# HG changeset patch # User Lute Kamstra # Date 1116839138 0 # Node ID 122d68d8ebab74eaa5c2694b115fe14c7b3ac76c # Parent b2d8cc17b057049562809afae80c60928c9201fe Update FSF's address throughout. (Preface): Use @cite. (Distrib): Add cross reference to the node "Copying". Mention the FDL. Don't refer to etc/{FTP,ORDERS}. Mention the sale of printed manuals. (Intro): Use @xref for the Emacs Lisp Intro. diff -r b2d8cc17b057 -r 122d68d8ebab man/emacs.texi --- a/man/emacs.texi Mon May 23 08:09:56 2005 +0000 +++ b/man/emacs.texi Mon May 23 09:05:38 2005 +0000 @@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ @sp 2 ISBN 1-882114-06-X @* Published by the Free Software Foundation @* -59 Temple Place, Suite 330 @* -Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA +51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor @* +Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA @sp 2 Cover art by Etienne Suvasa. @@ -951,11 +951,11 @@ GNU Emacs is a member of the Emacs editor family. There are many Emacs editors, all sharing common principles of organization. For information on the underlying philosophy of Emacs and the lessons learned from its -development, write for a copy of AI memo 519a, ``Emacs, the Extensible, -Customizable Self-Documenting Display Editor,'' to Publications Department, +development, write for a copy of AI memo 519a, @cite{Emacs, the Extensible, +Customizable Self-Documenting Display Editor}, to Publications Department, Artificial Intelligence Lab, 545 Tech Square, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA@. At last report they charge $2.25 per copy. Another useful publication is LCS -TM-165, ``A Cookbook for an Emacs,'' by Craig Finseth, available from +TM-165, @cite{A Cookbook for an Emacs}, by Craig Finseth, available from Publications Department, Laboratory for Computer Science, 545 Tech Square, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA@. The price today is $3. @@ -971,20 +971,25 @@ @unnumbered Distribution GNU Emacs is @dfn{free software}; this means that everyone is free to -use it and free to redistribute it on certain conditions. GNU Emacs is -not in the public domain; it is copyrighted and there are restrictions -on its distribution, but these restrictions are designed to permit -everything that a good cooperating citizen would want to do. What is -not allowed is to try to prevent others from further sharing any version -of GNU Emacs that they might get from you. The precise conditions are -found in the GNU General Public License that comes with Emacs and also -appears following this section. +use it and free to redistribute it on certain conditions. GNU Emacs +is not in the public domain; it is copyrighted and there are +restrictions on its distribution, but these restrictions are designed +to permit everything that a good cooperating citizen would want to do. +What is not allowed is to try to prevent others from further sharing +any version of GNU Emacs that they might get from you. The precise +conditions are found in the GNU General Public License that comes with +Emacs and also appears in this manual@footnote{This manual is itself +covered by the GNU Free Documentation License. This license is +similar in spirit to the General Public License, but is more suitable +for documentation. @xref{GNU Free Documentation License}.}. +@xref{Copying}. -One way to get a copy of GNU Emacs is from someone else who has it. You -need not ask for our permission to do so, or tell any one else; just -copy it. If you have access to the Internet, you can get the latest -distribution version of GNU Emacs by anonymous FTP; see the file -@file{etc/FTP} in the Emacs distribution for more information. +One way to get a copy of GNU Emacs is from someone else who has it. +You need not ask for our permission to do so, or tell any one else; +just copy it. If you have access to the Internet, you can get the +latest distribution version of GNU Emacs by anonymous FTP; see +@url{http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs} on our website for more +information. You may also receive GNU Emacs when you buy a computer. Computer manufacturers are free to distribute copies on the same terms that apply to @@ -995,17 +1000,17 @@ when you get it, not just free for the manufacturer. You can also order copies of GNU Emacs from the Free Software -Foundation. This is a convenient and reliable way to get a copy; it -is also a good way to help fund our work. (The Foundation has always -received most of its funds in this way.) An order form is included in -the file @file{etc/ORDERS} in the Emacs distribution, and on our web -site in @url{http://www.gnu.org/order/order.html}. For further -information, write to +Foundation. This is a convenient and reliable way to get a copy; it is +also a good way to help fund our work. We also sell hardcopy versions +of this manual and @cite{An Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp}, +by Robert J. Chassell. You can find an order form on our web site at +@url{http://www.gnu.org/order/order.html}. For further information, +write to @display Free Software Foundation -59 Temple Place, Suite 330 -Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA +51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor +Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA @end display @@ -1137,10 +1142,9 @@ separate copy of all of Emacs. Most of the editing commands of Emacs are written in Lisp; the few exceptions could have been written in Lisp but are written in C for efficiency. Although only a programmer -can write an extension, anybody can use it afterward. If you want to -learn Emacs Lisp programming, we recommend the @cite{Introduction to -Emacs Lisp} by Robert J. Chassell, also published by the Free Software -Foundation. +can write an extension, anybody can use it afterward. @xref{Top, +Emacs Lisp Intro, Preface, eintr, An Introduction to Programming in +Emacs Lisp}, if you want to learn Emacs Lisp programming. When run under the X Window System, Emacs provides its own menus and convenient bindings to mouse buttons. But Emacs can provide many of the @@ -1189,7 +1193,7 @@ @display Copyright @copyright{} 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. -59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA +51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. @@ -1535,7 +1539,7 @@ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., -59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. +51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. @end smallexample Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.