From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sam Peterson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: info files Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 21:35:52 -0800 Organization: University of California, Davis Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1162186852 21718 80.91.229.2 (30 Oct 2006 05:40:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 05:40:52 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 30 06:40:44 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 1GePsu-0002FW-CA for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 06:40:32 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GePst-0005Bw-SW for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:40:31 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newsfeed.news2me.com!news-in-01.newsfeed.easynews.com!news-in-02.newsfeed.easynews.com!easynews.com!easynews!news.he.net!ucberkeley!news-hog.berkeley.edu!169.232.46.144.MISMATCH!newsfeed.news.ucla.edu!ucdavis!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 26 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-67-166-145-152.hsd1.ca.comcast.net Original-X-Trace: skeeter.ucdavis.edu 1162186510 13862 67.166.145.152 (30 Oct 2006 05:35:10 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ucdavis.edu Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 05:35:10 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (darwin) Cancel-Lock: sha1:giaXvX/VjRQyY71hBP6u6ZZ2bsg= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:142790 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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:38409 Archived-At: >>>>> "Dan" == Dan Bensen writes: > There are tons of .info.gz files in /usr/info, but Emacs info > doesn't seem to see them. When I type M-x info, this appears in > the window: > Emacs * Info: (info). How to use the documentation browsing > system. * Emacs: (emacs). The extensible self-documenting text > editor. * Emacs FAQ: (efaq). Frequently Asked Questions about > Emacs. > etc. But nothing from /usr/info. How do you access those > files? The dir file has to have entries pointing to 'em. You need to use the install-info command for this. sudo install-info is the typical incantation on Unix systems. There may be a way to point info directly at a file path, it's not something I know how to do off the top of my head right now. -- Sam Peterson skpeterson At nospam ucdavis.edu "if programmers were paid to remove code instead of adding it, software would be much better" -- unknown