# HG changeset patch # User Richard M. Stallman # Date 743148478 0 # Node ID 4a40e0433bf91e060c77dc2da1acd7fcd1bc5f76 # Parent a5f0a739d87dca8e72d8d02f6f5a45813d95449e Initial revision diff -r a5f0a739d87d -r 4a40e0433bf9 lispref/README --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/lispref/README Tue Jul 20 06:07:58 1993 +0000 @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +README for Edition 2.0.1 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. + +* The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual is turning out bigger than we +expected. It totals over 750 pages when printed on 8.5 by 11 inch +paper and the info files total almost two megabytes. + +* You can format this manual either for Info or for printing hardcopy +using TeX. + +** 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.