Re: Getting Info to find extra pkgs not in normal path

[Andreas Politz]

Harry Putnam wrote:
> I thought using a line like this:
>  (add-to-list 'Info-default-directory-list 
>    "/usr/local/src/stumpwm")
>
> In ~/.emacs, would find any info files there when I call Info within
> emacs.  Apparently that no longer works or maybe never worked.
>
> There is an info file located there
> ls /usr/local/src/stumpwm/*.info
> /usr/local/src/stumpwm/stumpwm.info
>
> But C-h i m stumpwm  knows nothing about it.

It's there but not in the 'dir' file :

(info "stumpwm")

dir files will be merged by emacs, so you can create
one for your local additions. Probably by copying the
systems one from /usr/share/info/dir or wherever, delete
all entries after '* Menu:' and put in your own.

(info "(texinfo)Other Info Directories")

-ap