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(SYNTAX_ENTRY_VIA_PROPERTY): Set to take `syntax-table' text property into account when doing SYNTAX (c). (ST_COMMENT_STYLE, ST_STRING_STYLE): New codes to denote delimiters for new types of strings and comments. (Vparse_sexp_lookup_properties): New variable. (struct lisp_parse_state): Comment updated. (gl_state): New global variable. (update_syntax_table): New function. (char_quoted): Move earlier, update gl_state when needed. (find_defun_start): Update gl_state when needed. (back_comment): New function. (Scomment_fence, Sstring_fence): New delimeter char classes denoted by `!' and `|'. (Fchar_syntax, Fmatching_paren): Update gl_state to whole-bufferstate. (scan_words): update gl_state when needed. (Fskip_chars_forward): Move from search.c. (Fskip_chars_backward): Move from search.c. (Fskip_syntax_forward): Move from search.c. (Fskip_syntax_backward): Move from search.c. (skip_chars): Move from search.c. (Fforward_comment, scan_lists): Update gl_state when needed. Handle Scomment_fence, Sstring_fence. (Fbackward_prefix_chars) Update gl_state when needed. (scan_sexps_forward): Update gl_state when needed. Handle Scomment_fence, Sstring_fence. If comment_stop==-1, stop at start or end of comment or string. (Fparse-partial-sexp): Doc fix. (syms_of_syntax): Move initialization of skip* from search.c.

README for Edition 2.4 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.

* Report Lisp Manual bugs to [e-mail].  We
don't read these bug reports until it's time for a new edition.  To
report other Emacs bugs, use [e-mail].
To ask questions, use the newsgroup gnu.emacs.help.

* The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual is quite large.  It totals around
700 pages in smallbook format; the info files total almost two
megabytes.

* You can format this manual either for Info or for printing hardcopy
using TeX.  

* You can buy nicely printed copies from the Free Software Foundation.
For info, send mail to [e-mail] or phone [phone].
Buying a manual from the Free Software Foundation helps support our
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** This distribution contains a Makefile that you can use with GNU Make.
Otherwise, here are detailed instructions:

** HARDCOPY: A copy of the version of `texinfo.tex' that formats this
manual is included in this distribution.

The master file for formatting this manual for Tex is called
`elisp.texi'.  It contains @include commands to include all the
chapters that make up the manual.  In addition, `elisp.texi' has
the title page in a new format designed by Karl Berry, using the
@titlespec command.

To create a DVI file with a sorted index, execute the following
commands in the shell:

% make index.texi
% make elisp.dvi

*** To create a DVI file with a permuted index, you may experiment
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.