Re: INFOPATH and emacs

[David Masterson]

>>>>> Jeremy Gray writes:

> Jeremy Gray <gray@euthanasia.ath.cx> wrote:  
>> Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> wrote:  

>>> So there is a discrepancy between the command line info program
>>> and Emacs' M-x info command in how an empty INFOPATH component is
>>> interpreted.  I think Emacs should emulate info as closely as
>>> possible; if the OP agrees, he should use M-x report-emacs-bug to
>>> submit a bug report.

>> I think setting the entire path is easier in the long run since it
>> works for both info and info-mode.  But, I think this is a easily
>> fixed bug.

> This appears to work, at least for me.  

> +              (if (string-match ":$" path)

What if the INFOPATH include "::" in it?  In other words, what if he
wanted to append to Info-default-directory-list rather than prepend to
it?

Also, I think Info-default-directory-list is deprecated in XEmacs.

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