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[5431] Document info-no-defaults variable
From: |
Gavin D. Smith |
Subject: |
[5431] Document info-no-defaults variable |
Date: |
Sat, 05 Apr 2014 18:12:40 +0000 |
Revision: 5431
http://svn.sv.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=texinfo&revision=5431
Author: gavin
Date: 2014-04-05 18:12:39 +0000 (Sat, 05 Apr 2014)
Log Message:
-----------
Document info-no-defaults variable
Modified Paths:
--------------
trunk/ChangeLog
trunk/doc/info-stnd.texi
Modified: trunk/ChangeLog
===================================================================
--- trunk/ChangeLog 2014-04-05 17:04:55 UTC (rev 5430)
+++ trunk/ChangeLog 2014-04-05 18:12:39 UTC (rev 5431)
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
2014-04-05 Gavin Smith <address@hidden>
+ * doc/info-stnd.texi: Document info-no-defaults.
+
+2014-04-05 Gavin Smith <address@hidden>
+
* Makefile.am: Condense AM_CPPFLAGS definition slightly.
* info.c (main): Make --directory options build up infopath
in the order they were specified. Call infopath_init after
Modified: trunk/doc/info-stnd.texi
===================================================================
--- trunk/doc/info-stnd.texi 2014-04-05 17:04:55 UTC (rev 5430)
+++ trunk/doc/info-stnd.texi 2014-04-05 18:12:39 UTC (rev 5431)
@@ -213,21 +213,30 @@
@itemx -d @var{directory-path}
@cindex @code{--directory} (@code{-d}) command line option
@cindex directory path
-Prepend @var{directory-path} to the list of directory paths searched
address@hidden INFOPATH
address@hidden
+Add @var{directory-path} to the list of directory paths searched
when Info needs to find a file. You may issue @code{--directory}
multiple times; once for each directory which contains Info files,
or with a list of such directories separated by a colon (or semicolon
-on MS-DOS/MS-Windows). In the absence of @code{--directory} options
-the list of directories searched by Info is constructed from the
-value of the environment variable @code{INFOPATH}. The value of
+on MS-DOS/MS-Windows).
+
+Directories specified in the environment variable @env{INFOPATH} are added
+to the directories specified with @code{--directory}, if any. The value of
@code{INFOPATH} is a list of directories usually separated by a colon;
-on MS-DOS/MS-Windows systems, the semicolon is used. If you do not
-define @code{INFOPATH}, Info uses a default path defined when Info was
-built as the initial list of directories. If the value of
+on MS-DOS/MS-Windows systems, the semicolon is used. If the value of
@code{INFOPATH} ends with a colon (or semicolon on MS-DOS/MS-Windows),
the initial list of directories is constructed by appending the
build-time default to the value of @code{INFOPATH}.
+If you do not define @code{INFOPATH}, Info uses a default path defined
+when Info was built as the initial list of directories.
+
+Regardless of whether @code{INFOPATH} is defined, the default documentation
+directory defined when Info was built is added to the search path. If you do
+not want this directory to be included, set the @code{infopath-no-defaults}
+variable to @code{On}. (@xref{infopath-no-defaults}.)
+
If the list of directories contains the element @code{PATH}, that
element is replaced by a list of directories derived from the value of
the environment variable @code{PATH}. Each path element of the form
@@ -2076,6 +2085,15 @@
tells Info it is okay to garbage collect the text of the nodes of a
file which was compressed on disk.
address@hidden infopath-no-defaults
address@hidden infopath-no-defaults
address@hidden
+Used in conjunction with the INFOPATH environment variable.
+(@xref{INFOPATH}.)
+When set to @code{On}, the default documentation directory defined
+when Info was built (usually @file{/usr/share/info}) is not added to the
+search path for Info files.
+
@item ISO-Latin
@cindex ISO Latin characters
@vindex ISO-Latin
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