Re: How to get info pages for Emacs?

[Tassilo Horn]

"KARR, DAVID" <dk068x@att.com> writes:

>> 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.
>> 
>> Beyond that, I'm lost.
>
> % ls *emacs*
> emacs-gnutls.info.gz  emacs.info.gz  emacs-mime.info.gz
>
> % ls *doc*
> ls: cannot access *doc*: No such file or directory

That file is actually named "dir".

> 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.

What's the value of `Info-directory-list'?  I guess it doesn't contain
/usr/share/info/, and then that's the problem.  That variable is
documented to be initialized from `Info-default-directory-list', so
what's the value of that variable?

Bye,
Tassilo