-*- 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" 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 Development * 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. * 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. * Flex: (flex). A fast scanner generator * Ipc: (ipc). System V interprocess communication facilities * M4: (m4). The GNU m4 macro preprocessor. Editors * nano: (nano). Small and friendly text editor. Utilities * Gzip: (gzip). The gzip command for compressing files. Network Applications * Wget: (wget). The non-interactive network downloader. GNU programming tools * AutoGen: (autogen). The Automated Program Generator Software development * Cpplib: (cppinternals). Cpplib internals. * gcc: (gcc). The GNU Compiler Collection. * g++: (gcc). The GNU C++ compiler. * gcov: (gcc) Gcov. `gcov'--a test coverage program. * gcov-tool: (gcc) Gcov-tool. `gcov-tool'--an offline gcda profile processing program. * gccinstall: (gccinstall). Installing the GNU Compiler Collection. * gccint: (gccint). Internals of the GNU Compiler Collection. * gcov: (gcc) Gcov. `gcov'--a test coverage program. * gcov-tool: (gcc) Gcov-tool. `gcov-tool'--an offline gcda profile processing program. * Automake: (automake-1.10). Making GNU standards-compliant Makefiles. * Cpp: (cpp). The GNU C preprocessor. Programming * DejaGnu: (dejagnu). The GNU testing framework. TeX * LaTeX2e: (latex). LaTeXe help 1.6. * 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. * TeX Directories: (tds). A directory structure for TeX files. General Commands * Cpio: (cpio). A program to manage archives of files. * dc: (dc). Arbitrary precision RPN "Desktop Calculator". * Ed: (ed). The GNU line editor. * Screen: (screen). Full-screen window manager. * sed: (sed). Stream EDitor. * Time: (time). A utility to time the execution of a command * Mtools: (mtools). Mtools: utilities to access DOS disks in Unix.