Re: [Help-mcsim] Emacs info again?

[fredomatic]

Hi Bill,
I will look into why it's still not done automatically. For now you can
do a few things:
- find where your info directory is (in emacs do "C-h i" and then
  "C-x C-f", that should do). Typically that is /usr/share/info.
- Then in your mcsim/doc directory do "makeinfo mcsim.texinfo" if you
  have not done it already
- Then "sudo install-info mcsim.info /usr/share/info/dir" (the dir file
  in your info directory.

That will make a permanent link to the mcsim.info file in the info dir
file. Now whenever you type "info mcsim" that should bring you there, or
if you type just "info" mcsim will appear in the GNU Packages section.

Rather than leaving mcsim.info in mcsim/doc you may want to sudo copy it
to the info directory and do sudo install-info in that directory.

For emacs: I'm not using info from there, so I'm not the best adviser,
but if you do "C-u C-h i" it will ask you which info file to read. If
you are already in info (C-h i) it will propose the system info
directory. So if you have copied mcsim.info there that would be quick.
There is also a couple of emacs variables you can set to find it more
quickly.

Best regards

Frederic


On 24/03/2018 17:59, Bill Harris wrote:
> Fifteen months ago, I got help here installing Emacs info for MCSim
> 5.6.5
> (https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-mcsim/2016-12/msg00001.html). 
> Now I'm curious about the same question for 6.0.0 on Debian 9.
> 
> As root, I ran makeinfo mcsim.texi in my local copy of the doc directory
> (~/bin/mcsim-6.0.0/doc/), and it produced a mcsim.info
> <http://mcsim.info> file in that directory.  I cd'd up one level and ran
> make install.  Even after restarting *info*, I see no mcsim entry, and
> /usr/local/share/mcsim only has mod and sim directories.
> 
> Is there somewhere else I should look?  Is there something else I should
> do?  I have a vague recollection from the past that it just used to
> work, so I'm reluctant to start moving files and editing *info* indices
> manually unless someone convinces me that's the right way to go.
> 
> BTW, 6.0.0 looks like a major advance over 5.6; thanks!
> 
> Bill
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