Variable: Info-default-directory-list

Info-default-directory-list is a customizable variable defined in info.el.gz.

Value

nil

Documentation

Default list of directories to search for Info documentation files.

They are searched in the order they are given in the list. Therefore, the directory of Info files that come with Emacs normally should come last (so that local files override standard ones), unless Emacs is installed into a non-standard directory. In the latter case, the directory of Info files that come with Emacs should be first in this list.

Once Info is started, the list of directories to search comes from the variable Info-directory-list.

This variable is used as the default for initializing Info-directory-list when Info is started, unless the environment variable INFOPATH is set.

This variable was added, or its default value changed, in Emacs 29.1.

Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 26.1.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/info.el.gz
;;;###autoload
(defcustom Info-default-directory-list nil
  "Default list of directories to search for Info documentation files.
They are searched in the order they are given in the list.
Therefore, the directory of Info files that come with Emacs
normally should come last (so that local files override standard ones),
unless Emacs is installed into a non-standard directory.  In the latter
case, the directory of Info files that come with Emacs should be
first in this list.

Once Info is started, the list of directories to search
comes from the variable `Info-directory-list'.

This variable is used as the default for initializing
`Info-directory-list' when Info is started, unless the
environment variable INFOPATH is set."
  :type '(repeat directory)
  :version "29.1")