From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Dyballa Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: info files Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:48:16 +0100 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1162313348 10730 80.91.229.2 (31 Oct 2006 16:49:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 16:49:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 31 17:49:05 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GewnB-0004sr-19 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:48:49 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GewnA-0003Ud-7N for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 11:48:48 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Gewmo-0003R0-Gw for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 11:48:26 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Gewmi-0003Jh-VZ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 11:48:25 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gewmi-0003JF-RV for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 11:48:20 -0500 Original-Received: from [217.72.192.227] (helo=fmmailgate02.web.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1Gewmi-0004XQ-Ao for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 11:48:20 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp06.web.de (fmsmtp06.dlan.cinetic.de [172.20.5.172]) by fmmailgate02.web.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id B64C030149D5; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:48:18 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from [84.245.186.51] (helo=[192.168.1.2]) by smtp06.web.de with asmtp (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (WEB.DE 4.107 #114) id 1Gewmg-0001HR-00; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:48:18 +0100 In-Reply-To: Original-To: Dan Bensen X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Sender: Peter_Dyballa@web.de X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:38441 Archived-At: Am 31.10.2006 um 16:47 schrieb Dan Bensen: > Peter Dyballa wrote: >> So you need to install the GNU texinfo package: http://www.gnu.org/ >> software/texinfo/. > Oh. I thought Emacs had an info reader built into it. Thanks. The info files reader is built-in, but not the software to set up the info files system, particularly the automatic creator of entries in the dir files. Again, GNU Emacs has also the ability to interpret the dir files ... -- Greetings Pete "Computers are good at following instructions, but not at reading your mind." D. E. Knuth, The TeXbook, Addison-Wesley 1984, 1986, 1996, p. 9