GNU bug report logs - #5658
23.1; Viewing .info files in Emacs' info-viewer

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: usr.gentoo <at> googlemail.com

Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:09:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #10 received at 5658 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
To: usr.gentoo <at> googlemail.com
Cc: 5658 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5658: 23.1; Viewing .info files in Emacs' info-viewer
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:11:18 +0200

> when visiting .info files in Emacs via find-file Emacs opens the file in the
> default major-mode instead of Emacs' info-mode. I suggest therefore to add the
> following default-association:
>
>  (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.info\\'" . info))

This doesn't work for me.  However, the following does:

(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.info\\'" .
              (lambda () (interactive)
                (info (buffer-file-name)))))

I think this has too bad consequences: it visits the Info file,
but doesn't display it.  Instead, it displays another buffer
with the Info manual.

Maybe `dired-info' from `dired-x.el' is more suitable for your needs?
At least, it doesn't visit the Info file.

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/
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