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Include config.h after CRT headers. Include fcntl.h. (child_process, MAX_CHILDREN, CHILD_ACTIVE): Moved to nt.h. (DebugPrint): New macro. (new_child): Create input event structures for child processes. (delete_child): New function. (reader_thread): Return nonzero upon failure. Use _sys_read_ahead. (create_child): Add child_process and parent PID arguments. Don't create input event or thread structures here. Fixup Win95 negative process IDs. (register_child): Don't set consumed event; instead, set thread status so that select will release it. (remove_child): Renamed to reap_process. Only free resources of synchronous children. (win32_wait): Renamed to sys_wait. Sanity check to make sure handle to subprocess exists. Don't reclaim thread resources here. (win32_spawnve): Renamed to sys_spawnve. Check for proper wait mode first thing. Convert command name to DOS format. Quote whitespace and quotes in arguments to subprocess. Use alloca instead of malloc. If max subprocesses, return EAGAIN in hopes of another completing. (sys_select): Add support for socket input. Remove dead code. Check input from children fairly. (sys_select) [HAVE_TIMEVAL]: Remove conditional check and code. (win32_kill_process): Renamed to sys_kill. Use OpenProcess to terminate process. (prepate_standard_handles, reset_standard_handles): Moved here from nt.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].
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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.