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1 Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
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2 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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3 See the end of the file for license conditions.
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4
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5
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6 README for Edition 2.9 of the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
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7
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8 * This directory contains the texinfo source files for the Reference
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9 Manual, make-permuted-index, and the latest version of texinfo.tex,
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10 which handles forms that cannot be handled by the older versions of
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11 texinfo.tex.
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12
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13 * Report Lisp Manual bugs to bug-lisp-manual@gnu.org. We don't read
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14 these bug reports until it's time for a new edition. To report other
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15 Emacs bugs, use bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org. To ask questions, use the
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16 newsgroup gnu.emacs.help.
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17
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18 * The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual is quite large. It totals around
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19 1100 pages in smallbook format; the info files total over
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20 2.5 megabytes.
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21
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22 * You can format this manual either for Info or for printing hardcopy
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23 using TeX.
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24
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25 * You can buy nicely printed copies from the Free Software Foundation.
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26 For info, send mail to gnu@gnu.org or phone 617-542-5942. Buying a
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27 manual from the Free Software Foundation helps support our GNU
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28 development work.
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29
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30 ** This distribution contains a Makefile that you can use with GNU Make.
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31 Otherwise, here are detailed instructions:
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32
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33 ** HARDCOPY: A copy of the version of `texinfo.tex' that formats this
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34 manual is included in this distribution.
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35
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36 The master file for formatting this manual for Tex is called
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37 `elisp.texi'. It contains @include commands to include all the
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38 chapters that make up the manual. In addition, `elisp.texi' has
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39 the title page in a new format designed by Karl Berry, using the
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40 @titlespec command.
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41
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42 To create a DVI file with a sorted index, execute the following
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43 commands in the shell:
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44
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45 % ./configure
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46 % make index.texi
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47 % make elisp.dvi
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48
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49 *** To create a DVI file with a permuted index, you may experiment
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50 with `make-permuted-index'.
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51
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52 ** To make an Info file, you need to install Texinfo, then run
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53 `./configure' and `make info'. To install the Info files, run
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54 `make install'.
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55
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56
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57 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
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58
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59 GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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60 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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61 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
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62 any later version.
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63
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64 GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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65 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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66 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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67 GNU General Public License for more details.
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68
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69 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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70 along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
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71 Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
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72 Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
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