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diff --git a/man/README b/man/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..a0ddda5b8b8 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/README @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +This directory contains the Tex sources of the Emacs manual, +plus the macro package (texinfo.tex) necessary for processing it. + +1) Run tex on emacs.tex, producing emacs.cp, emacs.fn, emacs.ky, +and emacs.vr (unsorted index files), plus emacs.aux (cross ref file). + +2) Compile texindex.c, and run it: + `texindex emacs.??' +This produces sorted index files emacs.cps, emacs.fns, etc. +that are used as input in step 3. + +3) Run tex on emacs.tex again. + +4) Now you have a dvi file that you can print. + +The latest versions of all the intermediate files are supplied, +so if you want to print the manual with no change, you can start with +step 3. + + +The software you need to convert the manual into an Info file is +available in the texinfo2 distribution, which is separate from the +Emacs distribution (but is included on the Emacs distribution tape). |