From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Michael Below Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: solution for accessing own info files Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 14:48:04 +0100 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <877kd7267f.fsf@antithese.de> References: <87y95qr0ae.fsf@antithese.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1042556691 4911 80.91.224.249 (14 Jan 2003 15:04:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 15:04:51 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18YScT-0001Gv-00 for ; Tue, 14 Jan 2003 16:04:49 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18YScw-0001Lm-06 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 14 Jan 2003 10:05:18 -0500 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.09001 (Oort Gnus v0.10) Emacs/21.2 (i386-debian-linux-gnu) Cancel-Lock: sha1:d15PH3Rk8jo6jpqyCyV6k7lkOFU= Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp164-345.uni-bielefeld.de Original-X-Trace: news.uni-bielefeld.de 1042556662 ppp164-345.uni-bielefeld.de (14 Jan 2003 16:04:22 +0200) Original-Lines: 21 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!nycmny1-snh1.gtei.net!nycmny1-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!colt.net!peernews3.colt.net!newsfeed.stueberl.de!fu-berlin.de!news.uni-bielefeld.de!not-for-mail Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:108947 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:5475 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:5475 Michael Below writes: > As a next step, I tried making a "dir" file of my > own in /home/mbelow/elisp/info , because I thought maybe those dir > files are being merged. This changed the behaviour of info, but not as > intended: I keep getting > > Search Failed: " > ^_" I found it (thanks to less): I had inserted the two characters caret and underscore, but that's not what is meant by "^_" in the info documentation, it has to be the single character I would describe as C-_ in emacs notation. Using vim, I was able to insert that character, and now everything is working as I wanted it to be... Ciao Michael -- _Agricultural activity_ is the management by an enterprise of the biological transformation of biological assets for sale, into agricultural produce, or into additional biological assets. IAS 41,5