lispintro/README

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   2   Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   3 See the end of the file for license conditions.
   4
   5
   6 This directory contains the source of the "Introduction to Programming
   7 in Emacs Lisp" written by Robert J. Chassell, bob@gnu.org.  This
   8 manual is an elementary introduction to programming in Emacs Lisp for
   9 people who are not programmers, and who are not necessarily interested
  10 in programming, but who do want to customize or extend their computing
  11 environment.
  12
  13 This third edition of 2006 Oct 31 updates the previous editions to GNU
  14 Emacs 22.
  15
  16 The Texinfo source file `emacs-lisp-intro.texi', formats without
  17 reported error using `pdfeTeXk', Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C
  18 7.5.4) and texinfo.tex version 2006-08-26.17 started by `texi2dvi'
  19 version 4.8, and with `makeinfo' version 4.8.
  20
  21 Also, this tar file contains the following optional Encapsulated Post
  22 Script figures.
  23
  24     drawers.eps         7129 bytes
  25     cons-1.eps          12136
  26     cons-2.eps          12523
  27     cons-2a.eps         12420
  28     cons-3.eps          12984
  29     cons-4.eps          13866
  30     cons-5.eps          12986
  31     lambda-1.eps        10252
  32     lambda-2.eps        10278
  33     lambda-3.eps        10275
  34
  35 See the beginning of the `emacs-lisp-intro.texi' file for appropriate
  36 settings.  These figures are not necessary; they are merely nice to
  37 look at --- without them you get the same figures printed with ASCII
  38 characters.
  39
  40 Whether and how you print PostScript depends on your site.  You not
  41 only need to set 'print-postscript-figures' before creating the .dvi
  42 file, but then must convert the .dvi file to .ps with a 'dvips' or
  43 equivalent command.
  44
  45 On some systems you will see an error message when `psfig.tex' is
  46 loaded for the last two .eps files:
  47
  48             ! No room for a new \write .
  49
  50 If this happens, try `epsf.tex' instead of `psfig.tex', or try typing
  51 RET at the error; the formatting may continue successfully.
  52
  53 Or else find the section that says:
  54
  55  @c !!! Clear print-postscript-figures if the computer formatting this
  56  @c     document is too small and cannot handle all the diagrams and figures.
  57  @c clear print-postscript-figures
  58
  59 and change the file so it reads:   @clear print-postscript-figures
  60 This will prevent TeX from attempting to load the last few .eps files.
  61
  62 You will find additional instructions on formatting in the beginning
  63 of the Texinfo file 'emacs-lisp-intro.texi'.  Best Wishes!
  64
  65 2006 Oct 31
  66 Robert J. Chassell, bob@gnu.org
  67
  68 \f
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