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+Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
+  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+See the end of the file for license conditions.
+
+
+README for Edition 2.9 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.
+
+* 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.
+
+* The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual is quite large.  It totals around
+1100 pages in smallbook format; the info files total over
+2.5 megabytes.
+
+* You can format this manual either for Info or for printing hardcopy
+using TeX.
+
+* You can buy nicely printed copies from the Free Software Foundation.
+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.
+
+** 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:
+
+% ./configure
+% make index.texi
+% make elisp.dvi
+
+*** To create a DVI file with a permuted index, you may experiment
+with `make-permuted-index'.
+
+** To make an Info file, you need to install Texinfo, then run
+`./configure' and `make info'.  To install the Info files, run
+`make install'.
+
+
+This file is part of GNU Emacs.
+
+GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
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+Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.