On 07 Jan 2000, Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic(a)iskon.hr&gt; wrote: [...] Info mode is looking in the files to build a usable `dir' file. Debian, bless their little soul, have `dir.gz' in the directory with nothing listed. I don't get this until the first time I invoke Info mode, your setup must load info earlier than mine. The variable that controls it is: (defcustom Info-auto-generate-directory 'if-missing "*When to auto generate an info directory listing. Possible values are: nil or `never' never auto-generate a directory listing, use any existing `dir' or `localdir' file and ignore info directories containing none `always' auto-generate a directory listing ignoring existing `dir' and `localdir' files `if-missing', the default, auto-generates a directory listing if no `dir' or `localdir' file is present. Otherwise the contents of any of these files is used instead. `if-outdated' auto-generates a directory listing if the `dir' and `localdir' are either inexistent or outdated (touched less recently than an info file in the same directory)." Daniel -- Matter is less material and the mind less spiritual than is generally supposed. The habitual separation of physics and psychology, of mind and matter is metaphysically indefensible. -- Bertrand Russell