@settitle GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual
@c %**end of header
-@dircategory Editors
+@c Versino of the manual.
+@set VERSION 2.9
+
+@dircategory Emacs
@direntry
* Elisp: (elisp). The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
@end direntry
@smallbook
+@setchapternewpage odd
+@finalout
+
+@c Combine indices.
+@synindex cp fn
+@syncodeindex vr fn
+@syncodeindex ky fn
+@syncodeindex pg fn
+@c We use the "type index" to index new functions and variables.
+@c @syncodeindex tp fn
@ifnottex
-This Info file contains edition 2.6 of the GNU Emacs Lisp
-Reference Manual, corresponding to Emacs version 21.1.
+This Info file contains edition @value{VERSION} of the GNU Emacs Lisp
+Reference Manual, corresponding to Emacs version 21.3.
@c Please REMEMBER to update edition number in *four* places in this file
-@c and also in *one* place in intro.texi
+@c and also in *one* place in intro.texi and *one* in README.
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-@end ifnottex
+Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999,@*
+ 2000, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-@c Combine indices.
-@synindex cp fn
-@syncodeindex vr fn
-@syncodeindex ky fn
-@syncodeindex pg fn
-@c We use the "type index" to index new functions and variables.
-@c @syncodeindex tp fn
+Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
+under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or
+any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with the
+Invariant Sections being ``Copying'', with the Front-Cover texts being
+``A GNU Manual'', and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. A copy
+of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free
+Documentation License''.
-@setchapternewpage odd
-@finalout
+(a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have freedom to copy and modify
+this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies published by the Free
+Software Foundation raise funds for GNU development.''
+@end ifnottex
@titlepage
@title GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual
@subtitle For Emacs Version 21
@c The edition number appears in several places in this file
@c and also in the file intro.texi.
-@subtitle Revision 2.6, September 1999
+@subtitle Revision @value{VERSION}, January 2002
@author by Bil Lewis, Dan LaLiberte, Richard Stallman
@author and the GNU Manual Group
@page
@vskip 0pt plus 1filll
-Copyright @copyright{} 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999
-Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998,@*
+1999, 2000, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@sp 2
-Edition 2.6 @*
-Revised for Emacs Version 21.1,@*
-September 1999.@*
+Edition @value{VERSION} @*
+Revised for Emacs Version 21.3,@*
+January 2002.@*
@sp 2
ISBN 1-882114-73-6
59 Temple Place, Suite 330@*
Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
-Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this
-manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are
-preserved on all copies.
-
-Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this
-manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided also that the
-section entitled ``GNU General Public License'' is included
-exactly as in the original, and provided that the entire resulting
-derived work is distributed under the terms of a permission notice
-identical to this one.
+Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
+under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or
+any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with the
+Invariant Sections being ``Copying'', with the Front-Cover texts being
+``A GNU Manual'', and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. A copy
+of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free
+Documentation License''.
-Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual
-into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions,
-except that the section entitled ``GNU General Public License'' may be
-included in a translation approved by the Free Software Foundation
-instead of in the original English.
+(a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have freedom to copy and modify
+this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies published by the Free
+Software Foundation raise funds for GNU development.''
Cover art by Etienne Suvasa.
@end titlepage
@page
-@node Top, Copying, (dir), (dir)
+@node Top, Introduction, (dir), (dir)
@ifnottex
-This Info file contains edition 2.6 of the GNU Emacs Lisp
-Reference Manual, corresponding to GNU Emacs version 21.1.
+This Info file contains edition @value{VERSION} of the GNU Emacs Lisp
+Reference Manual, corresponding to GNU Emacs version 21.3.
@end ifnottex
@menu
-* Copying:: Conditions for copying and changing GNU Emacs.
* Introduction:: Introduction and conventions used.
* Standards: Coding Conventions. Coding conventions for Emacs Lisp.
* Abbrevs:: How Abbrev mode works, and its data structures.
* Processes:: Running and communicating with subprocesses.
-* System Interface:: Getting the user id, system type, environment
- variables, and other such things.
* Display:: Features for controlling the screen display.
* Calendar:: Customizing the calendar and diary.
+* System Interface:: Getting the user id, system type, environment
+ variables, and other such things.
Appendices
* Antinews:: Info for users downgrading to Emacs 20.
+* GNU Free Documentation License:: The license for this documentation
+* GPL:: Conditions for copying and changing GNU Emacs.
* Tips:: Advice and coding conventions for Emacs Lisp.
* GNU Emacs Internals:: Building and dumping Emacs;
internal data structures.
* Inheritance and Keymaps:: How one keymap can inherit the bindings
of another keymap.
* Prefix Keys:: Defining a key with a keymap as its definition.
-* Menu Keymaps:: A keymap can define a menu for X windows
+* Menu Keymaps:: A keymap can define a menu for X
or for use from the terminal.
* Active Keymaps:: Each buffer has a local keymap
to override the standard (global) bindings.
them back.
* Lazy Properties:: Computing text properties in a lazy fashion
only when text is examined.
+* Clickable Text:: Using text properties to make regions of text
+ do something when you click on them.
+* Fields:: The @code{field} property defines
+ fields within the buffer.
* Not Intervals:: Why text properties do not use
Lisp-visible text intervals.
+Non-ASCII Characters
+
+* Text Representations:: Unibyte and multibyte representations
+* Converting Representations:: Converting unibyte to multibyte and vice versa.
+* Selecting a Representation:: Treating a byte sequence as unibyte or multi.
+* Character Codes:: How unibyte and multibyte relate to
+ codes of individual characters.
+* Character Sets:: The space of possible characters codes
+ is divided into various character sets.
+* Chars and Bytes:: More information about multibyte encodings.
+* Splitting Characters:: Converting a character to its byte sequence.
+* Scanning Charsets:: Which character sets are used in a buffer?
+* Translation of Characters:: Translation tables are used for conversion.
+* Coding Systems:: Coding systems are conversions for saving files.
+* Input Methods:: Input methods allow users to enter various
+ non-ASCII characters without special keyboards.
+* Locales:: Interacting with the POSIX locale.
+
Searching and Matching
* String Search:: Search for an exact match.
@c REMOVE this: include non-hacker.texi
@include anti.texi
+@include doclicense.texi
+@include gpl.texi
@include tips.texi
@include internals.texi
@include errors.texi
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