From: Richard M. Stallman Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 00:00:23 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Minor explanation. X-Git-Tag: ttn-vms-21-2-B4~17009 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=56ce34cc166e5086c0a3fcceae87b316c423f0ce;p=emacs.git Minor explanation. --- diff --git a/man/info.texi b/man/info.texi index e3988940a00..9b6d508535c 100644 --- a/man/info.texi +++ b/man/info.texi @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ @syncodeindex vr cp @syncodeindex ky cp @comment %**end of header -@comment $Id: info.texi,v 1.16 2001/09/19 20:21:02 rms Exp $ +@comment $Id: info.texi,v 1.17 2001/09/26 15:26:30 eliz Exp $ @dircategory Texinfo documentation system @direntry @@ -1265,6 +1265,10 @@ initialized Info uses the environment variable @env{INFOPATH} to initialize it, or @code{Info-default-directory-list} if there is no @env{INFOPATH} variable in the environment. +If you wish to customize the Info directory search list for both Emacs +info and stand-alone Info, it is best to set the @env{INFOPATH} +environment variable, since that applies to both programs. + @item Info-additional-directory-list A list of additional directories to search for Info documentation files. These directories are not searched for merging the @file{dir} file.