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Re: How to get info pages for Emacs?
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Tassilo Horn |
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Re: How to get info pages for Emacs? |
Date: |
Mon, 08 Jun 2015 20:43:16 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.130014 (Ma Gnus v0.14) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
"KARR, DAVID" <dk068x@att.com> writes:
>> Next, check in "/usr/share/info" for the file "emacs.info". If it
>> isn't there, try re-installing emacs. If it is there, check the
>> same directory for the file "doc", which is the top-level node for
>> Info. It should have the lines:
>>
>> Emacs
>> * Emacs: (emacs).
>>
>> (possibly more) in there, under Editors.
>>
>> Beyond that, I'm lost.
>
> % ls *emacs*
> emacs-gnutls.info.gz emacs.info.gz emacs-mime.info.gz
>
> % ls *doc*
> ls: cannot access *doc*: No such file or directory
That file is actually named "dir".
> However, if I run "info emacs" from the command ilne, it brings up the
> Emacs info node. It's just Emacs that can't find its own info page.
What's the value of `Info-directory-list'? I guess it doesn't contain
/usr/share/info/, and then that's the problem. That variable is
documented to be initialized from `Info-default-directory-list', so
what's the value of that variable?
Bye,
Tassilo
- How to get info pages for Emacs?, KARR, DAVID, 2015/06/08
- Re: How to get info pages for Emacs?, Dale Snell, 2015/06/08
- RE: How to get info pages for Emacs?, KARR, DAVID, 2015/06/08
- RE: How to get info pages for Emacs?, Jude DaShiell, 2015/06/08
Re: How to get info pages for Emacs?, Tassilo Horn, 2015/06/08