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6bcb1887 | 1 | README for Edition 2.8 of the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual. |
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3 | * This directory contains the texinfo source files for the Reference | |
4 | Manual, make-permuted-index, and the latest version of texinfo.tex, | |
5 | which handles forms that cannot be handled by the older versions of | |
bdd40dd2 | 6 | texinfo.tex. |
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8 | * Report Lisp Manual bugs to bug-lisp-manual@gnu.org. We don't read |
9 | these bug reports until it's time for a new edition. To report other | |
10 | Emacs bugs, use bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org. To ask questions, use the | |
11 | newsgroup gnu.emacs.help. | |
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13 | * The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual is quite large. It totals around | |
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14 | 980 pages in smallbook format; the info files total almost |
15 | 2.5 megabytes. | |
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17 | * You can format this manual either for Info or for printing hardcopy | |
177c0ea7 | 18 | using TeX. |
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14423a05 | 20 | * You can buy nicely printed copies from the Free Software Foundation. |
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21 | For info, send mail to gnu@gnu.org or phone 617-542-5942. Buying a |
22 | manual from the Free Software Foundation helps support our GNU | |
23 | development work. | |
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25 | ** This distribution contains a Makefile that you can use with GNU Make. |
26 | Otherwise, here are detailed instructions: | |
27 | ||
28 | ** HARDCOPY: A copy of the version of `texinfo.tex' that formats this | |
29 | manual is included in this distribution. | |
30 | ||
31 | The master file for formatting this manual for Tex is called | |
32 | `elisp.texi'. It contains @include commands to include all the | |
33 | chapters that make up the manual. In addition, `elisp.texi' has | |
34 | the title page in a new format designed by Karl Berry, using the | |
35 | @titlespec command. | |
36 | ||
37 | To create a DVI file with a sorted index, execute the following | |
38 | commands in the shell: | |
39 | ||
ff1f8dd6 | 40 | % ./configure |
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41 | % make index.texi |
42 | % make elisp.dvi | |
43 | ||
44 | *** To create a DVI file with a permuted index, you may experiment | |
177c0ea7 | 45 | with `make-permuted-index'. |
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bdd40dd2 | 47 | ** To make an Info file, you need to install Texinfo, then run |
df140a68 | 48 | `./configure' and `make info'. To install the Info files, run |
ff1f8dd6 | 49 | `make install'. |