Re: Viewing the Guix manual in Emacs under Guix

[ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)]

Konrad Hinsen <konrad.hinsen@fastmail.net> skribis:

> I hadn't noticed the global 'dir' before. So, yes,
>
>   INFOPATH=$GUIX_PROFILE/share/info
>
> is enough to make everything work. But is there a good reason not
> to include this setting in $GUIX_PROFILE/etc/profile ?

Actually I just found there’s no good reason!

$GUIE_PROFILE/etc/profile is generated based on the environment
variables claimed by the installed packages (for instance Python claims
‘PYTHONPATH’, and so on.)  It turns out that neither Texinfo nor Emacs
claims ‘INFOPATH’.

I’ve fixed that for Emacs (commit 64c983) and will fix it in the next
core update cycle for Texinfo.  So now, when Emacs is in the profile,
etc/profile contain the ‘INFOPATH’ setting.

>  > there’s 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.

Hmm, interesting.

Thanks,
Ludo’.