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| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/info.el | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/info.el b/lisp/info.el index be58d065049..993a31c963e 100644 --- a/lisp/info.el +++ b/lisp/info.el @@ -69,7 +69,11 @@ in paths.el.") "List of directories to search for Info documentation files. nil means not yet initialized. In this case, Info uses the environment variable INFOPATH to initialize it, or `Info-default-directory-list' -if there is no INFOPATH variable in the environment.") +if there is no INFOPATH variable in the environment. +The last element of `Info-default-directory-list' is the directory +where Emacs's installs the Info files that come with it. +If Emacs finds it has been installed elsewhere, or not yet installed, +it replaces that element with the directory that its Info files are in.") (defvar Info-current-file nil "Info file that Info is now looking at, or nil.") |