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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2002-01-23 00:00:23 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2002-01-23 00:00:23 +0000
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@syncodeindex vr cp
@syncodeindex ky cp
@comment %**end of header
-@comment $Id: info.texi,v 1.16 2001/09/19 20:21:02 rms Exp $
+@comment $Id: info.texi,v 1.17 2001/09/26 15:26:30 eliz Exp $
@dircategory Texinfo documentation system
@direntry
@@ -1265,6 +1265,10 @@ initialized Info uses the environment variable @env{INFOPATH} to
initialize it, or @code{Info-default-directory-list} if there is no
@env{INFOPATH} variable in the environment.
+If you wish to customize the Info directory search list for both Emacs
+info and stand-alone Info, it is best to set the @env{INFOPATH}
+environment variable, since that applies to both programs.
+
@item Info-additional-directory-list
A list of additional directories to search for Info documentation files.
These directories are not searched for merging the @file{dir} file.