructions. > By the way, this seems like a fundamental design problem with Info that > has been inherent in Info as far back as I can remember. I believe I > ran into this same issue some 15+ years ago. Basically, there should be > one dir-top file (that can be LANG localized) in Emacs and all other dir > files should be concatenated onto it. No, there could be many dir _files_ all over your system, but when Info starts, it concatenates them all into a single "dir" _node_, which includes all of the menus from all of the dir files. This is by design.