Re: gnus cvs v0.6 info files not found

[Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org>]

>>>>> In <87mz25e3m0.fsf@pdrechsler.de> Patrick Drechsler wrote:

> after installing a current CVS version of Gnus (checked out today) the
> info files are not found. Instead the Gnus info pages from Emacs are
> displayed: "This manual corresponds to Gnus v5.11.".

> I followed the README of the CVS, which states one should include the
> following in ~/.emacs:

> ;; CVS Gnus:
> (setq load-path (cons (expand-file-name "/usr/local/src/gnus/lisp") load-path))
> (require 'gnus-load)
> ;;* Version 1: From the README file of CVS Gnus: (does not work)
> ;; (require 'info)
> ;; (add-to-list 'Info-default-directory-list "/usr/local/src/gnus/texi/")
> ;;* Version 2: From various posts: (does not work either)
> (require 'info)
> (setq Info-default-directory-list
>       (cons "/usr/local/src/gnus/texi" Info-default-directory-list))

There is no difference between the way of `add-to-list' and the
way of `setq...cons'.  The Info path actually used in Emacs is
`Info-directory-list', which is initialized according to the
value of `Info-default-directory-list' when you invoke the info
command for the first time.

There are at least two possible causes by which you don't see
the No Gnus Info.  One is that you have the INFOPATH environment
variable.  In that case, the directories in `Info-directory-list'
will be in the order of the ones of INFOPATH and the ones of
`Info-default-directory-list'.  The other is that
`Info-directory-list' has already a non-nil value for some reason
before initializing.  In the later case, `Info-directory-list'
will not reflect the value of `Info-default-directory-list'.

Well, though it might not necessarily be a proper solution, to
set `Info-directory-list' directly is easy.  For example:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(require 'info)
(info-initialize)
(add-to-list 'Info-directory-list "/usr/local/src/gnus/texi/")
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Regards,