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1 -*- Text -*-
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3 This is the file .../info/dir, which contains the topmost node of the Info
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4 hierarchy. The first time you invoke Info you start off looking at that node,
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5 which is (dir)Top.
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7 Rather than adding new nodes to this directory (and this file) it is a better
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8 idea to put them in a site-local directory, and then configure info to search
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9 in that directory as well. That way, you won't have to re-edit this file when
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10 a new release of the editor comes out.
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12 For example, you could add this code to .../lisp/site-start.el, which is
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13 loaded before ~/.emacs each time the editor starts up:
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15 ;; find local info nodes
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16 (setq Info-default-directory-list
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17 (append Info-default-directory-list '("/private/info/")))
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19 Then, when you enter info, the contents of the file "/private/info/localdir"
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20 will be appended to the contents of this file (where the "* Locals:" line is.)
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21 The "localdir" file should simply contain lines like in this file, listing the
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22 names of the info files in its directory.
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24 
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25 File: dir Node: Top This is the top of the INFO tree
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27 This is Info, the online documentation browsing system.
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28 This page (the Directory node) gives a menu of major topics.
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30 button1 or button2 on a highlighted word follows that cross-reference.
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31 button3 anywhere brings up a menu of commands.
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32 ? lists additional keyboard commands.
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33 h invokes the Info tutorial.
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35 * Menu:
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37 * Info:: Documentation browsing system.
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38 * XEmacs:: The extensible user-friendly self-documenting text editor.
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39 This manual is for XEmacs 20.3.
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40 * Lispref:: XEmacs Lisp technical reference.
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41 This manual is for XEmacs 20.3.
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42 * New-Users-Guide::
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43 XEmacs User's Guide for XEmacs 20.3.
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44 * XEmacs-FAQ:: XEmacs Frequently Asked Questions for 20.3.
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45 * Internals:: Guide to the internals of XEmacs.
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46 * send-pr:: Submitting Bug Reports
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47 * gnats:: GNU Problem Report Management System
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49 Packages:
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51 * AUCTeX:: Mode for editing TeX files.
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52 * CC-MODE:: Mode for editing C, C++, and Objective-C code.
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53 * CL:: A Common Lisp compatibility package for Emacs-Lisp.
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54 * Custom:: Customization Library for Emacs
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55 * Ediff:: A Visual Interface to Unix Diff and Patch Utilities.
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56 * EFS:: Transparent remote file access via FTP
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57 * External-Widget::
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58 Use XEmacs as a text widget inside of another program.
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59 * Forms:: A package for editing databases by filling in forms.
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60 * HM--HTML-Mode:: HTML Editing Mode.
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61 * Hyperbole:: A programmable information management and hypertext system.
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62 * ILISP:: Multi-dialect inferior LISP interface.
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63 * Ispell:: Interactive spelling corrector.
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64 * Mailcrypt:: Emacs interface to cryptographic functions for mail and news.
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65 * MH-E:: Emacs interface to MH, a mail-handling package.
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66 * OO-Browser:: The Multi-Language Object-Oriented Browser.
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67 * PCL-CVS:: An XEmacs-based front end to CVS.
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68 * PH:: Client interface to the CCSO white pages directory system
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69 * PSGML:: A powerful mode for HTML and other SGML documents.
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70 * PSGML-API:: PSGML, the API documentation.
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71 * Rmail:: An older mail reader for Emacs.
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72 * Standards:: The GNU coding standards.
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73 * Supercite:: Lets you cite parts of messages you're replying to.
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74 * Term:: ANSI-compatible terminal emulator.
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75 * Termcap:: The termcap library, which enables application programs
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76 to handle all types of character-display terminals.
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77 * Texinfo:: With one source file, make either a printed manual (through
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78 TeX) or an Info file (through texinfo).
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79 * Viper:: A VI Plan for Emacs Rescue and a venomous VI PERil.
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80 * Vhdl-mode:: A major mode for editing VHDL files.
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81 * VM:: View Mail, a replacement for Rmail.
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82 * W3:: A browser for the World Wide Web global hypertext system.
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83 * Widget:: An Emacs Lisp widget library
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84 * tm-en:: Tools for Mime (English version)
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85 * tm-mh-e-en:: Tools for Mime for MH-E (English version)
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86 * gnus-mime-en::
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87 Tools for Mime for Gnus (English version)
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88 * tm-vm-en:: Tools for Mime for VM
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89 * tm-ja:: Tools for Mime (Japanese version)
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90 * tm-mh-e-ja:: Tools for Mime for MH-E (Japanese version)
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91 * gnus-mime-ja::
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92 Tools for Mime for Gnus (Japanese version)