@settitle GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual
@c %**end of header
-@smallbook
-
-@ifinfo
-This version is the edition 2.5 of the GNU Emacs Lisp
-Reference Manual. It corresponds to Emacs Version 20.3
-@c Please REMEMBER to update edition number in *four* places in this file
-@c and also in *one* place in intro.texi
+@c Versino of the manual.
+@set VERSION 2.8
-Published by the Free Software Foundation
-59 Temple Place, Suite 330
-Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+@dircategory Editors
+@direntry
+* Elisp: (elisp). The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
+@end direntry
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+@smallbook
+@setchapternewpage odd
+@finalout
@c Combine indices.
@synindex cp fn
@c We use the "type index" to index new functions and variables.
@c @syncodeindex tp fn
-@setchapternewpage odd
-@finalout
+@ifnottex
+This Info file contains edition @value{VERSION} of the GNU Emacs Lisp
+Reference Manual, corresponding to Emacs version 21.1.
+@c Please REMEMBER to update edition number in *four* places in this file
+@c and also in *one* place in intro.texi
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+Published by the Free Software Foundation
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+ Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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+@end ifnottex
@titlepage
@title GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual
-@subtitle For Emacs Version 20.3
+@subtitle For Emacs Version 21
@c The edition number appears in several places in this file
@c and also in the file intro.texi.
-@subtitle Revision 2.5, May 1998
+@subtitle Revision @value{VERSION}, May 2000
@author by Bil Lewis, Dan LaLiberte, Richard Stallman
@author and the GNU Manual Group
@page
@vskip 0pt plus 1filll
-Copyright @copyright{} 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000
+Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@sp 2
-Edition 2.5 @*
-Revised for Emacs Version 20.3,@*
-May 1998.@*
+Edition @value{VERSION} @*
+Revised for Emacs Version 21.1,@*
+May 2000.@*
@sp 2
-ISBN 1-882114-72-8
+ISBN 1-882114-73-6
@sp 2
Published by the Free Software Foundation @*
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Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
-Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this
-manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are
-preserved on all copies.
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+under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or
+any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with the
+Invariant Sections being ``Copying'', with the Front-Cover texts being
+``A GNU Manual'', and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. A copy
+of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free
+Documentation License''.
-Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this
-manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided also that the
-section entitled ``GNU General Public License'' is included
-exactly as in the original, and provided that the entire resulting
-derived work is distributed under the terms of a permission notice
-identical to this one.
-
-Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual
-into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions,
-except that the section entitled ``GNU General Public License'' may be
-included in a translation approved by the Free Software Foundation
-instead of in the original English.
+(a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have freedom to copy and modify
+this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies published by the Free
+Software Foundation raise funds for GNU development.''
Cover art by Etienne Suvasa.
@end titlepage
@page
-@node Top, Copying, (dir), (dir)
+@node Top, Introduction, (dir), (dir)
-@ifinfo
-This Info file contains edition 2.5 of the GNU Emacs Lisp
-Reference Manual, corresponding to GNU Emacs version 20.3.
-@end ifinfo
+@ifnottex
+This Info file contains edition @value{VERSION} of the GNU Emacs Lisp
+Reference Manual, corresponding to GNU Emacs version 21.1.
+@end ifnottex
@menu
-* Copying:: Conditions for copying and changing GNU Emacs.
* Introduction:: Introduction and conventions used.
* Standards: Coding Conventions. Coding conventions for Emacs Lisp.
* Sequences Arrays Vectors:: Lists, strings and vectors are called sequences.
Certain functions act on any kind of sequence.
The description of vectors is here as well.
+* Hash Tables:: Very fast lookup-tables.
* Symbols:: Symbols represent names, uniquely.
* Evaluation:: How Lisp expressions are evaluated.
* Abbrevs:: How Abbrev mode works, and its data structures.
* Processes:: Running and communicating with subprocesses.
+* Display:: Features for controlling the screen display.
+* Calendar:: Customizing the calendar and diary.
* System Interface:: Getting the user id, system type, environment
variables, and other such things.
-* Display:: Parameters controlling screen usage.
- The bell. Waiting for input.
-* Calendar:: Customizing the calendar and diary.
Appendices
+* Antinews:: Info for users downgrading to Emacs 20.
+* GNU Free Documentation License:: The license for this documentation
+* GPL:: Conditions for copying and changing GNU Emacs.
* Tips:: Advice and coding conventions for Emacs Lisp.
* GNU Emacs Internals:: Building and dumping Emacs;
internal data structures.
* Index:: Index including concepts, functions, variables,
and other terms.
-* New Symbols:: New functions and variables in Emacs 20.
+* New Symbols:: New functions and variables in Emacs 21.
--- The Detailed Node Listing ---
* Integer Type:: Numbers without fractional parts.
* Floating Point Type:: Numbers with fractional parts and with a large range.
* Character Type:: The representation of letters, numbers and
- control characters.
+ control characters.
* Sequence Type:: Both lists and arrays are classified as sequences.
* Cons Cell Type:: Cons cells, and lists (which are made from cons cells).
* Array Type:: Arrays include strings and vectors.
* Primitive Function Type:: A function written in C, callable from Lisp.
* Byte-Code Type:: A function written in Lisp, then compiled.
* Autoload Type:: A type used for automatically loading seldom-used
- functions.
+ functions.
List Type
* Inheritance and Keymaps:: How one keymap can inherit the bindings
of another keymap.
* Prefix Keys:: Defining a key with a keymap as its definition.
-* Menu Keymaps:: A keymap can define a menu for X windows
+* Menu Keymaps:: A keymap can define a menu for X
or for use from the terminal.
* Active Keymaps:: Each buffer has a local keymap
to override the standard (global) bindings.
- Each minor mode can also override them.
+ Each minor mode can also override them.
* Key Lookup:: How extracting elements from keymaps works.
* Functions for Key Lookup:: How to request key lookup.
* Changing Key Bindings:: Redefining a key in a keymap.
* Pop-Up Menus:: Displaying a menu for the user to select from.
* Dialog Boxes:: Displaying a box to ask yes or no.
* Pointer Shapes:: Specifying the shape of the mouse pointer.
-* Window System Selections::Transferring text to and from other window.
+* Window System Selections::Transferring text to and from other windows.
* Color Names:: Getting the definitions of color names.
* Resources:: Getting resource values from the server.
-* Server Data:: Getting info about the X server.
+* Display Feature Testing:: Determining the features of a terminal.
Positions
them back.
* Lazy Properties:: Computing text properties in a lazy fashion
only when text is examined.
+* Clickable Text:: Using text properties to make regions of text
+ do something when you click on them.
+* Fields:: The @code{field} property defines
+ fields within the buffer.
* Not Intervals:: Why text properties do not use
Lisp-visible text intervals.
+Non-ASCII Characters
+
+* Text Representations:: Unibyte and multibyte representations
+* Converting Representations:: Converting unibyte to multibyte and vice versa.
+* Selecting a Representation:: Treating a byte sequence as unibyte or multi.
+* Character Codes:: How unibyte and multibyte relate to
+ codes of individual characters.
+* Character Sets:: The space of possible characters codes
+ is divided into various character sets.
+* Chars and Bytes:: More information about multibyte encodings.
+* Splitting Characters:: Converting a character to its byte sequence.
+* Scanning Charsets:: Which character sets are used in a buffer?
+* Translation of Characters:: Translation tables are used for conversion.
+* Coding Systems:: Coding systems are conversions for saving files.
+* Input Methods:: Input methods allow users to enter various
+ non-ASCII characters without speciak keyboards.
+* Locales:: Interacting with the POSIX locale.
+
Searching and Matching
* String Search:: Search for an exact match.
Starting Up Emacs
-* Start-up Summary:: Sequence of actions Emacs performs at start-up.
+* Startup Summary:: Sequence of actions Emacs performs at start-up.
* Init File:: Details on reading the init file (@file{.emacs}).
* Terminal-Specific:: How the terminal-specific Lisp file is read.
-* Command Line Arguments:: How command line arguments are processed,
+* Command-Line Arguments:: How command line arguments are processed,
and how you can customize them.
Getting out of Emacs
@include lists.texi
@include sequences.texi
+@include hash.texi
@include symbols.texi
@include eval.texi
@include abbrevs.texi
@include processes.texi
-@include os.texi
@include display.texi
@include calendar.texi
+@include os.texi
@c MOVE to Emacs Manual: include misc-modes.texi
@c REMOVE this: include non-hacker.texi
+@include anti.texi
+@include doclicense.texi
+@include gpl.texi
@include tips.texi
@include internals.texi
@include errors.texi