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6 README for Edition 2.9 of the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
8 * This directory contains the texinfo source files for the Reference
9 Manual, make-permuted-index, and the latest version of texinfo.tex,
10 which handles forms that cannot be handled by the older versions of
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18 * The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual is quite large. It totals around
19 1100 pages in smallbook format; the info files total over
22 * You can format this manual either for Info or for printing hardcopy
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30 ** This distribution contains a Makefile that you can use with GNU Make.
31 Otherwise, here are detailed instructions:
33 ** HARDCOPY: A copy of the version of `texinfo.tex' that formats this
34 manual is included in this distribution.
36 The master file for formatting this manual for Tex is called
37 `elisp.texi'. It contains @include commands to include all the
38 chapters that make up the manual. In addition, `elisp.texi' has
39 the title page in a new format designed by Karl Berry, using the
42 To create a DVI file with a sorted index, execute the following
43 commands in the shell:
49 *** To create a DVI file with a permuted index, you may experiment
50 with `make-permuted-index'.
52 ** To make an Info file, you need to install Texinfo, then run
53 `./configure' and `make info'. To install the Info files, run
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