Re: Org-mode documentation within Emacs

["Sebastien Vauban" <wxhgmqzgwmuf-geNee64TY+gS+FvcfC7Uqw@public.gmane.org>]

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

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Sebastien Vauban