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1 | This directory contains the source of the "Introduction to programming |
| 2 | in Emacs Lisp" written by Robert J. Chassell, bob@gnu.org. This | |
| 3 | manual is an elementary introduction to programming in Emacs Lisp for | |
| 4 | people who are not programmers, and who are not necessarily interested | |
| 5 | in programming, but who do want to customize or extend their computing | |
| 6 | environment. | |
| 7 | ||
| 8 | This second edition of 2001 Nov 20 updates the previous editions to | |
| 9 | GNU Emacs 21. | |
| 10 | ||
| 11 | The Texinfo source file `emacs-lisp-intro.texi', formats without | |
| 177c0ea7 | 12 | error using TeX version 3.14159, `kpathsea' version 3.3.1, |
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13 | `texinfo.tex' version 2001-05-24.08, and `makeinfo' version 4.0b. |
| 14 | ||
| 15 | Also, this tar file contains the following optional Encapsulated Post | |
| 16 | Script figures. | |
| 17 | ||
| 18 | drawers.eps 7129 bytes | |
| 19 | cons-1.eps 12136 | |
| 20 | cons-2.eps 12523 | |
| 21 | cons-2a.eps 12420 | |
| 22 | cons-3.eps 12984 | |
| 23 | cons-4.eps 13866 | |
| 24 | cons-5.eps 12986 | |
| 25 | lambda-1.eps 10252 | |
| 26 | lambda-2.eps 10278 | |
| 27 | lambda-3.eps 10275 | |
| 28 | ||
| 29 | See the beginning of the `emacs-lisp-intro.texi' file for appropriate | |
| 30 | settings. These figures are not necessary; they are merely nice to | |
| 31 | look at --- without them you get the same figures printed with ASCII | |
| 32 | characters. | |
| 33 | ||
| 34 | Whether and how you print PostScript depends on your site. You not | |
| 35 | only need to set 'print-postscript-figures' before creating the .dvi | |
| 36 | file, but then must convert the .dvi file to .ps with a 'dvips' or | |
| 37 | equivalent command. | |
| 38 | ||
| 39 | On some systems you will see an error message when `psfig.tex' is | |
| 40 | loaded for the last two .eps files: | |
| 41 | ||
| 42 | ! No room for a new \write . | |
| 43 | ||
| 44 | If this happens, try `epsf.tex' instead of `psfig.tex', or try typing | |
| 45 | RET at the error; the formatting may continue successfully. | |
| 46 | ||
| 47 | Or else find the section that says: | |
| 48 | ||
| 49 | @c !!! Clear print-postscript-figures if the computer formatting this | |
| 50 | @c document is too small and cannot handle all the diagrams and figures. | |
| 51 | @c clear print-postscript-figures | |
| 52 | ||
| 53 | and change the file so it reads: @clear print-postscript-figures | |
| 54 | This will prevent TeX from attempting to load the last few .eps files. | |
| 55 | ||
| 56 | You will find additional instructions on formatting in the beginning | |
| 57 | of the Texinfo file 'emacs-lisp-intro.texi'. Best Wishes! | |
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| 59 | 2001 Nov 20 | |
| 60 | Robert J. Chassell, bob@gnu.org |