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* callproc.c (strerror): Remove decl. * fileio.c (strerror): Likewise. * process.c (strerror): Likewise. * emacs.c (strerror): Likewise. (Vsystem_messages_locale): Renamed from Vmessages_locale. All uses changed. (Vprevious_system_messages_locale): Likewise, from Vprevious_messages_locale. (Vsystem_time_locale): Likewise, from Vtime_locale. (Vprevious_system_time_locale): Likewise, from Vprevious_time_locale. (ABORT_RETURN_TYPE): New macro. (abort): Return type is now ABORT_RETURN_TYPE. (main): Always invoke init_signals, even if POSIX_SIGNALS is not defined. (syms_of_emacs): messages-locale -> system-messages-locale, previous-messages-locale -> previous-system-messages-locale, time-locale -> system-time-locale, previous-time-locale -> previous-system-time-locale. * gmalloc.c (PP, __ptr_t): Assume ANSI C if STDC_HEADERS is defined. (const): Do not define; that's config.h's job. (<limits.h>): Include if HAVE_LIMITS_H is defined. (CHAR_BIT): Move test for definedness outside of limits.h condition. (<stddef.h>): Include if STDC_HEADERS is defined. (FREE_RETURN_TYPE): New macro. (free): Return type is now FREE_RETURN_TYPE. * lisp.h (synchronize_system_time_locale): Renamed from synchronize_time_locale. All uses changed. (synchronize_system_messages_locale): Likewise, from synchronize_messages_locale. * process.c (sys_siglist): Remove. * syntax.c (scan_sexps_forward): Use abort, not assert. * sysdep.c (my_sys_siglist): New var. (sys_siglist): New macro. Remove old initialized vars of same name. (init_signals): Initialize sys_siglist. * xfns.c (abort): Remove decl; stdlib.h now does this.

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'.