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From: Ian Barton <lists@wilkesley.net>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Problem Installing Info Files
Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 14:31:34 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4FBCE6B6.50402@wilkesley.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMXnza3H9FgPUPidUNbeAxvuMuLMLh=ts9XaN_5RsJ0Ke7zqLA@mail.gmail.com>

On 23/05/12 11:35, suvayu ali wrote:
> Hello Ian,
>
> On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 12:11 PM, Ian Barton<lists@wilkesley.net>  wrote:
>> from the directory containing org gives the following error:
>>
>> ~/.emacs.d/src/info/dir: could not read (No such file or directory) and
>> could not create (No such file or directory)
>
> I think your info setup is a bit different. It would help if you could
> describe it briefly. In any case, I would recommend you take a look at
> this FAQ; maybe the answer is already there. :)
>
> <http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#update-info-manual-to-latest>
>
> GL
>

I have found the problem, the clue was in the error message:) When I was 
using Debian/Ubuntu I got fed up of trying to get the info file to 
install in the "correct" place. Using a large bit of duck tape, I put it in:

~/.emacs.d/src/info org

then defined the following key binding:

(global-set-key (kbd "<f9> i") (lambda ()
                                  (interactive)
                                  (info
 
"~/dropbox/.emacs.d/src/org-mode/doc/org")))

Since this isn't an info directory it doesn't contain a "dir" file for 
install-info to update, so make-info complains.

I have now stuck some duck tape on the Makefile and changed make-info to 
a simple "cp" command to get the file into the place where I want it.

Ian.

next prev parent reply	other threads:[~2012-05-23 13:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-05-23 10:11 Problem Installing Info Files Ian Barton
2012-05-23 10:19 ` Jude DaShiell
2012-05-23 10:35   ` Ian Barton
2012-05-24 18:51     ` Achim Gratz
2012-05-23 10:35 ` suvayu ali
2012-05-23 13:31   ` Ian Barton [this message]
2012-05-23 22:29     ` Achim Gratz

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