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Delete declaration for buffer-file-coding-system. It is done in buffer.c now. In the comment, change coding-system to coding system. The name coding-vector is changed to coding-spec. (coding-vector-type, coding-vector-mnemonic, coding-vector-docstring, coding-vector-flags): Deleted. (coding-system-spec-ref): New function. (coding-system-type, coding-system-mnemonic, coding-system-flags): Use coding-system-spec-ref. (coding-system-doc-string): Renamed from coding-system-docstring. (coding-system-eol-type): Renamed from coding-system-eoltype. (coding-system-eol-type-mnemonic): Moved to mule-util.el. (coding-system-post-read-conversion): Likewise. (coding-system-pre-write-conversion): Likewise. (default-process-coding-system): Deleted. Now declared in buffer.c. (make-subsidiary-coding-system): New function. (make-coding-system): Check arguments more strictly. Do not make -unix, -dos, -mac variants for TYPE 4. (define-coding-system-alias): Call make-subsidiary-coding-system. (set-buffer-file-coding-system): Adjusted for the function name changes. (find-new-buffer-file-coding-system): Likewise. (default-process-coding-system): Deleted. Now defined in coding.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.

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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
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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
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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.