customizing Info-default-directory-list #2573
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Martin Volf ***@***.***> writes:
The change introduced with fixing #2118 causes that my customization
of Info-default-directory-list does not work any longer. What's the
expected way of doing that? The function info-initialize is called
from helm-info.el early on, before my init.el file is read,
How is this possible that helm-info is loaded before your init file?
… and as a result, any changes done to Info-default-directory-list done
in init.el are ignored.
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It is not, my bad. Something is calling |
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Martin Volf ***@***.***> writes:
How is this possible that helm-info is loaded before your init file?
It is not, my bad. Something is calling info-initialize and the only
reference I found is in helm-info, but that is indeed loaded long
after the init file.
info-initialize is not modifying Info-default-directory-list, only
Info-directory-list. If Info-directory-list is already feeded, it
doesn't touch it, otherwise it tries to give it a default value
according to INFOPATH if found and finally fallback to
(Info-default-dirs).
So I can't see for now in what Helm is involved here. Perhaps you can
give me more infos on how you are setting up your infos directories?
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Right, so when something calls
Helm is not involved at all - I saw the reference to |
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Martin Volf ***@***.***> writes:
info-initialize is not modifying Info-default-directory-list, only
Info-directory-list. If Info-directory-list is already feeded, it
doesn't touch it, otherwise it tries to give it a default value
according to INFOPATH if found and finally fallback to
(Info-default-dirs).
Right, so when something calls info-initialize, any further changes to
Info-default-directory-list are ignored. I am adding custom
directories to that default list in my init file and after a larger
emacs and emacs-packages update this stopped to have any effect.
Info-default-directory-list and Info-directory-list are confusing, my
understanding is that Info-default-directory-list should not be a custom
variable, its purpose is to handle a list of defaults Emacs itself sets
on startup. Here I only modify Info-directory-list from my init file and
after that helm is loaded (in this case info-initialize is a noop).
So I can't see for now in what Helm is involved here.
Helm is not involved at all - I saw the reference to info-initialize
in helm-info and concluded that this was the problem. But that
conclusion was too quick; as you wrote, helm-info is loaded much later
than my init file. Sorry for the confusion.
No problems.
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Thierry Volpiatto ***@***.***> writes:
Info-default-directory-list and Info-directory-list are confusing, my
understanding is that Info-default-directory-list should not be a custom
variable, its purpose is to handle a list of defaults Emacs itself sets
on startup.
I think this warrants an M-x report-emacs-bug. Martin, could you maybe
do that?
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Michael Heerdegen ***@***.***> writes:
Thierry Volpiatto ***@***.***> writes:
> Info-default-directory-list and Info-directory-list are confusing, my
> understanding is that Info-default-directory-list should not be a custom
> variable, its purpose is to handle a list of defaults Emacs itself sets
> on startup.
I think this warrants an M-x report-emacs-bug. Martin, could you maybe
do that?
I see that Info-directory-list is feeded in package.el, so if user set
Info-default-directory-list after package initialize (which is the way
to do) Info-default-directory-list will be ignored.
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For the sake of completeness: looks like Info-default-directory-list should not be used the way I did it, and its comment says that, in a sense. I should have been using Info-additional-directory-list instead - that works without problems. The documentation in this respect is a bit hard to find (at least for the likes of me), but it is there. |
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Thierry Volpiatto ***@***.***> writes:
I see that Info-directory-list is feeded in package.el, so if user set
Info-default-directory-list after package initialize (which is the way
to do) Info-default-directory-list will be ignored.
Do you also think that the user should just customize
`Info-additional-directory-list`? Seems that this is indeed the option
one should normally change.
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The change introduced with fixing #2118 causes that my customization of
Info-default-directory-listdoes not work any longer. What's the expected way of doing that? The functioninfo-initializeis called fromhelm-info.elearly on, before myinit.elfile is read, and as a result, any changes done toInfo-default-directory-listdone ininit.elare ignored.Beta Was this translation helpful? Give feedback.
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