From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#60032: 30.0.50; [WISH] Customizing Info directories Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2022 14:55:43 +0200 Message-ID: <83tu1ugpf4.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87zgbrbfva.fsf@localhost> <83a63rpgzd.fsf@gnu.org> <87r0x3beqx.fsf@localhost> <834jtzpdu9.fsf@gnu.org> <87wn6up9fc.fsf@localhost> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="39274"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 60032@debbugs.gnu.org To: Ihor Radchenko Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 17 13:56:14 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1p6Wjd-000A2A-TF for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 17 Dec 2022 13:56:14 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p6WjU-0000gG-4U; Sat, 17 Dec 2022 07:56:04 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p6WjS-0000bq-8D for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Dec 2022 07:56:02 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p6WjR-0004e1-Qn for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Dec 2022 07:56:01 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1p6WjR-0000ab-M9 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Dec 2022 07:56:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2022 12:56:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 60032 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 60032-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B60032.16712817552258 (code B ref 60032); Sat, 17 Dec 2022 12:56:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 60032) by debbugs.gnu.org; 17 Dec 2022 12:55:55 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55810 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1p6WjK-0000aM-HL for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 17 Dec 2022 07:55:54 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:57606) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1p6Wj9-0000aB-1Q for 60032@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 17 Dec 2022 07:55:52 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p6Wj3-0004Up-Nb; Sat, 17 Dec 2022 07:55:37 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=lZEXzAlnbWQ6/OlMv58cz4M93V9ENufuZLbeF3veHnU=; b=Ad1y6Ktu+PFi pDUQPwcAHTRHXwtDIviYha0JwR8FOmyj+fvrKgVnjZNGqQgo9k4ZfYaIq9aMbPjgCSt249OujP6xl mZvFHoKM3tH21m0F0STmNGMNoCSwBIN1ENc+3GfLsIYSYpawahs2DJlz5eUmmZ2/dgn+1sXatLvOu lFOjEc9aAzlkzFmA+UZ9WqM51tZej7wmM3vQL6n8lCAgLgx4qGU1AzxLM0pQiWaXPy7Ii8hdE30DW IcGCxs/bL830j8EQMus4fCji6kUvEAgBkvDM5D1QwNl9gpklo2kqv+l3jP35W3xokPoM7c8Arey65 SZpA2izFGTW1/RSIurbPqA==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p6Wj3-0008Sx-8L; Sat, 17 Dec 2022 07:55:37 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87wn6up9fc.fsf@localhost> (message from Ihor Radchenko on Wed, 14 Dec 2022 10:27:19 +0000) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:251280 Archived-At: > From: Ihor Radchenko > Cc: 60032@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2022 10:27:19 +0000 > > Eli Zaretskii writes: > > >> Changing environment variables is something I never ever needed to > >> customize Emacs' behaviour. Once I see it, my thinking goes: "Surely, > >> there should be some custom variable.", but no such variable exists. > > > > Does this include PATH? If not, why not? > > > > IME, the *PATH variables are quite special: they should generally be > > set from outside Emacs, and doing the same via customization options > > is usually not a good idea. > > I agree. However, I expect in-Emacs info reader to be more configurable. > It's not like info.el requires external system tools. I prefer Emacs to > be portable as much as sanely possible. Feel free to submit a patch for the master branch. We will then have enough time to see if it causes trouble for someone.