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(FRINGE_ID_BITS): New definition for number of bits allocated to hold a fringe number. Increase number of bits from 4 to 8 to allow user defined fringe bitmaps. (struct glyph_row, struct it): New members left_user_fringe_bitmap, left_user_fringe_face_id, right_user_fringe_bitmap, right_user_fringe_face_id. (enum fringe_bitmap_type, struct fringe_bitmap, fringe_bitmaps): Move to new file fringe.c. (MAX_FRINGE_BITMAPS): Define here. (struct draw_fringe_bitmap_params): New members bits, cursor_p, and overlay_p. Change member which to int. (struct redisplay_interface): New members define_fringe_bitmap and destroy_fringe_bitmap. (valid_fringe_bitmap_id_p): Add prototype. (w32_init_fringe, w32_reset_fringes) [WINDOWS_NT]: Add prototypes.

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
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
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.

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