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date Sat, 08 Jan 1994 09:17:27 +0000
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1 README for Edition 2.0.1 of the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
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3 * This directory contains the texinfo source files for the Reference
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4 Manual, make-permuted-index, and the latest version of texinfo.tex,
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5 which handles forms that cannot be handled by the older versions of
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6 texinfo.tex. Also, it contains makeinfo.c.
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8 * The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual is turning out bigger than we
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9 expected. It totals over 750 pages when printed on 8.5 by 11 inch
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10 paper and the info files total almost two megabytes.
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12 * You can format this manual either for Info or for printing hardcopy
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13 using TeX.
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15 ** This distribution contains a Makefile that you can use with GNU Make.
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16 Otherwise, here are detailed instructions:
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18 ** HARDCOPY: A copy of the version of `texinfo.tex' that formats this
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19 manual is included in this distribution.
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21 The master file for formatting this manual for Tex is called
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22 `elisp.texi'. It contains @include commands to include all the
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23 chapters that make up the manual. In addition, `elisp.texi' has
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24 the title page in a new format designed by Karl Berry, using the
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25 @titlespec command.
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27 To create a DVI file with a sorted index, execute the following
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28 commands in the shell:
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30 % make index.texi
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31 % make elisp.dvi
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33 *** To create a DVI file with a permuted index, you may experiment
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34 with `make-permuted-index'.
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36 ** INFO: A copy of makeinfo.c that will format this manual for Info is
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37 included in this distribution. This program is written in C and can
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38 be used separately from Emacs. `makeinfo' produces much better error
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39 messages than the old `texinfo-format-buffer'. You can run `makeinfo'
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40 it on the `elisp.texi' file.