-*- 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 "q" exits, "?" lists all Info commands, "d" returns here, "mCoreutils<Return>" visits Coreutils topic, etc. Or click mouse button 2 on a menu item or cross reference to select it. --- PLEASE ADD DOCUMENTATION TO THIS TREE. (See INFO topic first.) --- In Ubuntu, Info `dir' entries are added with the command `install-info'. Please refer to install-info(8) for usage details. * Menu: The list of major topics begins on the next line. Basics * Coreutils: (coreutils). Core GNU (file, text, shell) utilities. * Common options: (coreutils)Common options. Common options. * File permissions: (coreutils)File permissions. Access modes. * Date input formats: (coreutils)Date input formats. * Finding files: (find). Operating on files matching certain criteria. Miscellaneous: * Rluserman: (rluserman). GNU Readline Library API * Tasks: (tasks). The GNU Task List. Utilities * Enscript: (enscript). GNU Enscript * Gzip: (gzip). The gzip command for compressing files. Development * Com_err: (com_err). A Common Error Description Library for UNIX. * Flex: (flex). A fast scanner generator * Gdb: (gdb). The GNU debugger. * Gdb-Internals: (gdbint). The GNU debugger's internals. * gettext: (gettext). GNU gettext utilities. * autopoint: (gettext)autopoint Invocation. Copy gettext infrastructure. * envsubst: (gettext)envsubst Invocation. Expand environment variables. * gettextize: (gettext)gettextize Invocation. Prepare a package for gettext. * Gperf: (gperf). Perfect Hash Function Generator. * M4: (m4). The GNU m4 macro preprocessor. * msgattrib: (gettext)msgattrib Invocation. Select part of a PO file. * msgcat: (gettext)msgcat Invocation. Combine several PO files. * msgcmp: (gettext)msgcmp Invocation. Compare a PO file and template. * msgcomm: (gettext)msgcomm Invocation. Match two PO files. * msgconv: (gettext)msgconv Invocation. Convert PO file to encoding. * msgen: (gettext)msgen Invocation. Create an English PO file. * msgexec: (gettext)msgexec Invocation. Process a PO file. * msgfilter: (gettext)msgfilter Invocation. Pipe a PO file through a filter. * msgfmt: (gettext)msgfmt Invocation. Make MO files out of PO files. * msggrep: (gettext)msggrep Invocation. Select part of a PO file. * msginit: (gettext)msginit Invocation. Create a fresh PO file. * msgmerge: (gettext)msgmerge Invocation. Update a PO file from template. * msgunfmt: (gettext)msgunfmt Invocation. Uncompile MO file into PO file. * msguniq: (gettext)msguniq Invocation. Unify duplicates for PO file. * ngettext: (gettext)ngettext Invocation. Translate a message with plural. * xgettext: (gettext)xgettext Invocation. Extract strings into a PO file. * ISO639: (gettext)Language Codes. ISO 639 language codes. * ISO3166: (gettext)Country Codes. ISO 3166 country codes. * CVS: (cvs). Concurrent Versions System * CVS client/server: (cvsclient). Describes the client/server protocol used by CVS. * Ipc: (ipc). System V interprocess communication facilities Disk Management * Fdutils: (fdutils). Linux floppy utilities Editors * nano: (nano). Small and friendly text editor. SoundINFO-DIR-SECTION Development * Festival: (festival). Speech synthesis system. Information: * Debian menu: (menu). The Debian menu system GNU Utilities * gpg2: (gnupg2). OpenPGP encryption and signing tool. * gpgsm: (gnupg2). S/MIME encryption and signing tool. * dirmngr: (dirmngr). X.509 CRL and OCSP server. * dirmngr-client: (dirmngr). X.509 CRL and OCSP client. GNU Packages * Ocrad: (ocrad). The GNU OCR program. TeX * Web2c: (web2c). TeX, Metafont, and companion programs. * bibtex: (web2c)bibtex invocation. Maintaining bibliographies. * dmp: (web2c)dmp invocation. Troff->MPX (MetaPost pictures). * 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. * gftodvi: (web2c)gftodvi invocation. Generic font proofsheets. * gftopk: (web2c)gftopk invocation. Generic to packed fonts. * gftype: (web2c)gftype invocation. GF to human-readable text. * makempx: (web2c)makempx invocation. MetaPost label typesetting. * mf: (web2c)mf invocation. Creating typeface families. * mft: (web2c)mft invocation. Prettyprinting Metafont source. * mltex: (web2c)MLTeX. Multi-lingual TeX. * mpost: (web2c)mpost invocation. Creating technical diagrams. * mpto: (web2c)mpto invocation. MetaPost label extraction. * newer: (web2c)newer invocation. Compare modification times. * patgen: (web2c)patgen invocation. Creating hyphenation patterns. * pktogf: (web2c)pktogf invocation. Packed to generic fonts. * pktype: (web2c)pktype invocation. PK to human-readable text. * pltotf: (web2c)pltotf invocation. Property list to TFM. * pooltype: (web2c)pooltype invocation. Display WEB pool files. * tangle: (web2c)tangle invocation. WEB to Pascal. * tex: (web2c)tex invocation. Typesetting. * tftopl: (web2c)tftopl invocation. TFM -> property list. * vftovp: (web2c)vftovp invocation. Virtual font -> virtual pl. * vptovf: (web2c)vptovf invocation. Virtual pl -> virtual font. * weave: (web2c)weave invocation. WEB to TeX. * Kpathsea: (kpathsea). File lookup along search paths. * kpsewhich: (kpathsea)Invoking kpsewhich. TeX file searching. * mktexmf: (kpathsea)mktex scripts. MF source generation. * mktexpk: (kpathsea)mktex scripts. PK bitmap generation. * mktextex: (kpathsea)mktex scripts. TeX source generation. * mktextfm: (kpathsea)mktex scripts. TeX font metric generation. * mktexlsr: (kpathsea)Filename database. Update ls-R. * DVI-to-Postscript: (dvips). Translating TeX DVI files to PostScript. * afm2tfm: (dvips)Invoking afm2tfm. Making Type 1 fonts available to TeX. * dvips: (dvips)Invoking Dvips. DVI-to-PostScript translator. * LaTeX2e: (latex). LaTeXe help 1.6. * TeX Directories: (tds). A directory structure for TeX files. Video CD Tools * VCDImager: (vcdimager). GNU Video CD imaging utilities * vcdimager: (vcdimager)vcdimager. Video CD simple formatter * vcd-info: (vcdimager)vcd-info. Video CD diagnostic tool * cdxa2mpeg: (vcdimager)cdxa2mpeg. Strip RIFF/CD-XA container * vcdxminfo: (vcdimager)vcdxminfo. Display MPEG stream properties * vcdxgen: (vcdimager)vcdxgen. Video CD XML template generator * vcdxbuild: (vcdimager)vcdxbuild. Video CD XML formatter * vcd-info: (vcd-info). Video CD Information tool * vcdxrip: (vcdxrip). Video CD Ripping tool Programming & development tools. * DDD: (ddd). The Data Display Debugger. * DDD-Themes: (ddd-themes). Writing DDD Themes. * DejaGnu: (dejagnu). The GNU testing framework. Emacs 22 * Ada mode (emacs22): (emacs22/ada-mode). Emacs mode for editing and compiling Ada code. * Autotype (emacs22): (emacs22/autotype). Convenient features for text that you enter frequently in Emacs. * Calc (emacs22): (emacs22/calc). Advanced desk calculator and mathematical tool. * CC Mode (emacs22): (emacs22/ccmode). Emacs mode for editing C, C++, Objective-C, Java, Pike, AWK, and CORBA IDL code. * CL (emacs22): (emacs22/cl). Partial Common Lisp support for Emacs Lisp. * Dired-X (emacs22): (emacs22/dired-x). Dired Extra Features. * Ebrowse (emacs22): (emacs22/ebrowse). A C++ class browser for Emacs. * Ediff (emacs22): (emacs22/ediff). A visual interface for comparing and merging programs. * Elisp (emacs22): (emacs22/elisp). The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual. * Emacs (emacs22): (emacs22/emacs). The extensible self-documenting text editor. * Emacs FAQ (emacs22): (emacs22/efaq). Frequently Asked Questions about Emacs. * Emacs Lisp Intro (emacs22): (emacs22/eintr). A simple introduction to Emacs Lisp programming. * Emacs MIME (emacs22): (emacs22/emacs-mime). Emacs MIME de/composition library. * Emacs-Goodies-el: (emacs-goodies-el). Miscellaneous add-ons for Emacs * ERC (emacs22): (emacs22/erc). Powerful, modular, and extensible IRC client for Emacs. * Eshell (emacs22): (emacs22/eshell). A command shell implemented in Emacs Lisp. * EUDC (emacs22): (emacs22/eudc). An Emacs client for directory servers (LDAP, PH). * Flymake (emacs22): (emacs22/flymake). A universal on-the-fly syntax checker. * Forms (emacs22): (emacs22/forms). Emacs package for editing data bases by filling in forms. * Gnus (emacs22): (emacs22/gnus). The newsreader Gnus. * IDLWAVE (emacs22): (emacs22/idlwave). Major mode and shell for IDL files. * Info (emacs22): (emacs22/info). How to use the documentation browsing system. * Message (emacs22): (emacs22/message). Mail and news composition mode that goes with Gnus. * MH-E (emacs22): (emacs22/mh-e). Emacs interface to the MH mail system. * Newsticker (emacs22): (emacs22/newsticker). A Newsticker for Emacs. * Org Mode (emacs22): (emacs22/org). Outline-based notes management and organizer * PCL-CVS (emacs22): (emacs22/pcl-cvs). Emacs front-end to CVS. * PGG (emacs22): (emacs22/pgg). Emacs interface to various PGP implementations. * Rcirc (emacs22): (emacs22/rcirc). Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client. * RefTeX (emacs22): (emacs22/reftex). Emacs support for LaTeX cross-references and citations. * SC (emacs22): (emacs22/sc). Supercite lets you cite parts of messages you're replying to, in flexible ways. * SES (emacs22): (emacs22/ses). Simple Emacs Spreadsheet * Sieve (emacs22): (emacs22/sieve). Managing Sieve scripts in Emacs. * SMTP (emacs22): (emacs22/smtpmail). Emacs library for sending mail via SMTP. * Speedbar (emacs22): (emacs22/speedbar). File/Tag summarizing utility. * TRAMP (emacs22): (emacs22/tramp). Transparent Remote Access, Multiple Protocol GNU Emacs remote file access via rsh and rcp. * URL (emacs22): (emacs22/url). URL loading package. * VIP (emacs22): (emacs22/vip). An older VI-emulation for Emacs. * VIPER (emacs22): (emacs22/viper). The newest Emacs VI-emulation mode. (also, A VI Plan for Emacs Rescue or the VI PERil.) * Widget (emacs22): (emacs22/widget). The "widget" package used by the Emacs Customization facility. * WoMan (emacs22): (emacs22/woman). Browse UN*X Manual Pages "W.O. (without) Man". Viewers * gv: (gv). The GNU PostScript and PDF viewer. Libraries * AA-lib: (aalib). An ASCII-art graphics library GNU programming tools * AutoGen: (autogen). The Automated Program Generator Network Applications * Wget: (wget). The non-interactive network downloader. Software development * Cpplib: (cppinternals). Cpplib internals. * gcc: (gcc). The GNU Compiler Collection. * g++: (gcc). The GNU C++ compiler. * Cpp: (cpp). The GNU C preprocessor. * gccinstall: (gccinstall). Installing the GNU Compiler Collection. General Commands * Cpio: (cpio). A program to manage archives of files. * dc: (dc). Arbitrary precision RPN "Desktop Calculator". * Ed: (ed). The GNU line editor. * Recode: (recode). Character set conversion utility. * Screen: (screen). Full-screen window manager. * sed: (sed). Stream EDitor. * Shar utilities: (sharutils). Shell archiver, uuencode/uudecode. * Time: (time). A utility to time the execution of a command * Maplev: (maplev). MapleV, a GNU Emacs major mode for developing code for Maple V, a computer algebra system (CAS) produced by Waterloo Maple Inc. * wdiff: (wdiff). Word difference finder.