On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 02:05:17AM +0000, Tyler wrote: > Hi, > > I just realised that I don't have the emacs manual installed on my > laptop. I've got a desktop and an older laptop, and all three machines > run etch with emacs installed. The other two have lots of info entries > for emacs, including the main emacs manual. The new laptop, which was > installed in late September, has a very limited selection of emacs info > options: > > Emacs > * Dired-X: (emacs-21/dired-x). Dired Extra Features. > * Elisp: (elisp). Emacs Lisp Reference Manual. > * Emacs FAQ: (emacs-21/efaq). Frequently Asked Questions about > Emacs. > * Emacs-lisp-intro: (emacs-lisp-intro). A simple introduction to Emacs Lisp > programming. > * Ispell: (ispell). Using ISPELL, an interactive spelling > corrector, inside Emacs. > > Emacs > * ESS: (ess). Emacs Speaks Statistics (S/S+/R, SAS, > > I can't find any packages to install to give me back my emacs manual, or > any of the other obscure mode manuals and other bits that appeared > automatically. I've searched through the /usr/share/doc and > /usr/share/info directories, and as far as I can tell the files just > aren't there. Where do I get them?? > Hi Tyler, it maybe that some of the manuals were reclassified as non-dfsg free and were moved out of the main repositories. Many GFDL documents were reclassified for etch. cheers, Kev -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org |
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