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diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog index 0f5d20ecb4..d422cb057a 100644 --- a/lisp/ChangeLog +++ b/lisp/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2000-09-02 Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]> + + * info.el (Info-directory-list): Doc fix. + 2000-08-31 Peter Breton <[email protected]> * filecache.el (file-cache-add-directory-using-find): Don't quote diff --git a/lisp/info.el b/lisp/info.el index eb71449e6c..cd9f86384b 100644 --- a/lisp/info.el +++ b/lisp/info.el @@ -88,13 +88,19 @@ The Lisp code is executed when the node is selected.") nil means not yet initialized. In this case, Info uses the environment variable INFOPATH to initialize it, or `Info-default-directory-list' if there is no INFOPATH variable in the environment. -The last element of `Info-default-directory-list' is the directory -where Emacs installs the Info files that come with it. + +When `Info-directory-list' is initialized from the value of +`Info-default-directory-list', the first element of the resulting +list is the directory where Emacs installs the Info files that +come with it. This is so that Emacs's own manual, which suits the +version of Emacs you are using, will always be found first. (If +you want to override that, set INFOPATH in the environment.) If you run the Emacs executable from the `src' directory in the Emacs -source tree, the `info' directory in the source tree is used as the last -element, in place of the installation Info directory. This is useful -when you run a version of Emacs without installing it.") +source tree, and INFOPATH is not defined, the `info' directory in the +source tree is used as the first element of `Info-directory-list', in +place of the installation Info directory. This is useful when you run +a version of Emacs without installing it.") (defcustom Info-additional-directory-list nil "List of additional directories to search for Info documentation files. |