Re: adding to the info tree as a non-sysadmin

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From: Carl Edman
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 1990 02:02

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In article <1990Dec16.012038.10024@schaefer.math.wisc.edu> dickie@schaefer.math.wisc.edu (Garth Dickie) writes:
   I would like to be able to read info files for packages that have not
   been installed by the administrators.  I don't have rights to the
   directory node.  Can I create a (modified) private directory node, and
   point the info reader to this?  Any help would be much appreciated.
   (FAQ tells how to install new info files if you can modify the dir,
   as does the texinfo tree.  I don't think this is in FAQ; if it is,
   appolagies in advance :-)

It is quite easy using the Info-goto-node command (commonly bound to
'g' in info-mode). If you want to look at an info file in your
directory myinfo called foobar.info, try g with the argument
"(/users/dickie/myinfo/foobar.info)" (Including the brackets, but
without the quotation marks).

I don't think this is a FAQ, but it is useful to know.

        Carl Edman


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