From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Mike Ballard Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Odd Info problem Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 02:06:52 GMT Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1088535366 16692 80.91.224.253 (29 Jun 2004 18:56:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 18:56:06 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 29 20:55:40 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BfNlb-0003Iq-00 for ; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 20:55:39 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BfNnH-0003cA-9q for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 14:57:23 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!newsfeed2.telusplanet.net!newsfeed.telus.net!cycny01.gnilink.net!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!gnilink.net!nwrdny03.gnilink.net.POSTED!de648aa3!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help X-Newsreader: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 Original-Lines: 35 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 151.199.20.149 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net Original-X-Trace: nwrdny03.gnilink.net 1086833212 151.199.20.149 (Wed, 09 Jun 2004 22:06:52 EDT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 22:06:52 EDT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:123725 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 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 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:19091 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:19091 Hi - Although not what you might call a problem, more of an annoyance, is that I have my own (source-controlled) top-level Info "dir" file in a certain location (where there are no Info files). I set xref-face to a color I like and for years this has worked perfectly. But now (and I have no idea what changed it; still using Emacs 21.1 as I have for the past couple years) bringing up Info in Emacs the xref-face color is gone. When I highlight an Info topic face and select "list properties" nothing shows up. So I renamed my "dir" to "dir.off", restarted Emacs and let it use the dir file in /usr/share/info. xref-face is now back to the color I'd specified (and properties show up when selected). But if I copy /usr/share/info/dir over my own top-level dir file (expecting xref-face to show up as I set it) xref-face reverts back to uncolored (and unspecified when I select "list properties"). Any idea what might be behind this? You'd guess it has something to do with pointing Info to use my location's "dir" as its top-level but I've done it this way for years without any problems. I'm using texinfo 4.5 if it matters (and prioritzed INFOPATH/DIR vars where my "dir" location is first). Mike -- mikeballard at symbol verizon period net "If your main parachute fouls, deploy your reserve. If your reserve is also fouled, you have the rest of your life to get it straightened out."