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Some comment and doc fixes. (ps-print-version): New version number (3.05.2) and doc fix. (ps-print, ps-header-lines, ps-show-n-of-n, ps-font-info-database) (ps-font-family, ps-font-size, ps-header-font-family) (ps-header-font-size, ps-header-title-font-size, ps-bold-faces) (ps-italic-faces, ps-underlined-faces, ps-left-header, ps-right-header) (ps-font, ps-font-bold, ps-font-italic, ps-font-bold-italic) (ps-avg-char-width, ps-space-width, ps-line-height): Doc fix. (ps-error-scale-font): New fn. (ps-soft-lf, ps-hard-lf): Fn deleted. (ps-get-page-dimensions, ps-set-bg, ps-face-bold-p, ps-face-italic-p) (ps-set-color): Reindentation. (ps-output-string-prim, ps-xemacs-face-kind-p): Internal blank lines deleted. (ps-set-font): Little programming improvement. (ps-line-lengths-internal, ps-nb-pages, ps-select-font) (ps-select-header-font): Simplify some expressions. (ps-plot-region): Replace (- X 1) by (1- X). (ps-generate-header): Replace (+ X 1) by (1+ X). (ps-print-preprint, ps-plot-with-face, ps-print-ensure-fontified) (ps-kill-emacs-check): Replace (if (and A B) C) by (and A B C). (ps-init-output-queue, ps-gnus-article-prepare-hook, ps-jts-ps-setup): Replace (setq a b)(setq c d) by (setq a b c d). (ps-begin-file, ps-end-file): Replace (ps-output A)(ps-output B) by (ps-output A B). (ps-begin-page): Replace (ps-output A)(ps-output B) by (ps-output A B), replace (setq a b)(setq c d) by (setq a b c d). (ps-next-line, ps-continue-line): Replace (setq a b)(setq c d) by (setq a b c d), and incorporates ps-soft-lf and ps-hard-lf, respectively. (ps-plot): Replace (setq a b)(setq c d) by (setq a b c d), and programming improvement. (ps-generate-postscript-with-faces): Initialization fix, replace (setq a b)(setq c d) by (setq a b c d), replace (if (and A B) C) by (and A B C). (ps-generate): Doc fix, reprogramming to set the page count, replace (setq a b)(setq c d) by (setq a b c d), replace (if A nil B) by (or A B), replace (if (and A B) C) by (and A B C). (ps-info-mode-hook): Replace (list 'A 'B) by '(A B). (ps-jack-setup): Replace (list) by nil.

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
GNU development work.

** 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.