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(ALIGN): Add casts to simplify usage. (BLOCK_ALIGN, BLOCK_BYTES, ABLOCKS_PADDING, ABLOCKS_SIZE) (ABLOCKS_BYTES, ABLOCK_ABASE, ABLOCKS_BUSY, ABLOCKS_BASE): New macros. (struct ablock, struct ablocks): New types. (free_ablock): New global var. (lisp_align_malloc, lisp_align_free): New functions. (FLOAT_BLOCK_SIZE): Redefine in terms of BLOCK_BYTES. (struct float_block): Reorder and add gcmarkbits. (GETMARKBIT, SETMARKBIT, UNSETMARKBIT, FLOAT_BLOCK, FLOAT_INDEX) (FLOAT_MARKED_P, FLOAT_MARK, FLOAT_UNMARK): New macros. (init_float, make_float): Use lisp_align_malloc. (free_float, live_float_p): Don't use `type' any more. (make_float): Use FLOAT_UNMARK to access to mark bit. (mark_maybe_object, mark_maybe_pointer, survives_gc_p): Use FLOAT_MARKED_P to access the mark bit. (pure_alloc): Simplify use of ALIGN. (mark_object): Use FLOAT_MARK to access the mark bit. (gc_sweep): Use new macros to access the float's mark bit. (init_alloc_once): Init free_ablock.

README for Edition 2.8 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
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* The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual is quite large.  It totals around
980 pages in smallbook format; the info files total almost
2.5 megabytes.

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

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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:

% ./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 info'.  To install the Info files, run
`make install'.