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Re: Bug#793067: Bug#792328: info: can no longer find the Emacs manual


From: Gavin Smith
Subject: Re: Bug#793067: Bug#792328: info: can no longer find the Emacs manual
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2015 10:13:59 +0100

On 4 August 2015 at 00:10, Norbert Preining <address@hidden> wrote:
> ANyway, I wan to return to the proposal I wrote some time ago and
> that was discarded as not working (or unclear):
>
> Change info reader node search method as follows:
> * if a node is going to be followed, first search *in*the*current*directory*
>   for the respective info file, and if that fails search INFOPATH.
>
> That way one can:
> * put files into subdirs
> * links within the same suite work (emacs shipping lots of related info docs)
> * links to external progs will use the default version by searching
>   in INFOPATH
>
> I don't see disadvantages of this approach, but I am happy to listen to
> explanations.

I implemented that yesterday; are you able to run the version from the
development repository?

To disable it, set the "follow-strategy" variable to "path" in .infokey.



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