From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tassilo Horn Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to get info pages for Emacs? Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2015 21:00:15 +0200 Message-ID: <87bngqkou8.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20150608102118.66a46387@zothique.localdomain> <87r3pmkpmj.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1433790076 9035 80.91.229.3 (8 Jun 2015 19:01:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2015 19:01:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "ddsnell@frontier.com" , "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" To: "KARR\, DAVID" Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 08 21:01:04 2015 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 1Z22IB-0001Ng-JJ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Jun 2015 21:01:03 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59790 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z22IB-0005Xj-2x for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Jun 2015 15:01:03 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44677) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z22HW-0005QQ-FJ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jun 2015 15:00:23 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z22HT-0002N5-5w for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jun 2015 15:00:22 -0400 Original-Received: from out4-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.28]:36214) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z22HT-0002N1-3c for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jun 2015 15:00:19 -0400 Original-Received: from compute4.internal (compute4.nyi.internal [10.202.2.44]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAE1321491 for ; Mon, 8 Jun 2015 15:00:18 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from frontend2 ([10.202.2.161]) by compute4.internal (MEProxy); Mon, 08 Jun 2015 15:00:18 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-sasl-enc :x-sasl-enc; s=smtpout; bh=4/EUGmGAKMS71KwZN5g66NV9x94=; b=d0a6U ntE0FYsCPtaDGmoj4TLuVXx+lOoBrDjPBSrNOhUHGO72tvaYptgQWm13Pm33CI1K wsw/nC0bZLPAZKGwK7HCZJNK8jchO/FTlKg7SHLEX8uQQuC/adg//YZ75k8mdI5m g44HN8HJ03zofK5VzoW2ZvdYeVNI25KHRHl5nE= X-Sasl-enc: veOtKUO5W1Xk/UaBfx79RSHQ47BlJGobLUaom7Eh6UQ2 1433790018 Original-Received: from thinkpad-t440p (unknown [2.162.161.54]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id A207F6800BF; Mon, 8 Jun 2015 15:00:17 -0400 (EDT) Mail-Followup-To: "KARR\, DAVID" , "ddsnell\@frontier.com" , "help-gnu-emacs\@gnu.org" In-Reply-To: (DAVID KARR's message of "Mon, 8 Jun 2015 18:56:01 +0000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130014 (Ma Gnus v0.14) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 66.111.4.28 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:104850 Archived-At: "KARR, DAVID" writes: >> > However, if I run "info emacs" from the command ilne, it brings >> up the >> > Emacs info node. It's just Emacs that can't find its own info >> page. >> >> What's the value of `Info-directory-list'? I guess it doesn't >> contain >> /usr/share/info/, and then that's the problem. That variable is >> documented to be initialized from `Info-default-directory-list', so >> what's the value of that variable? > > That variable isn't even defined. It should be defined after info has been loaded, e.g., after you've done `M-x info' or `C-h i'. Bye, Tassilo