From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jeremy Gray Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: INFOPATH and emacs Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 06:52:05 GMT Organization: Prodigy Internet http://www.prodigy.com Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: Reply-To: gray@metacomet.net NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1050559472 7350 80.91.224.249 (17 Apr 2003 06:04:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 06:04:32 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 17 08:04:29 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1962VY-0001u2-00 for ; Thu, 17 Apr 2003 08:04:28 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 1962Rx-0003B5-00 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 17 Apr 2003 02:00:45 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!router1.news.adelphia.net!rip!news.webusenet.com!prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssrv26.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Original-Lines: 26 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.22.249.88 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net Original-X-Trace: newssrv26.news.prodigy.com 1050562325 ST000 68.22.249.88 (Thu, 17 Apr 2003 01:52:05 CDT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 01:52:05 CDT X-UserInfo1: Q[R_PJON_JV]B_LYWBCF_P@@GB^NAGDMJ@GZ_GYO^BTJUZ]CDVW[AKK[J\]^HVKHG^EWZHBLO^[\NH_AZFWGN^\DHNVMX_DHHX[FSQKBOTS@@BP^]C@RHS_AGDDC[AJM_T[GZNRNZAY]GNCPBDYKOLK^_CZFWPGHZIXW@C[AFKBBQS@E@DAZ]VDFUNTQQ]FN Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:112050 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:8550 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:8550 Ritesh wrote: > thanks for the prompt reply!! > my .bash_profile entry: > INFOPATH=/home/ritesh/info: > export INFOPATH > (/home/ritesh is my HOME and ~/info is the directory where i've put my > new info files) > echo $INFOPATH returns: > /home/ritesh/info: That means that info readers will only look in /home/ritesh/info for info files. You'll need something like: /usr/info:/usr/local/info:/opt/gnome/info:/opt/teTeX/info:/home/gray/info Which is my current INFOPATH. Basically, INFOPATH should contain any directory that has info files you are interested in reading. Also, please quote the relevant parts of the message you are following up to so that people can see the context of the discussion. -- Jeremy A. Gray gray@metacomet.net "Remember the Pueblo." -- the Fourth Law of Marvin