emacs/lispref/README

48 lines
1.8 KiB
Text
Raw Normal View History

1998-04-23 22:07:20 +00:00
README for Edition 2.5 of the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
1993-07-20 06:07:58 +00:00
* 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
1998-04-23 22:07:20 +00:00
texinfo.tex.
1993-07-20 06:07:58 +00:00
1998-04-23 22:07:20 +00:00
* Report Lisp Manual bugs to bug-lisp-manual@gnu.org. We don't read
these bug reports until it's time for a new edition. To report other
Emacs bugs, use bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org. To ask questions, use the
newsgroup gnu.emacs.help.
1994-03-21 07:47:05 +00:00
* The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual is quite large. It totals around
1998-06-13 01:30:44 +00:00
900 pages in smallbook format; the info files total almost two
1994-03-21 07:47:05 +00:00
megabytes.
1993-07-20 06:07:58 +00:00
* You can format this manual either for Info or for printing hardcopy
using TeX.
1994-03-21 07:47:05 +00:00
* You can buy nicely printed copies from the Free Software Foundation.
1998-04-23 22:07:20 +00:00
For info, send mail to gnu@gnu.org or phone 617-542-5942. Buying a
manual from the Free Software Foundation helps support our GNU
development work.
1994-03-21 07:47:05 +00:00
1993-07-20 06:07:58 +00:00
** 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'.
1998-04-23 22:07:20 +00:00
** To make an Info file, you need to install Texinfo, then run
1998-06-13 01:30:44 +00:00
`make elisp'. To install the Info files, run `make install'.