Re: INFOPATH and emacs

[Jeremy Gray]

Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> wrote:  
> Jeremy Gray wrote:
>> 
>> That means that info readers will only look in /home/ritesh/info for
>> info files.
> 
> No.

Yep, your right.  I never heard of the info's trailing colon feature
before.  Plus I only found the info standalone node today (I always
wondered where that was), and the manpage doesn't mention it.  

> So there is a discrepancy between the command line info program and
> Emacs' M-x info command in how an empty INFOPATH component is
> interpreted.  I think Emacs should emulate info as closely as
> possible; if the OP agrees, he should use M-x report-emacs-bug to
> submit a bug report.

I think setting the entire path is easier in the long run since it
works for both info and info-mode.  But, I think this is a easily fixed
bug.  

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Jeremy A. Gray
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