reassign 417531 elisp-manual thanks Kevin Ryde writes:
> Running up > > emacs-snapshot -Q > > and opening the manual > > C-h i g (emacs) > > then following the emacs lisp manual link > > Tab Ret > > opens the emacs 21 manual from the elisp-manual package, > ie. /usr/share/info/elisp.gz, if you've got that package installed. > It'd be nice if it opened the emacs-snapshot version, > ie. /usr/share/info/emacs-snapshot/elisp.gz. > > Maybe "/usr/share/info/emacs-MAJOR" in Info-default-directory-list > could be ahead of the plain "/usr/share/info". No, this would not be right. If you install a newer version of a package that comes with Emacs (e.g. Tramp), you want Emacs to pick its documentation from /usr/share/info and *not* from /usr/share/info/emacs-MAJOR. See the docstring for Info-directory-list: ,---- | When `Info-directory-list' is initialized from the value of | `Info-default-directory-list', and Emacs is installed in one of the | standard directories, the directory of Info files that come with Emacs | is put last (so that local Info files override standard ones). `---- > Or maybe elisp-manual > should be putting its bits in the emacs-21 subdir, if that doesn't > break standalone info readers that don't know about the subdirs. I think that would be TRT, since the elisp-manual is specific to Emacs 21. And at least the `info' program has no problem finding files in subdirectories. Reassigning this bug to the elisp-manual package, Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
