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2000-10-29 Michael Kifer <[e-mail]> * viper-cmd.el (viper-preserve-cursor-color): new test that avoids rewrawing the screen when changing cursor color. (viper-insert-state-pre-command-sentinel, viper-replace-state-pre-command-sentinel, viper-replace-state-post-command-sentinel): use viper-preserve-cursor-color. Many functions changed to use viper= instead of = when comparing characters. * viper-util.el (viper-memq-char,viper=): new functions for working with characters. (viper-change-cursor-color): fixed buglet. Many functions changed to use viper= instead of = when comparing characters. * viper.el (viper-insert-state-mode-list): added eshell. * ediff-init.el (ediff-before-setup-hook): new hook. Several typos fixed in various docstrings. * ediff-merg.el (ediff-show-clashes-only): docstring typo fixed. * ediff-nult.el (ediff-before-session-group-setup-hooks): new hook. (ediff-show-meta-buffer): run ediff-before-session-group-setup-hooks. * ediff-util.el (ediff-setup): run ediff-before-setup-hook. (ediff-other-buffer): use selected buffers if in Buffer-menu buffer. (ediff-get-selected-buffers): new function. * ediff-vers.el (ediff-vc-internal,ediff-rcs-internal, ediff-vc-merge-internal,ediff-rcs-merge-internal): use save-window-excursion. * ediff-wind.el (ediff-skip-unsuitable-frames): more robust termination check in while loop. * ediff.el (ediff-get-default-file-name): better defaults when in dired buffer. (ediff-files,ediff-merge-files,ediff-files3, ediff-merge-files-with-ancestor): use ediff-get-default-file-name.

README for Edition 2.5 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.

* 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
900 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:

% ./configure
% make index.texi
% make elisp.dvi

*** To create a DVI file with a permuted index, you may experiment
with `make-permuted-index'.  

** To make an Info file, you need to install Texinfo, then run
`./configure' and `make elisp'.  To install the Info files, run
`make install'.