Message-Id:	<200001082102.PAA09515@darwin.sfbr.org>
Date:	Sat, 8 Jan 2000 15:02:11 -0600 (CST)
From:	Jeff Williams <jeffw AT darwin DOT sfbr DOT org>
Subject:	Re: setting INFOPATH
To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Cc:	eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il
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Eli,

Thanks for the clear explanation re. INFOPATH.

-: Since DJGPP.ENV already appends the list of the default directories to
-: what you set INFOPATH to, I don't see any need to use this feature of
-: Info.  But if you can explain why do you need it, I could try to think
-: about possible work-arounds.

No reason; I was just trying out the techniques discussed in the
Texinfo 3.12 documentation, *Info Files in Other Directories::,
excerpted below.  With DJGPP I forget I'm not on a Unix box....

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However you set INFOPATH, if its last character is a colon, this is
replaced by the default (compiled-in) path. This gives you a way to
augment the default path with new directories without having to list
all the standard places. For example (using sh syntax:

INFOPATH=/local/info:
export INFOPATH

will search `/local/info' first, then the standard directories. Leading
or doubled colons are not treated specially.

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