INSTALL.rst
changeset 1397 d4182b28cdc1
parent 751 f8f9771725f5
child 1401 8856efafc5fe
--- a/INSTALL.rst	Wed May 18 14:05:30 2016 +0300
+++ b/INSTALL.rst	Wed May 18 14:23:47 2016 +0300
@@ -9,15 +9,27 @@
 
 You can do anything with this file without any warranty.
 
-Setup on Windows.
-=================
+Setup on Windows
+================
+
+Choose separate ``HOME`` directory like ``c:\home`` and set this environment
+variable in ``System => Advanced System Settings => Environment Variables``.
+
+After setting ``HOME`` environment variable Emacs expands ``~`` path element to
+that directory allowing quicker access to your file (especially with ``ido``).
 
-Setup HOME.
------------
+``INFOPATH`` automatically expanded to ``~/usr/share/info``. With
+``cygwin-mount.el``Cygwin info pages become available in native Emacs too!
+
+.. note::
 
-Setup HOME environment variable. For example::
+   To later ``INFOPATH`` to work with Cygwin and native Emacs use paths like::
+
+     INFOPATH=e:/opt/cygwin/usr/share/info;e:/home/usr/share/info;e:/bin/gnuwin32/info:
 
-  <win-drive-char>:\home
+   Latest ``:`` sign instructs Cygwin built-in info viewver to include system
+   paths and native Emacs to include its own info pages regardless installation
+   directory.
 
 Setup MANPATH.
 --------------
@@ -37,19 +49,6 @@
 
 Also you can set woman-manpath variable.
 
-Setup INFOPATH.
----------------
-
-To browse info file inside Emacs set INFOPATH like this for Cygwin::
-
-  INFOPATH=e:/opt/cygwin/usr/share/info;e:/home/usr/share/info;e:/bin/gnuwin32/info;e:/bin/gnuwin32/share/info:
-
-and like this for MinGW::
-
-  INFOPATH=e:/bin/gnutls/share/info;e:/bin/gnuwin32/info;e:/bin/gnuwin32/share/info;e:/bin/MinGW/info;e:/bin/MinGW/share/info;e:/bin/wget/info:
-
-Note that last colon symbol is essential for include also Emacs info to list.
-
 GTD (org-mode).
 ===============