From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs 26.1 on Windows is HUGE Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 14:55:10 +0100 Message-ID: <875zqwykzl.fsf@russet.org.uk> References: <87d0loujuf.fsf@telefonica.net> <87y34bxzoo.fsf@russet.org.uk> <87h8axwsv6.fsf@russet.org.uk> <87mukmmmyg.fsf@fliptop.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> <87ftq8iwon.fsf@russet.org.uk> <87d0l9n9mh.fsf@fliptop.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> <87k1fg7n3e.fsf@russet.org.uk> <83sgu4wszs.fsf@gnu.org> <874l6kh49v.fsf@russet.org.uk> <874l6k1mm5.fsf@telefonica.net> <87ef5nae97.fsf@russet.org.uk> <83pnp7vgcq.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="192073"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1.90 (gnu/linux) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 29 15:55:52 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hL6l5-000nrA-Ig for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 29 Apr 2019 15:55:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57988 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hL6l4-00082q-FD for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 29 Apr 2019 09:55:50 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:37182) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hL6ko-00081j-43 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Apr 2019 09:55:35 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hL6kg-0005BD-Ox for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Apr 2019 09:55:29 -0400 Original-Received: from cloud103.planethippo.com ([78.129.138.110]:43768) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hL6kU-0004gr-CP; Mon, 29 Apr 2019 09:55:14 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=russet.org.uk; s=default; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID: In-Reply-To:Date:References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id: List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=Ub83r9AIJyOgc6MIrkcjl4HbFudMM+ym2mEmVRtL9JA=; b=Ldzju7crOx7YXxvnqWejuEGtB NYImH1XuLrXHDyRsoQrMNkNSGJ+nUr06VSuI69mD2Xr/5Vm0qs1w6Io0eWWyb4QNYfttmRaBforjT jiD79UFqMF4Xp2NR93y+X3oFqhk4m1jWWrdPYUkrdYEnSrAQF1RWRl0YexOSX2Bh7pINdSt7Ys8In 7fdWWpB+eQ+BL1ZP7LxCe//xdPWcho9rTUJCjFaHqupuRqdmC6pCIuD6YkB4dXXKmw2xMKKzDW8Z2 +6h2xHXAqZ3bVlJ6RKTWdeHA4LQQ/eLyiUAOwLgd9iZdzZTUoSI1h86sc5Tx8697/OL+OuUj7F9tp Ypy/i7fYA==; Original-Received: from janus-nat-128-240-225-97.ncl.ac.uk ([128.240.225.97]:55280 helo=russet.org.uk) by cloud103.planethippo.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.91) (envelope-from ) id 1hL6kS-0001c4-5h; Mon, 29 Apr 2019 14:55:12 +0100 In-Reply-To: <83pnp7vgcq.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sat, 27 Apr 2019 14:26:45 +0300") X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cloud103.planethippo.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - gnu.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - russet.org.uk X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cloud103.planethippo.com: authenticated_id: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk X-Authenticated-Sender: cloud103.planethippo.com: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 78.129.138.110 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:120098 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> From: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord) >> Cc: Eli Zaretskii , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org >> Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2019 12:17:40 +0100 >> >> > And on different topic, did you test that C-h i works as it should? Does >> > it show the Emacs info files? There is a long-standing problem with >> > Emacs on MSYS2 about this, although IIRC only happens when you install >> > Emacs as an MSYS2 package. But since testing it only takes a few >> > seconds... (I can't test myself, computer attracted lightning) >> >> Hmmm. Sort of. If you click runemacs.exe from the windows explorer it >> works. If you launch it from a mingw64 shell, no, it doesn't. Or rather >> it works, but you get the msys info which doesn't link to Emacs. > > Doesn't surprise me, since MSYS2 doesn't have a native Windows port of > Texinfo, so the place they put the manuals probably only works for > MSYS itself. Does the shell set INFOPATH, perhaps? If not, in which > directory do the MSYS Info files get installed, relative to the root > of the MSYS installation tree? It does, yes, so Emacs is just doing what it is told. I guess Emacs could ignore INFOPATH or just use it as a supplement its own files, given that it knows their location. Phil