Re: edit-info-enable

[David Combs]

In article <mailman.13133.1130534197.20277.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
Kevin Rodgers  <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> wrote:
>John wrote:
>> is there a way to set this to non nil so that I can edit an info node
>> then reset it back to its default nil, I tried but it does not exist.
>
>The name of the variable is Info-enable-edit:
>
>,----[ C-h k e ]
>| e runs the command Info-edit
>|    which is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `info'.
>| (Info-edit)
>|
>| Edit the contents of this Info node.
>| Allowed only if variable `Info-enable-edit' is non-nil.
>`----
>
>-- 
>Kevin Rodgers


Please, what are the pros and cons of doing such
a thing (rather than directly editing the info "source"?)

Thanks,

David