From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Robert Thorpe Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Documentation on the command-line? Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2014 02:44:51 +0100 Message-ID: <87k37wh6uk.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com> References: <87egy4pw17.fsf@debian.uxu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1404265524 17390 80.91.229.3 (2 Jul 2014 01:45:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2014 01:45:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Emanuel Berg Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 02 03:45:17 2014 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 1X29bp-0000EA-LT for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 Jul 2014 03:45:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50623 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X29bp-0006XO-7s for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Jul 2014 21:45:17 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34562) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X29bZ-0006SG-2Q for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Jul 2014 21:45:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X29bS-0005rR-WC for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Jul 2014 21:45:00 -0400 Original-Received: from outbound-smtp04.blacknight.com ([81.17.249.35]:40427) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X29bS-0005rH-Pf for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Jul 2014 21:44:54 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.blacknight.com (pemlinmail03.blacknight.ie [81.17.254.16]) by outbound-smtp04.blacknight.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D1CE9867E for ; Wed, 2 Jul 2014 01:41:51 +0000 (UTC) Original-Received: (qmail 29541 invoked from network); 2 Jul 2014 01:44:52 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO RTLaptop) (rt@robertthorpeconsulting.com@[93.107.148.158]) by 81.17.254.9 with ESMTPSA (DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA encrypted, authenticated); 2 Jul 2014 01:44:52 -0000 In-Reply-To: <87egy4pw17.fsf@debian.uxu> (message from Emanuel Berg on Wed, 02 Jul 2014 00:13:40 +0200) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 81.17.249.35 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:98496 Archived-At: Emanuel Berg writes: > Robert Thorpe writes: > >> FYI. That should get you the Emacs manual, not the >> FAQ. There may be something awry with your Emacs >> installation. >> >> info "Emacs FAQ" >> >> Should get you the FAQ. > > (I suppose this was intended for gnu.emacs.help?) > > Are you sure it is Emacs and not info? It's not in Emacs, it looks like the installation of info manuals is wrong. > But yes: both info emacs and info "Emacs FAQ" gets the > Emacs FAQ (identical stuff). What happens if you do "C-h i m Emacs RET" in Emacs? If it gives you the Emacs manual then your info files are installed correctly and stand-alone "info" is the problem. If it gives you the Emacs FAQ then your Emacs related info files aren't installed properly. I know that in Debian they consider the Emacs documentation to be "non-free" because of a clause of the GNU Free Documentation License. That means you have to install the Emacs info file from a "non-free" repository. I always assumed that applied to the FAQ too though. BR, Robert Thorpe