Hi Alan, Alan Schmitt wrote: > Sebastien Vauban writes: >> Alan Schmitt wrote: >> >>> This is what I have in my configuration files: >>> >>> #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp >>> (add-to-list 'Info-directory-list "/Users/schmitta/.emacs.d/org/info") >>> #+END_SRC >> >> Don't play with `Info-directory-list', it's not intended to be settable by >> the >> user. Set the `Info-default-directory-list' variable instead. > > I just read the help on "Info-directory-list", and it does not say I > should not set it. Why is it bad? And how should I make emacs pick up > the value from default?
See http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2004-10/msg00331.html ╭──── │ From: Eli Zaretskii │ Subject: Re: Info directory │ Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 21:50:02 +0200 │ │ > From: Philip Clark <address@hidden> │ > Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 09:41:17 +0100 │ > │ > │ > Does anyone know how to set up multiple Info directory locations? I want │ > to keep all the system info files, but also include my own for other │ > packages I add in my home directory. │ │ The canonical way to do that is to set the environment variable │ INFOPATH outside of Emacs, in the same shell from which you invoke │ Emacs. INFOPATH's value should be a list of Info directories in the │ same format as the PATH variable on your system. │ │ > I've tried: │ > │ > (require 'info) │ > (setq Info-directory-list (append '("~/src/gnus/texi") Info-directory-list)) │ │ Don't play with Info-directory-list, it's not intended to be settable │ by the user. ╰──── >From Eli, that is a safe reference source... Best regards, Seb -- Sebastien Vauban