From: hom00@ccc.amdahl.com (Harold O Morris) Subject: How Do I setup Texinfo File? Date: 26 Feb 1993 16:21:07 GMT
I just got makeinfo and info, for making/browsing info files outside of
the EMACS environment, and tried to access one such file I have, which
is a man page for tar (as distributed with the linux SLS - v98.2? system).
Makeinfo made tar.info out of tar.1 alright, but now I get:
Sorry, unable to find the node "Top" in the file "DIR".
info: Cannot find "DIR", anywhere along the search path of
".:/usr/Info:/...".
The file I want to access is in the current directory ("."). I know I
am supposed to have something called a DIR file. The EMACS faq says
to do an install, create a new entry in that DIR file for what you're
intalling, copying what's there.
Now I've tried getting texinfo.texi out of 2.16 distrib (found on
sunsite.unc.edu), and "makeinfo"-ing that, so I can try to read
the texinfo doc. Well, predictably the same thing happens.
Can someone tell me EXACTLY what a very simpleminded 1-entry DIR file
ought to look like? Sorry if the info is there and I'm missing it.