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Subject: Re: Org-mode documentation within Emacs
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Hi Alan,

Alan Schmitt wrote:
> Sebastien Vauban writes:
>> Alan Schmitt wrote:
>>
>>> This is what I have in my configuration files:
>>>
>>> #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
>>> (add-to-list 'Info-directory-list "/Users/schmitta/.emacs.d/org/info")
>>> #+END_SRC
>>
>> Don't play with `Info-directory-list', it's not intended to be settable =
by the
>> user. Set the `Info-default-directory-list' variable instead.
>
> I just read the help on "Info-directory-list", and it does not say I
> should not set it. Why is it bad? And how should I make emacs pick up
> the value from default?

See http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2004-10/msg00331.html

  =E2=95=AD=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80
  =E2=94=82 From:  Eli Zaretskii=20
  =E2=94=82 Subject:  Re: Info directory=20
  =E2=94=82 Date:  Mon, 18 Oct 2004 21:50:02 +0200=20
  =E2=94=82
  =E2=94=82 > From: Philip Clark <address@hidden>
  =E2=94=82 > Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 09:41:17 +0100
  =E2=94=82 >=20
  =E2=94=82 >=20
  =E2=94=82 > Does anyone know how to set up multiple Info directory locati=
ons? I want
  =E2=94=82 > to keep all the system info files, but also include my own fo=
r other
  =E2=94=82 > packages I add in my home directory.=20
  =E2=94=82=20
  =E2=94=82 The canonical way to do that is to set the environment variable
  =E2=94=82 INFOPATH outside of Emacs, in the same shell from which you inv=
oke
  =E2=94=82 Emacs.  INFOPATH's value should be a list of Info directories i=
n the
  =E2=94=82 same format as the PATH variable on your system.
  =E2=94=82=20
  =E2=94=82 > I've tried:
  =E2=94=82 >=20
  =E2=94=82 > (require 'info)
  =E2=94=82 > (setq Info-directory-list (append '("~/src/gnus/texi") Info-d=
irectory-list))
  =E2=94=82=20
  =E2=94=82 Don't play with Info-directory-list, it's not intended to be se=
ttable
  =E2=94=82 by the user.
  =E2=95=B0=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80

>From Eli, that is a safe reference source...

Best regards,
  Seb

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Sebastien Vauban