* Getting Info to find extra pkgs not in normal path
@ 2008-12-09 16:54 Harry Putnam
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From: Harry Putnam @ 2008-12-09 16:54 UTC (permalink / raw
To: help-gnu-emacs
I thought using a line like this:
(add-to-list 'Info-default-directory-list
"/usr/local/src/stumpwm")
In ~/.emacs, would find any info files there when I call Info within
emacs. Apparently that no longer works or maybe never worked.
There is an info file located there
ls /usr/local/src/stumpwm/*.info
/usr/local/src/stumpwm/stumpwm.info
But C-h i m stumpwm knows nothing about it.
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* Re: Getting Info to find extra pkgs not in normal path
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@ 2008-12-09 17:35 ` Andreas Politz
2008-12-09 21:00 ` Harry Putnam
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From: Andreas Politz @ 2008-12-09 17:35 UTC (permalink / raw
To: help-gnu-emacs
Harry Putnam wrote:
> I thought using a line like this:
> (add-to-list 'Info-default-directory-list
> "/usr/local/src/stumpwm")
>
> In ~/.emacs, would find any info files there when I call Info within
> emacs. Apparently that no longer works or maybe never worked.
>
> There is an info file located there
> ls /usr/local/src/stumpwm/*.info
> /usr/local/src/stumpwm/stumpwm.info
>
> But C-h i m stumpwm knows nothing about it.
>
>
>
>
It's there but not in the 'dir' file :
(info "stumpwm")
dir files will be merged by emacs, so you can create
one for your local additions. Probably by copying the
systems one from /usr/share/info/dir or wherever, delete
all entries after '* Menu:' and put in your own.
(info "(texinfo)Other Info Directories")
-ap
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* Re: Getting Info to find extra pkgs not in normal path
2008-12-09 17:35 ` Andreas Politz
@ 2008-12-09 21:00 ` Harry Putnam
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From: Harry Putnam @ 2008-12-09 21:00 UTC (permalink / raw
To: help-gnu-emacs
Andreas Politz <politza@fh-trier.de> writes:
>
> It's there but not in the 'dir' file :
>
> (info "stumpwm")
>
> dir files will be merged by emacs, so you can create
> one for your local additions. Probably by copying the
> systems one from /usr/share/info/dir or wherever, delete
> all entries after '* Menu:' and put in your own.
>
> (info "(texinfo)Other Info Directories")
That section shows several ways to do it, but I find at least two of
them don't seem to work for me... probably something I'm doing wrong.
Before posting here about it I had tried to extend INFOPATH in my
~/.bashrc file like this:
grep INFO ~/.bashrc
INFOPATH=$INFOPATH:/usr/local/src/stumpwm:/usr/local/gnus/texi
The Stand Alone info reader finds stumpwm but emacs does not
Using the approach of adding my own dir file. (inlined below) at
/usr/local/info/dir, inside a freshly started emacs
`C-h i m stumpwm' fails
My attempt appears to follow the example given:
`
* Test: (/home/bob/info/info-test). Bob's own test file. '
On the stumpwm line shown here the address ends in the top level
directory. The info file is directly under there. I also tried (not
shown here) by putting the complete file name:
(/usr/local/src/stumpwm/stumpwm.info)
Do you see something wrong in both or either of my attempts (including
the INFO path approach?
cat /usr/local/info/dir
Local info files (updates by user reader)
* Stumpwm: (/usr/local/src/stumpwm/stumpwm.info). stump manual.
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* Re: Getting Info to find extra pkgs not in normal path
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@ 2008-12-09 22:37 ` Andreas Politz
2008-12-09 23:32 ` Peter Dyballa
2008-12-10 8:56 ` Harry Putnam
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From: Andreas Politz @ 2008-12-09 22:37 UTC (permalink / raw
To: help-gnu-emacs
Harry Putnam wrote:
> Andreas Politz <politza@fh-trier.de> writes:
>
>> It's there but not in the 'dir' file :
>>
>> (info "stumpwm")
>>
>> dir files will be merged by emacs, so you can create
>> one for your local additions. Probably by copying the
>> systems one from /usr/share/info/dir or wherever, delete
>> all entries after '* Menu:' and put in your own.
>>
>> (info "(texinfo)Other Info Directories")
>
> That section shows several ways to do it, but I find at least two of
> them don't seem to work for me... probably something I'm doing wrong.
>
> Before posting here about it I had tried to extend INFOPATH in my
> ~/.bashrc file like this:
>
> grep INFO ~/.bashrc
> INFOPATH=$INFOPATH:/usr/local/src/stumpwm:/usr/local/gnus/texi
>
> The Stand Alone info reader finds stumpwm but emacs does not
Eval (info "stumpwm") ,I am shure it'll work.
>
> Using the approach of adding my own dir file. (inlined below) at
> /usr/local/info/dir, inside a freshly started emacs
>
> `C-h i m stumpwm' fails
>
> My attempt appears to follow the example given:
> `
> * Test: (/home/bob/info/info-test). Bob's own test file. '
>
> On the stumpwm line shown here the address ends in the top level
> directory. The info file is directly under there. I also tried (not
> shown here) by putting the complete file name:
>
> (/usr/local/src/stumpwm/stumpwm.info)
>
> Do you see something wrong in both or either of my attempts (including
> the INFO path approach?
>
> cat /usr/local/info/dir
>
> Local info files (updates by user reader)
>
> * Stumpwm: (/usr/local/src/stumpwm/stumpwm.info). stump manual.
>
The dir file has to have a special header format. Just copy the systems one
into a directory in INFOPATH, erase everything afer '*Menu ' and put in
your own stuff.
-ap
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* Re: Getting Info to find extra pkgs not in normal path
2008-12-09 22:37 ` Andreas Politz
@ 2008-12-09 23:32 ` Peter Dyballa
2008-12-10 8:56 ` Harry Putnam
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From: Peter Dyballa @ 2008-12-09 23:32 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Andreas Politz; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
Am 09.12.2008 um 23:37 schrieb Andreas Politz:
> The dir file has to have a special header format. Just copy the
> systems one
> into a directory in INFOPATH, erase everything afer '*Menu ' and
> put in
> your own stuff.
Wouldn't the use of install-info be more appropriate? When the actual
info file is well prepared, then this programme does a perfect job,
sorting the info file into its proper section ...
--
Mit friedvollen Grüßen
Pete
Sorry my terrible English, my native language Lisp!
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* Re: Getting Info to find extra pkgs not in normal path
2008-12-09 22:37 ` Andreas Politz
2008-12-09 23:32 ` Peter Dyballa
@ 2008-12-10 8:56 ` Harry Putnam
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From: Harry Putnam @ 2008-12-10 8:56 UTC (permalink / raw
To: help-gnu-emacs
Andreas Politz <politza@fh-trier.de> writes:
> Eval (info "stumpwm") ,I am shure it'll work.
I've got it working now... I was confusing my self by working on 3
machines at once. editing in one xterm then in another expecting it
to work when in fact its on a completely different machine.
Sorry for the line noise.
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