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- 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:
-
- % tex elisp.texi
- % texindex elisp.??
- % tex elisp.texi
-
- *** 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.
-