From b610290e115ae272e13c8fa8260a210d9436b3f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gerd Moellmann Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 12:19:11 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Better ELisp Reference instructions. --- INSTALL | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 75d7d32d833..cd77066ac7c 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -52,14 +52,26 @@ each character set. The intlfonts distribution contains its own installation instructions, in the intlfonts/README file. -* elisp-manual-EMACSVERSION-MANVERSION.tar.gz - -This is the Emacs Lisp Reference for programmers, containing an -in-depth discussion of Emacs Lisp and Emacs internals. The -distribution contains the Texinfo source files for the Reference -Manual. The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual is quite large. It contains -around 900 pages in smallbook format; the info files total almost two -megabytes. The package contains installation instructions of its own. +* elisp-manual-M.N.tar.gz + +This distribution contains the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual which +complements the Emacs Lisp Manual. It is a good idea to install the +Emacs Lisp Reference Manual after installing Emacs, to complete the +on-line documentation of Emacs in Info. + +If you have installed Texinfo, you can install the Emacs Lisp +Reference Manual this way: + + cd elisp-manual-M.N + ./configure --prefix=PREFIXDIR + make install + +Otherwise, you can install it manually. Just copy the files elisp and +elisp-* from the elisp-manual-M.N directory to your site's info +directory (see the description of `infodir', below), and make sure +that file `dir' in this directory contains an entry like this: + + * Elisp: (elisp). The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual. BUILDING AND INSTALLATION: -- 2.39.5