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@@ -1,16 +1,26 @@
-README for Edition 2.3 of the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
+README for Edition 2.8 of the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
 
 * This directory contains the texinfo source files for the Reference
 Manual, make-permuted-index, and the latest version of texinfo.tex,
 which handles forms that cannot be handled by the older versions of
-texinfo.tex.  Also, it contains makeinfo.c.
+texinfo.tex.
 
-* The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual is turning out bigger than we
-expected.  It totals over 750 pages when printed on 8.5 by 11 inch
-paper and the info files total almost two megabytes.
+* Report Lisp Manual bugs to bug-lisp-manual@gnu.org.  We don't read
+these bug reports until it's time for a new edition.  To report other
+Emacs bugs, use bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org.  To ask questions, use the
+newsgroup gnu.emacs.help.
+
+* The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual is quite large.  It totals around
+980 pages in smallbook format; the info files total almost
+2.5 megabytes.
 
 * You can format this manual either for Info or for printing hardcopy
-using TeX.  
+using TeX.
+
+* You can buy nicely printed copies from the Free Software Foundation.
+For info, send mail to gnu@gnu.org or phone 617-542-5942.  Buying a
+manual from the Free Software Foundation helps support our GNU
+development work.
 
 ** This distribution contains a Makefile that you can use with GNU Make.
 Otherwise, here are detailed instructions:
@@ -27,14 +37,13 @@ the title page in a new format designed by Karl Berry, using the
 To create a DVI file with a sorted index, execute the following
 commands in the shell:
 
+% ./configure
 % make index.texi
 % make elisp.dvi
 
 *** To create a DVI file with a permuted index, you may experiment
-with `make-permuted-index'.  
+with `make-permuted-index'.
 
-** INFO: A copy of makeinfo.c that will format this manual for Info is
-included in this distribution.  This program is written in C and can
-be used separately from Emacs.  `makeinfo' produces much better error
-messages than the old `texinfo-format-buffer'.  You can run `makeinfo'
-it on the `elisp.texi' file.
+** To make an Info file, you need to install Texinfo, then run
+`./configure' and `make info'.  To install the Info files, run
+`make install'.