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RE: How to get info pages for Emacs?
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KARR, DAVID |
Subject: |
RE: How to get info pages for Emacs? |
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Mon, 8 Jun 2015 18:10:17 +0000 |
> -----Original Message-----
> From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+dk068x=att.com@gnu.org [mailto:help-
> gnu-emacs-bounces+dk068x=att.com@gnu.org] On Behalf Of Dale Snell
> Sent: Monday, June 08, 2015 10:21 AM
> To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: How to get info pages for Emacs?
>
> On Mon, 8 Jun 2015 16:44:52 +0000, in message
> B8D164BED956C5439875951895CB4B22284D0F65@CAFRFD1MSGUSRIA.ITServices
> .sbc.com,
> KARR, DAVID wrote:
>
> > I've got Cygwin Emacs 24.5.1 on my desktop and Emacs 24.3.1 on my
> > CentOS 7 VM.
> >
> > If I open the main "info" node on each, I see an "Emacs" node on
> the
> > first, but not on the second. How do I get the missing Emacs
> info
> > pages on my CentOS 7 VM?
>
> There's a couple of things I can think of. First off, is there an
> "emacs-doc" package for Centos? If so, is it installed?
> Honestly, I don't think this is the problem, since emacs' info
> file should be part of the emacs package, but it's easy to check:
>
> yum list emacs-\* | grep -i doc
No obvious "doc" package:
----------------
% yum list emacs-\*
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Installed Packages
emacs.x86_64 1:24.3-11.el7 @base
emacs-common.x86_64 1:24.3-11.el7 @base
emacs-filesystem.noarch 1:24.3-11.el7 @anaconda
Available Packages
emacs-a2ps.x86_64 4.14-23.el7 base
emacs-a2ps-el.x86_64 4.14-23.el7 base
emacs-auctex.noarch 11.87-4.el7 base
emacs-auctex-doc.noarch 11.87-4.el7 base
emacs-el.noarch 1:24.3-11.el7 base
emacs-gettext.noarch 0.18.2.1-4.el7 base
emacs-gettext-el.noarch 0.18.2.1-4.el7 base
emacs-git.noarch 1.8.3.1-4.el7 base
emacs-git-el.noarch 1.8.3.1-4.el7 base
emacs-gnuplot.noarch 4.6.2-3.el7 base
emacs-gnuplot-el.noarch 4.6.2-3.el7 base
emacs-golang.noarch 1.3.3-3.el7 base
emacs-libidn.noarch 1.28-3.el7 base
emacs-mercurial.x86_64 2.6.2-4.el7 base
emacs-mercurial-el.x86_64 2.6.2-4.el7 base
emacs-nox.x86_64 1:24.3-11.el7 base
emacs-terminal.noarch 1:24.3-11.el7 base
emacs-vala.noarch 0.20.1-3.el7 base
emacs-vala-el.noarch 0.20.1-3.el7 base
-----------------------------
> Next, check in "/usr/share/info" for the file "emacs.info". If it
> isn't there, try re-installing emacs. If it is there, check the
> same directory for the file "doc", which is the top-level node for
> Info. It should have the lines:
>
> Emacs
> * Emacs: (emacs).
>
> (possibly more) in there, under Editors.
>
> Beyond that, I'm lost.
% ls *emacs*
emacs-gnutls.info.gz emacs.info.gz emacs-mime.info.gz
% ls *doc*
ls: cannot access *doc*: No such file or directory
However, if I run "info emacs" from the command ilne, it brings up the Emacs
info node. It's just Emacs that can't find its own info page.
> I hope this helps.
>
> --Dale
>
> --
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- How to get info pages for Emacs?, KARR, DAVID, 2015/06/08
- Re: How to get info pages for Emacs?, Dale Snell, 2015/06/08
- RE: How to get info pages for Emacs?,
KARR, DAVID <=
- Re: How to get info pages for Emacs?, Tassilo Horn, 2015/06/08
- RE: How to get info pages for Emacs?, KARR, DAVID, 2015/06/08
- Re: How to get info pages for Emacs?, Tassilo Horn, 2015/06/08
- RE: How to get info pages for Emacs?, KARR, DAVID, 2015/06/08
- Re: How to get info pages for Emacs?, Dale Snell, 2015/06/08
- Re: How to get info pages for Emacs?, Dale Snell, 2015/06/08
- RE: How to get info pages for Emacs?, KARR, DAVID, 2015/06/08
- RE: How to get info pages for Emacs?, Jude DaShiell, 2015/06/08
Re: How to get info pages for Emacs?, Tassilo Horn, 2015/06/08