From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Konrad Hinsen Subject: Re: Viewing the Guix manual in Emacs under Guix Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 08:26:23 +0200 Message-ID: <22027.32911.979428.195670@Ordinateur-de-Catherine--Konrad.local> References: <56096A16.4020703@fastmail.net> <87io6t3c6v.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39742) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZhAqX-0004Eh-DW for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Sep 2015 02:26:34 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZhAqT-0001wS-Dq for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Sep 2015 02:26:33 -0400 Received: from out3-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.27]:48857) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZhAqT-0001vu-7S for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Sep 2015 02:26:29 -0400 Received: from compute3.internal (compute3.nyi.internal [10.202.2.43]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69FE7202AC for ; Wed, 30 Sep 2015 02:26:27 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87io6t3c6v.fsf@gnu.org> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: guix-devel@gnu.org Ludovic Court=C3=A8s writes: > Thanks for your kind words, and welcome! Thanks for your welcome! > > So is there a Guix-y way to add info files from packages to Emacs'= > > info directory=3F >=20 > When software is installed in a profile, Guix automatically updates = the > =E2=80=98dir=E2=80=99 file in that profile. >=20 > Then you really have to set INFOPATH accordingly, I hadn't noticed the global 'dir' before. So, yes, INFOPATH=3D$GUIX=5FPROFILE/share/info is enough to make everything work. But is there a good reason not to include this setting in $GUIX=5FPROFILE/etc/profile =3F > there=E2=80=99s no way Emacs (or even the standalone reader, I would= expect) The standalone reader does find everything. Even the one from my basic Debian install finds the Guix manual, although I can't say how. > If you do so, C-h i will open ~/.guix-profile/share/info/dir and you= =E2=80=99ll > be happy. ;-) I am! Long live Emacs! :-) Thanks, Konrad.