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From: kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de (Kai =?iso-8859-1?q?Gro=DFjohann?=) Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: Re: various dumbass newbie questions Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 16:50:07 +0100 "Nathan Hewat" <nate401@onetel.net.uk> writes: > How do I use emacs as an info reader? I'm able to read the emacs manuals > but don't know how to access .texi or .texinfo files in arbitrary /info > directories. *.texi files need to be converted to *.info files with the makeinfo utility. Then you can use C-u C-h i to read them. For more convenience, add the directory to $INFOPATH or Info-default-directory-list, and create a file named `dir' in the directory with an appropriate entry. The install-info utility can create dir files. Or you copy an existing dir file, take care to NOT delete the funny char ^_, and modify as appropriate. ===