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RE: How to get info pages for Emacs?
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KARR, DAVID |
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RE: How to get info pages for Emacs? |
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Mon, 8 Jun 2015 18:59:05 +0000 |
> -----Original Message-----
> From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+dk068x=att.com@gnu.org [mailto:help-
> gnu-emacs-bounces+dk068x=att.com@gnu.org] On Behalf Of Dale Snell
> Sent: Monday, June 08, 2015 11:50 AM
> To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: How to get info pages for Emacs?
>
> On Mon, 8 Jun 2015 18:10:17 +0000, in message
> B8D164BED956C5439875951895CB4B22284D111A@CAFRFD1MSGUSRIA.ITServices
> .sbc.com,
> KARR, DAVID wrote:
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+dk068x=att.com@gnu.org
> [mailto:help-
> > > gnu-emacs-bounces+dk068x=att.com@gnu.org] On Behalf Of Dale
> Snell
> > > Sent: Monday, June 08, 2015 10:21 AM
> > > To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> > > Subject: Re: How to get info pages for Emacs?
> > >
> > > On Mon, 8 Jun 2015 16:44:52 +0000, in message
> > >
> B8D164BED956C5439875951895CB4B22284D0F65@CAFRFD1MSGUSRIA.ITServices
> > > .sbc.com,
> > > KARR, DAVID wrote:
> > >
> > > > I've got Cygwin Emacs 24.5.1 on my desktop and Emacs 24.3.1
> on my
> > > > CentOS 7 VM.
> > > >
> > > > If I open the main "info" node on each, I see an "Emacs" node
> on
> > > the
> > > > first, but not on the second. How do I get the missing Emacs
> > > info
> > > > pages on my CentOS 7 VM?
> > >
> > > There's a couple of things I can think of. First off, is there
> an
> > > "emacs-doc" package for Centos? If so, is it installed?
> > > Honestly, I don't think this is the problem, since emacs' info
> > > file should be part of the emacs package, but it's easy to
> check:
> > >
> > > yum list emacs-\* | grep -i doc
> >
> > No obvious "doc" package:
> > ----------------
> > % yum list emacs-\*
> > Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
> > Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
> > Installed Packages
> > emacs.x86_64
> > 1:24.3-11.el7 @base
> ================%<-------- snip! -------->%================
> > emacs-vala-el.noarch
> > 0.20.1-3.el7 base -----------------------------
>
> Yeah, I didn't think there would be. As I said, emacs.info is
> supposed to be included in the emacs package.
>
> > > Next, check in "/usr/share/info" for the file "emacs.info". If
> it
> > > isn't there, try re-installing emacs. If it is there, check
> the
> > > same directory for the file "doc", which is the top-level node
> for
> > > Info. It should have the lines:
> > >
> > > Emacs
> > > * Emacs: (emacs).
> > >
> > > (possibly more) in there, under Editors.
>
> > % ls *emacs*
> > emacs-gnutls.info.gz emacs.info.gz emacs-mime.info.gz
> >
> > % ls *doc*
> > ls: cannot access *doc*: No such file or directory
> >
> > However, if I run "info emacs" from the command ilne, it brings
> up
> > the Emacs info node. It's just Emacs that can't find its own
> info
> > page.
>
> Interesting. There is no /usr/share/info/doc file at all? What
> does info show you when you run just "info" from the command line,
> without specifying a subject?
I guess this is consistent, as it looks like what I get from Emacs, with none
of the Emacs info.
> I'm running Fedora 21, which shouldn't be much different from
> Centos. To me, this looks like a packaging error on Centos' part.
> So far as I know, /usr/share/info/doc has to be there; it's the
> top-level info node. (I could be wrong, of course; if so, I hope
> someone more knowledgeable will jump in here.)
>
> --Dale
>
> --
> "Be comforted, that in the face of all aridity and disillusionment,
> And despite the changing fortunes of time,
> There is always a big future in computer maintenance."
> --from National Lampoon's "Deteriorata"
- How to get info pages for Emacs?, KARR, DAVID, 2015/06/08
- Re: How to get info pages for Emacs?, Dale Snell, 2015/06/08
- RE: How to get info pages for Emacs?, KARR, DAVID, 2015/06/08
- Re: How to get info pages for Emacs?, Tassilo Horn, 2015/06/08
- RE: How to get info pages for Emacs?, KARR, DAVID, 2015/06/08
- Re: How to get info pages for Emacs?, Tassilo Horn, 2015/06/08
- RE: How to get info pages for Emacs?, KARR, DAVID, 2015/06/08
- Re: How to get info pages for Emacs?, Dale Snell, 2015/06/08
- Re: How to get info pages for Emacs?, Dale Snell, 2015/06/08
- RE: How to get info pages for Emacs?,
KARR, DAVID <=
- RE: How to get info pages for Emacs?, Jude DaShiell, 2015/06/08
Re: How to get info pages for Emacs?, Tassilo Horn, 2015/06/08
- RE: How to get info pages for Emacs?, KARR, DAVID, 2015/06/08
- Re: How to get info pages for Emacs?, Tassilo Horn, 2015/06/08
- RE: How to get info pages for Emacs?, KARR, DAVID, 2015/06/08
- Re: How to get info pages for Emacs?, Robert Thorpe, 2015/06/08