On Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 06:35:37PM +0100, Gavin Smith wrote:
> 
> I don't know if TEXINFO_LANGUAGE_DIRECTORIES is necessary, but if so
> the name is confusing, as you would think it is something to do with
> human languages like English or French, not the "Texinfo language".

The variable is necessary, and it is better in term of implementation
if it is a customization variable.  Maybe the name could be changed to
TEXINFO_INFORMATION_DIRECTORIES?

> I'll have to try to understand how this fits in with the other changes
> for where configuration files are looked for.
> 
> I see this variable is not documented anywhere - is this because it is
> not supposed to be used by the user?

It may be used by the users, but it is not already considered to be stable.
More generally, the array customization variables are only documented in
the API documentation, and only when they are part of the API, so some
other array customization variables are not documented.

-- 
Pat

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