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bug#60762: 28.2; info--manual-names ignores Info-additional-directory-li
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#60762: 28.2; info--manual-names ignores Info-additional-directory-list |
Date: |
Fri, 13 Jan 2023 10:15:01 +0200 |
> From: Sean Devlin <spd@toadstyle.org>
> Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2023 18:44:50 -0500
>
> Info.el gives the following advice for customizing the Info manual
> search path:
>
> "Normally, you should either set INFOPATH or customize
> `Info-additional-directory-list' ..."
This text was removed, and will not appear in Emacs 29 and later.
> The variable Info-additional-directory-list is intended as the main
> Lisp-level customization point for users.
That is inaccurate. The main Lisp-level customization variable for
users is Info-default-directory-list. So the question I'd like to ask
before discussing the situations you describe is why don't you
customize Info-default-directory-list instead?
Thanks.