This is the directory file `dir' a.k.a. `DIR', which contains the
-topmost node of the Info hierarchy. This file is merely made available
-for your hacking pleasure, not official or standard in any way.
-If it doesn't make sense to you, or you don't like it, ignore it.
+ topmost node of the Info hierarchy.
+This particular dir file is merely made available for your hacking
+ pleasure, not official or standard in any way. If it doesn't make sense
+ to you, or you don't like it, ignore it.
+If you have dir entries for Texinfo manuals you'd like to be added here,
+ please send them to karl@gnu.org.
-$Id: dir-example,v 1.3 1998/03/24 18:05:15 law Exp $
+$Id: dir-example,v 1.1.1.3 1998/03/24 18:19:30 law Exp $
\1f
-File: dir Node: Top This is the top of the INFO tree.
+File: dir, Node: Top, This is the top of the INFO tree.
-This node gives a menu of the major topics accessible through Info.
+This is the Info main menu (aka directory node).
+A few useful Info commands:
`q' quits;
`?' lists all Info commands;
`h' starts the Info tutorial;
`mTexinfo RET' visits the Texinfo manual, etc.
+Not all of the topics shown below may be available on this system.
+
* Menu:
GNU packages
-* Bash: (bash). Bourne again shell.
-* Cpio: (cpio). Cpio archiver.
-* DC: (dc). Postfix arbitrary expression calculator.
+* Bash: (bash). Bourne-Again SHell.
+* Cpio: (cpio). Copy-in-copy-out archiver.
+* DC: (dc). Postfix desk calculator.
* Diff: (diff). Comparing and merging programs.
* Ed: (ed). Line editor.
* Emacs: (emacs). Extensible self-documenting text editor.
-* File utilities: (fileutils). GNU file utilities.
+* File utilities: (fileutils). GNU file utilities.
* Finding files: (find). Operating on files matching certain criteria.
* Font utilities: (fontu). Programs for font manipulation.
-* Gawk: (gawk.info). A text scanning and processing language.
+* Gawk: (gawk.info). A text scanning and processing language.
+* Gcal: (gcal). GNU calendar program.
* Gzip: (gzip). General (de)compression.
* Identifier DB: (id-utils). Identifier database utilities.
* Ispell: (ispell). Interactive spelling corrector.
* Make: (make). Remake files automatically.
* Ptx: (ptx). Permuted index generator.
* Shar: (sharutils). Shell archiver, uudecode/uuencode.
-* Shell utilities: (sh-utils). GNU shell utilities.
+* Shell utilities: (sh-utils). GNU shell utilities.
* tar: (tar). Making tape (or disk) archives.
-* Text utilities: (textutils). GNU text utilities.
+* Text utilities: (textutils). GNU text utilities.
* Time: (time). Measuring program resource usage.
* UUCP: (uucp). Copying between machines, offline.
* Wdiff: (wdiff). Word-by-word comparison.
-* Wget: (wget). URL download.
+* Wget: (wget). URL download.
GNU programming tools
* As: (as). Assembler.
* Ld: (ld). Linker.
Texinfo documentation system
-* Info: (info). Documentation browsing system.
-* Texinfo: (texinfo). The GNU documentation format.
+* Info: (info). Documentation browsing system.
+* Texinfo: (texinfo). The GNU documentation format.
* info program: (info-stnd). Standalone Info-reading program.
* install-info: (texinfo)Invoking install-info. Updating info/dir entries.
-* texi2dvi: (texinfo)Format with texi2dvi. Printing Texinfo documentation.
-* texindex: (texinfo)Format with tex/texindex. Sorting Texinfo index files.
-* makeinfo: (texinfo)makeinfo preferred. Translate Texinfo source.
+* texi2dvi: (texinfo)Format with texi2dvi. Printing Texinfo documentation.
+* texindex: (texinfo)Format with tex/texindex. Sorting Texinfo index files.
+* makeinfo: (texinfo)makeinfo preferred. Translate Texinfo source.
GNU Emacs Lisp
* Elisp: (elisp). GNU Emacs Lisp reference manual.
* Intro Elisp: (emacs-lisp-intro). Introduction to Elisp programming.
+* AUC TeX: (auctex). Editing (La)TeX files.
* Calc: (calc). Calculator and more.
-* CC-mode: (ccmode). Editing C, C++, and Objective C.
+* CC mode: (cc-mode). Editing C, C++, Objective C, and Java.
* Common Lisp: (cl). Partial Common Lisp support for Emacs Lisp.
* Dired-x: (dired-x). Extra directory editor features.
* Edebug: (edebug). Source-level debugger for Emacs Lisp.
* Stabs: (stabs). Symbol table debugging information format.
* Standards: (standards). GNU coding standards.
-DOS
-* Demacs: (demacs). GNU Emacs for DOS.
-* GNUish: (gnuish). GNU utilities for DOS.
+Linux
+* dosemu: (dosemu). Linux DOS emulator.
+* gpm: (gpm). Linux general purpose mouse interface.
+* linux-faq: (linux-faq). The Linux FAQ List
TeX things
* Afm2tfm: (dvips)Invoking afm2tfm. Making Type 1 fonts available to TeX.
* TeXDraw: (texdraw). Drawing PostScript diagrams within TeX.
* Web2c: (web2c). TeX, Metafont, and their companion programs.
+DOS
+* Demacs: (demacs). GNU Emacs for DOS.
+* GNUish: (gnuish). GNU utilities for DOS.
+
Other things
* Amd: (amdref). Filesystem automounter.
* CMUCL: (cmu-user). CMU Common Lisp.
* File headers: (filehdr). Bibliographic information for computer files.
* GCP: (gcp). Game club protocol.
+* GIMP: (pdb). The GIMP procedural database.
* HTML: (snafu). Hypertext Markup Language 2.0 specification.
* Jargon: (jargon). The jargon file.
+* JED: (jed). JED editor documentation.
+* octave: (octave). Octave - A language for numerical computation.
* Perl: (perl). Practical extraction and report language.
* PRCS: (prcs). Project revision control system.
* Screen: (screen). Virtual screen manager.
* UMB C.S. Dept.: (csinfo). UMass/Boston Computer Science Dept. info.
Individual utilities
-* aclocal: (automake)Invoking aclocal. Generating aclocal.m4.
+* aclocal: (automake)Invoking aclocal. Generating aclocal.m4.
* aid: (id-utils)aid invocation. Matching strings.
* ar: (binutils)ar. Create/modify/extract archives.
* at-pr: (gnats)at-pr. Bug report timely reminders.
-* automake: (automake). Making Makefile.in's.
+* automake: (automake). Making Makefile.in's.
* autoreconf: (autoconf)Invoking autoreconf. Remake multiple configure's.
* autoscan: (autoconf)Invoking autoscan. Automate initial configure.in.
* awk: (gawk)Invoking gawk. Text processing and scanning.
-* basename: (sh-utils)basename invocation. Strip directory and suffix.
+* basename: (sh-utils)basename invocation. Strip directory and suffix.
* bibtex: (web2c)BibTeX invocation. Maintaining bibliographies.
* c++filt: (binutils)c++filt. Demangle C++ symbols.
-* cat: (textutils)cat invocation. Concatenate and write files.
-* chgrp: (fileutils)chgrp invocation. Change file groups.
-* chmod: (fileutils)chmod invocation. Change file permissions.
-* chown: (fileutils)chown invocation. Change file owners/groups.
-* chroot: (sh-utils)chroot invocation. Specify the root directory.
-* cksum: (textutils)cksum invocation. Print POSIX CRC checksum.
+* cat: (textutils)cat invocation. Concatenate and write files.
+* chgrp: (fileutils)chgrp invocation. Change file groups.
+* chmod: (fileutils)chmod invocation. Change file permissions.
+* chown: (fileutils)chown invocation. Change file owners/groups.
+* chroot: (sh-utils)chroot invocation. Specify the root directory.
+* cksum: (textutils)cksum invocation. Print POSIX CRC checksum.
* cmp: (diff)Invoking cmp. Character-by-character diff.
-* comm: (textutils)comm invocation. Compare sorted files by line.
-* cp: (fileutils)cp invocation. Copy files.
-* csplit: (textutils)csplit invocation. Split by context.
-* cut: (textutils)cut invocation. Print selected parts of lines.
-* date: (sh-utils)date invocation. Print/set system date and time.
-* dd: (fileutils)dd invocation. Copy and convert a file.
-* df: (fileutils)df invocation. Report filesystem disk usage.
+* comm: (textutils)comm invocation. Compare sorted files by line.
+* cp: (fileutils)cp invocation. Copy files.
+* csplit: (textutils)csplit invocation. Split by context.
+* cut: (textutils)cut invocation. Print selected parts of lines.
+* date: (sh-utils)date invocation. Print/set system date and time.
+* dd: (fileutils)dd invocation. Copy and convert a file.
+* df: (fileutils)df invocation. Report filesystem disk usage.
* diff3: (diff)Invoking diff3. Three-way diff.
-* dir: (fileutils)dir invocation. List directories briefly.
-* dircolors: (fileutils)dircolors invocation. Color setup for ls.
-* dirname: (sh-utils)dirname invocation. Strip non-directory suffix.
+* dir: (fileutils)dir invocation. List directories briefly.
+* dircolors: (fileutils)dircolors invocation. Color setup for ls.
+* dirname: (sh-utils)dirname invocation. Strip non-directory suffix.
* dmp: (web2c)Dmp invocation. Troff->MPX (MetaPost pictures).
-* du: (fileutils)du invocation. Report on disk usage.
+* du: (fileutils)du invocation. Report on disk usage.
* dvicopy: (web2c)DVIcopy invocation. Virtual font expansion
* dvitomp: (web2c)DVItoMP invocation. DVI to MPX (MetaPost pictures).
* dvitype: (web2c)DVItype invocation. DVI to human-readable text.
-* echo: (sh-utils)echo invocation. Print a line of text.
+* echo: (sh-utils)echo invocation. Print a line of text.
* edit-pr: (gnats)Invoking edit-pr. Changing bugs.
* eid: (id-utils)eid invocation. Invoking an editor on matches.
* emacsclient: (emacs)Emacs Server. Connecting to a running Emacs.
* emacsserver: (emacs)Emacs Server. Connecting to a running Emacs.
-* env: (sh-utils)env invocation. Modify the environment.
+* env: (sh-utils)env invocation. Modify the environment.
* etags: (emacs)Create Tags Table. Creating a TAGS table.
-* expand: (textutils)expand invocation. Convert tabs to spaces.
-* expr: (sh-utils)expr invocation. Evaluate expressions.
-* factor: (sh-utils)factor invocation. Print prime factors
-* false: (sh-utils)false invocation. Do nothing, unsuccessfully.
+* expand: (textutils)expand invocation. Convert tabs to spaces.
+* expr: (sh-utils)expr invocation. Evaluate expressions.
+* factor: (sh-utils)factor invocation. Print prime factors
+* false: (sh-utils)false invocation. Do nothing, unsuccessfully.
* fid: (id-utils)fid invocation. Listing a file's identifiers.
* file-pr: (gnats)file-pr. Processing incoming traffic.
* find: (find)Invoking find. Finding and acting on files.
-* fmt: (textutils)fmt invocation. Reformat paragraph text.
-* fold: (textutils)fold invocation. Wrap long input lines.
+* fmt: (textutils)fmt invocation. Reformat paragraph text.
+* fold: (textutils)fold invocation. Wrap long input lines.
* g++: (gcc)Invoking G++. The GNU C++ compiler.
+* gcal2txt: (gcal)Invoking gcal2txt. Calendar resource to text file.
* gettextize: (gettext)gettextize Invocation. Prepare a package for gettext.
* gftodvi: (web2c)GFtoDVI invocation. Generic font proofsheets.
* gftopk: (web2c)GFtoPK invocation. Generic to packed fonts.
* gftype: (web2c)GFtype invocation. GF to human-readable text.
* gid: (id-utils)gid invocation. Listing all matching lines.
-* groups: (sh-utils)groups invocation. Print group names a user is in.
+* git: (git). GNU interactive tools.
+* groups: (sh-utils)groups invocation. Print group names a user is in.
* gunzip: (gzip)Overview. Decompression.
-* head: (textutils)head invocation. Output the first part of files.
-* hostname: (sh-utils)hostname invocation. Print or set system name.
-* id: (sh-utils)id invocation. Print real/effective uid/gid.
+* head: (textutils)head invocation. Output the first part of files.
+* hostname: (sh-utils)hostname invocation. Print or set system name.
+* id: (sh-utils)id invocation. Print real/effective uid/gid.
* idx: (id-utils)idx invocation. Testing mkid scanners.
* ifnames: (autoconf)Invoking ifnames. List conditionals in source.
* iid: (id-utils)iid invocation. Interactive complex queries.
* inimf: (web2c)inimf invocation. Initial Metafont.
* inimp: (web2c)inimp invocation. Initial MetaPost.
* initex: (web2c)initex invocation. Initial TeX.
-* install: (fileutils)install invocation. Copy and change attributes.
-* join: (textutils)join invocation. Join lines on a common field.
+* install: (fileutils)install invocation. Copy and change attributes.
+* join: (textutils)join invocation. Join lines on a common field.
* kpsewhich: (kpathsea)Invoking kpsewhich. TeX file searching.
* lid: (id-utils)lid invocation. Matching identifier patterns.
-* ln: (fileutils)ln invocation. Make links between files.
+* ln: (fileutils)ln invocation. Make links between files.
* locate: (find)Invoking locate. Finding files in a database.
-* logname: (sh-utils)logname invocation. Print current login name.
-* ls: (fileutils)ls invocation. List directory contents.
+* logname: (sh-utils)logname invocation. Print current login name.
+* ls: (fileutils)ls invocation. List directory contents.
* makempx: (web2c)MakeMPX invocation. MetaPost label typesetting.
* maketexmf: (kpathsea)MakeTeX scripts. MF source generation.
* maketexpk: (kpathsea)MakeTeX scripts. PK bitmap generation.
* maketextex: (kpathsea)MakeTeX scripts. TeX source generation.
* maketextfm: (kpathsea)MakeTeX scripts. TeX font metric generation.
-* md5sum: (textutils)md5sum invocation. Print or check message-digests.
+* md5sum: (textutils)md5sum invocation. Print or check message-digests.
* mf: (web2c)mf invocation. Creating typeface families.
* mft: (web2c)MFT invocation. Prettyprinting Metafont source.
-* mkdir: (fileutils)mkdir invocation. Create directories.
-* mkfifo: (fileutils)mkfifo invocation. Create FIFOs: (named pipes).
+* mkdir: (fileutils)mkdir invocation. Create directories.
+* mkfifo: (fileutils)mkfifo invocation. Create FIFOs: (named pipes).
* mkid: (id-utils)mkid invocation. Creating an ID database.
-* mknod: (fileutils)mknod invocation. Create special files.
+* mknod: (fileutils)mknod invocation. Create special files.
* mp: (web2c)mp invocation. Creating technical diagrams.
* mpto: (web2c)MPto invocation. MetaPost label extraction.
* msgfmt: (gettext)msgfmt Invocation. Make MO files out of PO files.
* msgmerge: (gettext)msgmerge Invocation. Update two PO files into one.
-* mv: (fileutils)mv invocation. Rename files.
+* mv: (fileutils)mv invocation. Rename files.
* newer: (web2c)Newer invocation. Compare modification times.
-* nice: (sh-utils)nice invocation. Modify scheduling priority.
-* nl: (textutils)nl invocation. Number lines and write files.
+* nice: (sh-utils)nice invocation. Modify scheduling priority.
+* nl: (textutils)nl invocation. Number lines and write files.
* nlmconv: (binutils)nlmconv. Convert object to NetWare LM.
* nm: (binutils)nm. List symbols in object files.
-* nohup: (sh-utils)nohup invocation. Immunize to hangups.
+* nohup: (sh-utils)nohup invocation. Immunize to hangups.
* objcopy: (binutils)objcopy. Copy/translate object files.
* objdump: (binutils)objdump. Display info from object files.
-* od: (textutils)od invocation. Dump files in octal, etc.
-* paste: (textutils)paste invocation. Merge lines of files.
+* od: (textutils)od invocation. Dump files in octal, etc.
+* paste: (textutils)paste invocation. Merge lines of files.
* patch: (diff)Invoking patch. Automatically applying diffs.
* patgen: (web2c)Patgen invocation. Creating hyphenation patterns.
-* pathchk: (sh-utils)pathchk invocation. Check file name portability.
+* pathchk: (sh-utils)pathchk invocation. Check file name portability.
* pid: (id-utils)pid invocation. Looking up filenames.
* pktogf: (web2c)PKtoGF invocation. Packed to generic fonts.
* pktype: (web2c)PKtype invocation. PK to human-readable text.
* pooltype: (web2c)Pooltype invocation. Display WEB pool files.
* pr-addr: (gnats)pr-addr. Bug report address retrieval.
* pr-edit: (gnats)pr-edit. The edit-pr driver.
-* pr: (textutils)pr invocation. Paginate or columnate files.
-* printenv: (sh-utils)printenv invocation. Print environment variables.
-* printf: (sh-utils)printf invocation. Format and print data.
-* pwd: (sh-utils)pwd invocation. Print working directory.
+* pr: (textutils)pr invocation. Paginate or columnate files.
+* printenv: (sh-utils)printenv invocation. Print environment variables.
+* printf: (sh-utils)printf invocation. Format and print data.
+* pwd: (sh-utils)pwd invocation. Print working directory.
* query-pr: (gnats)Invoking query-pr. Bug searching/reporting.
* queue-pr: (gnats)queue-pr. Handling incoming traffic.
* ranlib: (binutils)ranlib. Index archive file contents.
-* rm: (fileutils)rm invocation. Remove files.
-* rmdir: (fileutils)rmdir invocation. Remove empty directories.
+* rm: (fileutils)rm invocation. Remove files.
+* rmdir: (fileutils)rmdir invocation. Remove empty directories.
* sdiff: (diff)Invoking sdiff. Interactively merge files.
* send-pr: (gnats)Invoking send-pr. Submitting bugs.
-* seq: (sh-utils)seq invocation. Print numeric sequences
+* seq: (sh-utils)seq invocation. Print numeric sequences
* shar: (sharutils)shar invocation. Create shell archive.
* size: (binutils)size. List object file section sizes.
-* sleep: (sh-utils)sleep invocation. Delay for a specified time.
-* sort: (textutils)sort invocation. Sort text files.
-* split: (textutils)split invocation. Split into fixed-size pieces.
+* sleep: (sh-utils)sleep invocation. Delay for a specified time.
+* sort: (textutils)sort invocation. Sort text files.
+* split: (textutils)split invocation. Split into fixed-size pieces.
* strings: (binutils)strings. List printable strings.
* strip: (binutils)strip. Discard symbols.
-* stty: (sh-utils)stty invocation. Print/change terminal settings.
-* su: (sh-utils)su invocation. Modify user and group id.
-* sum: (textutils)sum invocation. Print traditional checksum.
-* sync: (fileutils)sync invocation. Synchronize memory and disk.
+* stty: (sh-utils)stty invocation. Print/change terminal settings.
+* su: (sh-utils)su invocation. Modify user and group id.
+* sum: (textutils)sum invocation. Print traditional checksum.
+* sync: (fileutils)sync invocation. Synchronize memory and disk.
* tabs: (tput)Invoking tabs. Tab settings.
-* tac: (textutils)tac invocation. Reverse files.
-* tail: (textutils)tail invocation. Output the last part of files.
+* tac: (textutils)tac invocation. Reverse files.
+* tail: (textutils)tail invocation. Output the last part of files.
* tangle: (web2c)Tangle invocation. WEB to Pascal.
-* tee: (sh-utils)tee invocation. Redirect to multiple files.
-* test: (sh-utils)test invocation. File/string tests.
+* tcal: (gcal)Invoking tcal. Run Gcal with tomorrow's date.
+* tee: (sh-utils)tee invocation. Redirect to multiple files.
+* test: (sh-utils)test invocation. File/string tests.
* tex: (web2c)tex invocation. Typesetting.
* tftopl: (web2c)TFtoPL invocation. TFM -> property list.
-* touch: (fileutils)touch invocation. Change file timestamps.
+* touch: (fileutils)touch invocation. Change file timestamps.
* tput: (tput)Invoking tput. Termcap in shell scripts.
-* tr: (textutils)tr invocation. Translate characters.
-* true: (sh-utils)true invocation. Do nothing, successfully.
-* tty: (sh-utils)tty invocation. Print terminal name.
-* uname: (sh-utils)uname invocation. Print system information.
-* unexpand: (textutils)unexpand invocation. Convert spaces to tabs.
-* uniq: (textutils)uniq invocation. Uniqify files.
+* tr: (textutils)tr invocation. Translate characters.
+* true: (sh-utils)true invocation. Do nothing, successfully.
+* tty: (sh-utils)tty invocation. Print terminal name.
+* txt2gcal: (gcal)Invoking txt2gcal. Calendar text to resource file.
+* uname: (sh-utils)uname invocation. Print system information.
+* unexpand: (textutils)unexpand invocation. Convert spaces to tabs.
+* uniq: (textutils)uniq invocation. Uniqify files.
* unshar: (sharutils)unshar invocation. Extract from shell archive.
* updatedb: (find)Invoking updatedb. Building the locate database.
-* users: (sh-utils)users invocation. Print current user names.
-* vdir: (fileutils)vdir invocation. List directories verbosely.
+* users: (sh-utils)users invocation. Print current user names.
+* vdir: (fileutils)vdir invocation. List directories verbosely.
* vftovp: (web2c)VFtoVP invocation. Virtual font -> virtual pl.
* view-pr: (gnats)Invoking view-pr. Showing bug reports.
* virmf: (web2c)virmf invocation. Virgin Metafont.
* virmp: (web2c)virmp invocation. Virgin MetaPost.
* virtex: (web2c)virtex invocation. Virgin TeX.
* vptovf: (web2c)VPtoVF invocation. Virtual pl -> virtual font.
-* wc: (textutils)wc invocation. Byte, word, and line counts.
+* wc: (textutils)wc invocation. Byte, word, and line counts.
* weave: (web2c)Weave invocation. WEB to TeX.
-* who: (sh-utils)who invocation. Print who is logged in.
-* whoami: (sh-utils)whoami invocation. Print effective user id.
+* who: (sh-utils)who invocation. Print who is logged in.
+* whoami: (sh-utils)whoami invocation. Print effective user id.
* xargs: (find)Invoking xargs. Operating on many files.
* xgettext: (gettext)xgettext Invocation. Extract strings into a PO file.
-* yes: (sh-utils)yes invocation. Print a string indefinitely.
+* yes: (sh-utils)yes invocation. Print a string indefinitely.
* zcat: (gzip)Overview. Decompression to stdout.
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