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Subject: Re: `find-emacs-root-internal'
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Karl M Hegbloom <karlheg@inetarena.com> writes:

>  I'm trying to set up a resonable default for
>  `Info-default-directory-list', and I need a way to find out where the
>  XEmacs distribution "dir" resides.

Why?  That should already be done.

> May I use this:

> (find-emacs-root-internal "/")
> ==> "/usr/local/src/xemacs-20"

> ... looking at it, I'd say yes.  Is there any reason for me to NOT use
> this function?

You don't need to, at least in terms of setting info directory defaults.
It should already be occurring.

