Re: Making it possible to extend implicit INFOPATH

[Reuben Thomas]

On Fri, 2 May 2008, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> > Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 12:56:50 +0100 (BST)
> > From: Reuben Thomas <address@hidden>
> > cc: address@hidden
> >
> > > > If it were possible to extend the system path, e.g. by prefixing or
> > > > postfixing the INFOPATH with ":"
> > >
> > > This is already available, see the documentation.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > I can't however find it in the documentation: in the info manual, the only
> > mentions of INFOPATH I can find are in the node "Emacs Info Variables";
> > info(1) doesn't mention this ability either. I have info 4.11.
>
> It is documented in the manual for the standalone Info reader (type
> "info 'info standalone'" from the shell prompt).

"info standalone" gives me "no menu item". That is, I assume, because the 
info manual is non-free according to Debian. Sigh.

I had assumed that "info info" was the manual for the standalone reader, as 
its command is "info", but I now notice that that's wrong, which is 
confusing. How was I supposed to know that I have to type "info standalone" 
to get info on the info command? It could usefully be mentioned in the top 
node of info.info, even if it won't actually be any use to me until there's 
a DFSG-free version, or someone kindly packages it in Debian non-free.

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