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- -*- Text -*-
- This is the file .../info/dir, which contains the topmost node of the
- Info hierarchy. The first time you invoke Info you start off
- looking at that node, which is (dir)Top.
- File: dir Node: Top This is the top of the INFO tree
- This (the Directory node) gives a menu of major topics. Typing "d"
- returns here, "q" exits, "?" lists all INFO commands, "h" gives a
- primer for first-timers, "mTexinfo<Return>" visits Texinfo topic, etc.
- --- PLEASE ADD DOCUMENTATION TO THIS TREE. (See INFO topic first.) ---
- * Menu: The list of major topics begins on the next line.
-
- Developing in C and C++:
- ========================
- * GCC: (gcc). Information about the gcc Compiler
- * CPP: (cpp). The C Preprozessor
- * Make: (make). The GNU make Utility
- * GDB: (gdb). The GNU Debugger
-
- Libraries and program generators:
- =================================
- * glibc: (libc). The standard C runtime library.
- * iostream: (iostream). The GNU C++ iostream library.
- * Libg++: (libg++). The G++ Library
- * gmp: (gmp). GNU MP arbitrary precision arithmetic library.
- * Regex: (regex). The GNU regular expression library.
- * Termcap: (termcap). The termcap library, which enables application programs
- to handle all types of character-display terminals.
- * Gperf: (gperf). Hash Gererator
- * Bison: (bison). bison, and not yacc
- * Flex: (flex). Fast lexical analyzer
- * ipc: (ipc). System V inter process communication system calls.
- * M4: (m4). GNU `m4' macro processor
-
- Other languages:
- ================
- * mst: (mst). The GNU Smalltalk programming language.
- * GAWK: (gawk). The GNU version of awk
- * Emacs Lisp: (elisp). The language of emacs.
- * CL: (cl). Partial Common Lisp support for Emacs Lisp.
-
- Using Emacs & Co.
- =================
- * Emacs: (emacs). The extensible self-documenting text editor.
- * Info: (info). Browsing documentation with emacs.
- * ispell: (ispell). Spelling checker.
- * VIP: (vip). A VI-emulation for emacs.
- * GNUS: (gnus). The GNUS News Reader.
- * SC: (sc). Supercite lets you cite parts of messages you're
- replying to, in hairy ways.
- * Forms: (forms). Emacs package for editing data bases
- by filling in forms.
-
- TeXinfo documentation
- =====================
- * info: (info-stnd). Standalone documentation browser.
- * Texinfo: (texi). With one source file, make either a printed manual
- (through TeX) or an Info file (through texinfo).
- Full documentation in this menu item.
- * Makeinfo: (makeinfo). Compiling *.texi files to * files
- suitable for reading with info.
-
- The shell:
- ==========
- * Features: (features). Features of the BASH
- * History: (history). History for the BASH
- * Readline: (readline). Readline Documentation
-
- Miscellaneous commands and documents
- ====================================
- * Zsh: (zsh). Z-shell - a powerful command interpreter.
- * Tar: (tar). The GNU replacemant of tar.
- * gzip: (gzip). The GNU zip compression utility.
- * diff: (diff). The GNU diffutils (create patch files, etc.)
- * recode: (recode). The recode command lets you convert character sets.
- * UUCP: (uucp). Unix to Unix Copy, Taylor UUCP 1.05.
- * gdbint: (gdbint). Internals of the GNU debugger
- * stabs: (stabs). The stabs debugging format.
- * bfd: (bfd). Binary file descriptor library.
- * JED: (jed). JED editor documentation.
-
- How to contribute to the GNU project:
- =====================================
- * standards: (standards). Coding advice for programmers
- * Configure: (configure). Information about the configure Utility
- * Cfg-Paper: (cfg-paper). Paper about the configure Utility
-