salsbury@acsu.buffalo.edu (The Caterpillar Cannot Understand The Butterfly) (06/21/91)
Archive-name: gnu/emacs/gnu-emacs-manual/1991-06-20 Archive: ab20.larc.nasa.gov:/pub/docs/emacs-18.57.PS.Z [128.155.23.64] Original-posting-by: salsbury@acsu.buffalo.edu (The Caterpillar Cannot Understand The Butterfly) Original-subject: Re: GNU Emacs PostScript Manual. Reposted-by: emv@msen.com (Edward Vielmetti, MSEN) suresh@oakhill.sps.mot.com (Suresh Venkateswaran) writes: > I am searching for the latest GNU Emacs Reference Manual in > PostScript format. The documentation I currently have is dated > October 1986. >-- > Suresh Venkateswaran > CAD Support, AMCU (Circuits) > Motorola Inc., Austin. From the EMACS FAQ file. (Great stuff! :) ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9: How do I find out how to do something in GNU Emacs? There are several methods for finding out how to do things in Emacs. You should become familiar with the online documentation for Emacs. The complete text of the Emacs manual is available online in a hypertext format via the "Info" manual reader. Type "C-h i" to invoke Info. You can order a hardcopy of the manual from the FSF. See question 12. You can get a printed reference card listing commands and keys to invoke them. You can order one from the FSF for $1 (or 10 for $5), or you can print your own from the etc/refcard.tex file in the Emacs distribution. 12: How do I get a printed copy of the GNU Emacs manual? You can order a printed copy of the GNU Emacs manual from the FSF for $20. For 6 or more manuals the price is $13 each. The full TeX source for the manual also comes in the "man" directory of the Emacs distribution, if you're daring enough to try to print out this 300 page manual yourself. If you order it from the FSF, the price may be tax-deductible as a business expense.) If you absolutely have to print your own copy, and you don't have TeX, you can get a PostScript version via anonymous FTP (ab20.larc.nasa.gov:/pub/docs/emacs-18.57.PS.Z, size: 466K, also cs.ubc.ca:/src/gnu/manuals_ps/emacs-18.57.ps.Z, which site requests that you please CONFINE ANY MAJOR FTPING TO LATE EVENINGS OR EARLY MORNINGS OUR TIME (pacific time zone, GMT-8)). If you don't have TeX you can convert the Texinfo sources into {t,n,ps}roff format with the "texi2roff" program, which is available via anonymous FTP (tut.cis.ohio-state.edu:/pub/gnu/texi2roff/texi2roff.shar.Z) Carl Witty <cwitty@cs.stanford.edu> writes: The Emacs manual is also available online in the Info system, which is available by typing "C-h i". In this form, it has hypertext links and is very easy to browse or search; many people prefer it to the printed manual. -Pat -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick G. Salsbury V291NHTP@UBVMS (Bitnet) State University of NY @ Buffalo, USA SALSBURY@ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU Disclaimers are silly. ;^) -- comp.archives file verification ab20.larc.nasa.gov -rw-rw-r-- 1 tadguy 466029 Feb 13 16:34 /pub/docs/emacs-18.57.PS.Z found gnu-emacs-manual ok ab20.larc.nasa.gov:/pub/docs/emacs-18.57.PS.Z