On 11/6/07, Bastien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Richard G Riley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Is it just me or are emacs info pages really a bit of a dog to search > > through? > > It's not just you. > > Many people don't like to search through the Info pages and whether this > interface is the best one for Emacs documentation is always a hot topic > on the emacs-devel mailing list. > > But `i' (M-x Info-index) will really make your life easier. > > Personnally I do like Info pages and Info-mode very much. In addition > to Info-index, I'm mostly using these: > > `l' Info-history-back > `L' Info-history > `]' Info-forward-node > > Once you get used to these few commands, it's really quick to find and > fetch info relevant information. >
I use "l" a lot, but I didn't know about "L" - thanks! The commands I use most are "spacebar", which just chugs through an entire manual, and "s", which does a regexp search. I do like info pages when I can actually get the right ones to load. The big problem I have with info is in setting it up so that it finds the right files. For instance, I have totally failed to work out how I can tell it where my org info files are, with the result that it always shows me the old version that comes with my emacs (currently 4.67). I have tried setting Info-default-directory-list and Info-directory-list, but all to no avail. Has anyone else had this problem? Cheers Will > HTH, -- Dr William Henney, Centro de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Campus Morelia _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
