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Subject: Re: Open issues with "Berlin"
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SL Baur wrote:

> * Info mode.  I don't like the incompatibility between `localdir' and
>   `dir' as the index file in an info directory.  Any suggestions
>   about how to phase out use of `localdir' and phase in use of `dir'
>   to reduce breakage with the past gratefully accepted.

Symlink dir to localdir?

> * Integration with existing /usr/info and/or /usr/local/info
>   directories.  I'd like to hear about what people have done in this
>   area, particularly with respect to portability between the emacsen.

Whenever I install a new beta, I rename dir to localdir, remove the
`* Locals:' line from the end of the file and add a heading under the
`* Menu:' line (and gzip all the info files).

I also have this in my site-start.el:

	(setq Info-default-directory-list
	      (list
	       "/usr/info"
	       "/usr/local/info"
	       (format "/usr/local/lib/xemacs-%d.%d-b%d/info"
		       emacs-major-version
		       emacs-minor-version
		       emacs-beta-version)))

BTW, an option to gzip the elisp and info files as they're installed
would eliminate the occasional `No space left on device' error.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn@sensei.co.uk>

