(Info-default-directory-list): Perhaps add /usr/info.

diff --git a/lisp/paths.el b/lisp/paths.el
index 0f5bd95..76c5676 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/paths.el
+++ b/lisp/paths.el
@@ -33,16 +33,22 @@
 ;;; Code:
 
 (defvar Info-default-directory-list
-  (let ((start (list "/usr/local/lib/info/"
-                    ;; This comes second so that, if it is the same
-                    ;; as configure-info-directory (which is usually true)
-                    ;; and Emacs has been installed (also usually true)
-                    ;; then the list will end with two copies of this;
-                    ;; which means that the last dir file Info-insert-dir
-                    ;; finds will be the one in this directory.
-                    "/usr/local/info/"))
-       (configdir (file-name-as-directory configure-info-directory)))
-    (setq start (nconc start (list configdir)))
+  (let* ((start (list "/usr/local/lib/info/"
+                     ;; This comes second so that, if it is the same
+                     ;; as configure-info-directory (which is usually true)
+                     ;; and Emacs has been installed (also usually true)
+                     ;; then the list will end with two copies of this;
+                     ;; which means that the last dir file Info-insert-dir
+                     ;; finds will be the one in this directory.
+                     "/usr/local/info/"))
+        ;; Typically on a GNU system, installed info files are found
+        ;; in /usr/info, but the default prefix is /usr/local.
+        (usrdir "/usr/info")
+        (sysdir (and (file-directory-p usrdir)
+                     (not (string= configure-info-directory usrdir))
+                     (list usrdir)))
+        (configdir (file-name-as-directory configure-info-directory)))
+    (setq start (nconc sysdir start (list configdir)))
     start)
   "Default list of directories to search for Info documentation files.
 They are searched in the order they are given in the list.