Re: Notes-Mode package problem (was dir(Top) is in French ?!?)

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: David Masterson <dsmasterson@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 22:33:07 -0700
> 
> > Found the problem!  I installed the notes-mode package and it has a
> > "dir" file that is written in French.  ELPA added this package to the
> > front of Info-directory-list and, so, this became the top of Info.
> >
> > Can someone fix Notes-Mode?

Fixing Notes-Mode will not help you, see my other response in this
thread.  Whenever install-info is run, it can install a localized
version of these instructions.

> By the way, this seems like a fundamental design problem with Info that
> has been inherent in Info as far back as I can remember.  I believe I
> ran into this same issue some 15+ years ago.  Basically, there should be
> one dir-top file (that can be LANG localized) in Emacs and all other dir
> files should be concatenated onto it.

No, there could be many dir _files_ all over your system, but when
Info starts, it concatenates them all into a single "dir" _node_,
which includes all of the menus from all of the dir files.

This is by design.