Re: Finding a easy way for prototype tipping

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: "Robert Thorpe" <rthorpe@realworldtech.com>
> Date: 15 Dec 2006 06:32:43 -0800
> 
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > > From: "Robert Thorpe" <rthorpe@realworldtech.com>
> > > Date: 15 Dec 2006 05:07:53 -0800
> > > >
> > > > To make sure that info pages contain information on memset I found one 
> > > > with C-h i, in entry:
> > > > * Libc: (libc).                 C library.
> > > >
> > > > That's it
> > > >
> > > >  -- Function: void * memset (void *BLOCK, int C, size_t SIZE)
> > > >      This function copies the value of C (converted to an `unsigned
> > > >      char') into each of the first SIZE bytes of the object beginning
> > > >      at BLOCK.  It returns the value of BLOCK.
> > > >
> > > [...]
> > > Regarding Info-lookup, it could be something that's not supported on
> > > your system.  It's a GNU Libc feature.
> >
> > ??? But Pawel explicitly shows (above) that he does have the GNU Libc
> > manual installed on his system.
> 
> Not necessarily.  There are at least two libc manuals in info format,
> the GNUlibc one and the Redhat Cygwin one.  That manual also doesn't
> work with C-h C-i.

But look above: the DIR entry clearly shows it's the GNU Libc.  And
"C-h i" does work with it, as Pawel said.

Anyway, I don't understand how can the Cygwin version not work.  Emacs
doesn't assume anything about the libc manual, all it needs is the
index.  Are you saying that the Cygwin version of libc docs doesn't
have an index?  If so, it's not the GNU Libc manual.  (IIRC, Cygwin
uses newlib, not glibc.)

> >  What other dependency on GNU Libc
> > could possibly defeat this feature on his system?
> 
> The dir file could contain the entry, but there could be no info file.

Again, read the original message above: Pawel says that he verified
that he did found the memset description via "C-h i".  So I think
there's nothing wrong with his manual.