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X-Received-From: 209.65.160.92 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:104852 Archived-At: > -----Original Message----- > From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+dk068x=3Datt.com@gnu.org [mailto:help- > gnu-emacs-bounces+dk068x=3Datt.com@gnu.org] On Behalf Of Dale Snell > Sent: Monday, June 08, 2015 11:50 AM > To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > Subject: Re: How to get info pages for Emacs? >=20 > On Mon, 8 Jun 2015 18:10:17 +0000, in message > B8D164BED956C5439875951895CB4B22284D111A@CAFRFD1MSGUSRIA.ITServices > .sbc.com, > KARR, DAVID wrote: >=20 > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+dk068x=3Datt.com@gnu.org > [mailto:help- > > > gnu-emacs-bounces+dk068x=3Datt.com@gnu.org] On Behalf Of Dale > Snell > > > Sent: Monday, June 08, 2015 10:21 AM > > > To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > > > Subject: Re: How to get info pages for Emacs? > > > > > > On Mon, 8 Jun 2015 16:44:52 +0000, in message > > > > B8D164BED956C5439875951895CB4B22284D0F65@CAFRFD1MSGUSRIA.ITServices > > > .sbc.com, > > > KARR, DAVID wrote: > > > > > > > I've got Cygwin Emacs 24.5.1 on my desktop and Emacs 24.3.1 > on my > > > > CentOS 7 VM. > > > > > > > > If I open the main "info" node on each, I see an "Emacs" node > on > > > the > > > > first, but not on the second. How do I get the missing Emacs > > > info > > > > pages on my CentOS 7 VM? > > > > > > There's a couple of things I can think of. First off, is there > an > > > "emacs-doc" package for Centos? If so, is it installed? > > > Honestly, I don't think this is the problem, since emacs' info > > > file should be part of the emacs package, but it's easy to > check: > > > > > > yum list emacs-\* | grep -i doc > > > > No obvious "doc" package: > > ---------------- > > % yum list emacs-\* > > Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks > > Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile > > Installed Packages > > emacs.x86_64 > > 1:24.3-11.el7 @base > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D%<-------- snip! --------= >%=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > emacs-vala-el.noarch > > 0.20.1-3.el7 base ----------------------------- >=20 > Yeah, I didn't think there would be. As I said, emacs.info is > supposed to be included in the emacs package. >=20 > > > Next, check in "/usr/share/info" for the file "emacs.info". If > it > > > isn't there, try re-installing emacs. If it is there, check > the > > > same directory for the file "doc", which is the top-level node > for > > > Info. It should have the lines: > > > > > > Emacs > > > * Emacs: (emacs). > > > > > > (possibly more) in there, under Editors. >=20 > > % ls *emacs* > > emacs-gnutls.info.gz emacs.info.gz emacs-mime.info.gz > > > > % ls *doc* > > ls: cannot access *doc*: No such file or directory > > > > 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. >=20 > Interesting. There is no /usr/share/info/doc file at all? What > does info show you when you run just "info" from the command line, > without specifying a subject? I guess this is consistent, as it looks like what I get from Emacs, with no= ne of the Emacs info. > I'm running Fedora 21, which shouldn't be much different from > Centos. To me, this looks like a packaging error on Centos' part. > So far as I know, /usr/share/info/doc has to be there; it's the > top-level info node. (I could be wrong, of course; if so, I hope > someone more knowledgeable will jump in here.) >=20 > --Dale >=20 > -- > "Be comforted, that in the face of all aridity and disillusionment, > And despite the changing fortunes of time, > There is always a big future in computer maintenance." > --from National Lampoon's "Deteriorata"