changeset 8461:c88361c3b940

(Info-directory-list): Doc fix.
author Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
date Sat, 06 Aug 1994 02:58:22 +0000
parents 5fd799a9946e
children c281b470d633
files lisp/info.el
diffstat 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/lisp/info.el	Fri Aug 05 19:31:42 1994 +0000
+++ b/lisp/info.el	Sat Aug 06 02:58:22 1994 +0000
@@ -84,8 +84,11 @@
 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.
-If Emacs finds it has been installed elsewhere, or not yet installed,
-it replaces that element with the directory that its Info files are in.")
+
+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.")
 
 (defvar Info-current-file nil
   "Info file that Info is now looking at, or nil.")