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5 README for Edition 3.0 of the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
7 * This directory contains the texinfo source files for the Emacs Lisp
10 * Report bugs in the Lisp Manual or in Emacs using M-x report-emacs-bug.
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13 * The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual is quite large. It totals around
14 1100 pages in smallbook format; the info files total around 3.0 megabytes.
16 * You can format this manual either for Info or for printing hardcopy
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23 * The master file for formatting this manual for Tex is called
24 `elisp.texi'. It contains @include commands to include all the
25 chapters that make up the manual. In addition, `elisp.texi' has
26 the title page in a new format designed by Karl Berry, using the
29 * This distribution contains a Makefile that you can use with GNU Make.
31 ** To create a DVI file with a sorted index, run `make elisp.dvi'.
33 ** To make an Info file, you need to install Texinfo, then run `make info'.
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