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30.0.50; [WISH] Customizing Info directories

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From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>
Cc: 60032 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#60032: 30.0.50; [WISH] Customizing Info directories
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2022 01:23:12 +0100

Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net> writes:

> Currently, the only way I found to force adding directories as Info
> sources is the following:
>
> (require 'info)
> (info-initialize)
> (add-to-list 'Info-directory-list "~/Git/org-mode/doc/")
>
> which is awkward.

Without judgment: Yes, it can be confusing, I remember the exact same
question had been raised just a few weeks ago at the emacs-helm repo
(thus the CC of Thierry as notification).

I struggled with myself about whether I should create a bug report, but
then saw that it's probably not easy to improve the end-user situation.

Michael.

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