Hrvoje> sperber(a)informatik.uni-tuebingen.de (Michael Sperber [Mr. Preprocessor]) writes: Hrvoje> Info-directory-list should not be customizable at all. Hrvoje> OK. Hrvoje> Now, what we need is a variable that *can* be customized, and that is Hrvoje> nil by default. Info would then use something like Hrvoje> (append <that-variable> Info-directory-list) for its directory search. Hrvoje> Code will be fully backward compatible wrt user customizations because Hrvoje> modifications of Info-directory-list will still work. Hrvoje> I propose that the new variable be named Info-default-directory-list, Hrvoje> because GNU Emacs calls it that way (and also defaults it to nil.) NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! We *had* that variable once, and this sort of methodology greatly confuses users because of the staging implications, which is why I took it out. (The variable `Info-default-directory-list' must be set at a *certain* time, and given the way staging work, that time is pretty non-deterministic.) The current setup really wants complete control over the various -path and -directory-list variables. The answer to this question has to be, "Just stick your info files in the right place". Given the elaborate layout, this is not a problem. What you want eventually is to build a layer of abstraction over directory list which allows you to specify how to compose the actual directory list *at access time*. I've done most of the design work, but I have yet to find the time to hack it. -- Cheers =8-} Chipsy Friede, Völkerverständigung und überhaupt blabla