Re: Please add directory to Info-default-directory-list

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 10:04:37 +0100
> From: Mats <address@hidden>
> 
> If I add this to my .emacs, I can use emacs to browse my cygwin info files:
> 
> (setq Info-default-directory-list (append Info-default-directory-list
>                                           (list
> "c:/cygwin/usr/share/info/")))
> 
> Couldn't that directory be added to Info-default-directory-list by default?

Thank you for your report.

I don't think it's a good idea to add "c:/cygwin/usr/share/info/" to
the default directory list, since we cannot be sure that Cygwin is
installed on the C: drive.  What if it's installed on D: or F:?

In sum, I think this is for users to customize, not for Emacs to set
by default.  And Info-default-directory-list is precisely the variable
to customize.