-*- 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++:
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* 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:
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* 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:
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* 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
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* 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:
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* Features: (features).	Features of the BASH 
* History: (history).	History for the BASH
* Readline: (readline).	Readline Documentation

Miscellaneous commands and documents
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* 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:
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* standards: (standards). Coding advice for programmers
* Configure: (configure). Information about the configure Utility
* Cfg-Paper: (cfg-paper). Paper about the configure Utility