1 -*- Text -*- 2 This is the file .../info/dir, which contains the topmost node of 3 the Info hierarchy. The first time you invoke Info you start off 4 looking at that node, which is (dir)Top. 5 6 File: dir Node: Top This is the top of the INFO tree 7 This (the Directory node) gives a menu of major topics. 8 Typing "q" exits, "?" lists all Info commands, "d" returns here, 9 "mCoreutils<Return>" visits Coreutils topic, etc. 10 Or click mouse button 2 on a menu item or cross reference to select 11 it. 12 --- PLEASE ADD DOCUMENTATION TO THIS TREE. (See INFO topic first.) --- 13 14 In Ubuntu, Info `dir' entries are added with the command 15 `install-info'. Please refer to install-info(8) for usage details. 16 17 * Menu: The list of major topics begins on the next line. 18 19 Basics 20 * Coreutils: (coreutils). Core GNU (file, text, shell) 21 utilities. 22 * Common options: (coreutils)Common options. 23 Common options. 24 * File permissions: (coreutils)File permissions. 25 Access modes. 26 * Date input formats: (coreutils)Date input formats. 27 * Finding files: (find). Operating on files matching certain 28 criteria. 29 30 Miscellaneous: 31 * Rluserman: (rluserman). GNU Readline Library API 32 * Tasks: (tasks). The GNU Task List. 33 34 Utilities 35 * Enscript: (enscript). GNU Enscript 36 * Gzip: (gzip). The gzip command for compressing 37 files. 38 39 Development 40 * Com_err: (com_err). A Common Error Description Library for 41 UNIX. 42 * Flex: (flex). A fast scanner generator 43 * Gdb: (gdb). The GNU debugger. 44 * Gdb-Internals: (gdbint). The GNU debugger's internals. 45 * gettext: (gettext). GNU gettext utilities. 46 * autopoint: (gettext)autopoint Invocation. 47 Copy gettext infrastructure. 48 * envsubst: (gettext)envsubst Invocation. 49 Expand environment variables. 50 * gettextize: (gettext)gettextize Invocation. 51 Prepare a package for gettext. 52 * Gperf: (gperf). Perfect Hash Function Generator. 53 * M4: (m4). The GNU m4 macro preprocessor. 54 * msgattrib: (gettext)msgattrib Invocation. 55 Select part of a PO file. 56 * msgcat: (gettext)msgcat Invocation. Combine several PO files. 57 * msgcmp: (gettext)msgcmp Invocation. Compare a PO file and template. 58 * msgcomm: (gettext)msgcomm Invocation. Match two PO files. 59 * msgconv: (gettext)msgconv Invocation. Convert PO file to encoding. 60 * msgen: (gettext)msgen Invocation. Create an English PO file. 61 * msgexec: (gettext)msgexec Invocation. Process a PO file. 62 * msgfilter: (gettext)msgfilter Invocation. 63 Pipe a PO file through a filter. 64 * msgfmt: (gettext)msgfmt Invocation. Make MO files out of PO files. 65 * msggrep: (gettext)msggrep Invocation. Select part of a PO file. 66 * msginit: (gettext)msginit Invocation. Create a fresh PO file. 67 * msgmerge: (gettext)msgmerge Invocation. 68 Update a PO file from template. 69 * msgunfmt: (gettext)msgunfmt Invocation. 70 Uncompile MO file into PO file. 71 * msguniq: (gettext)msguniq Invocation. Unify duplicates for PO file. 72 * ngettext: (gettext)ngettext Invocation. 73 Translate a message with plural. 74 * xgettext: (gettext)xgettext Invocation. 75 Extract strings into a PO file. 76 * ISO639: (gettext)Language Codes. ISO 639 language codes. 77 * ISO3166: (gettext)Country Codes. ISO 3166 country codes. 78 * CVS: (cvs). Concurrent Versions System 79 * CVS client/server: (cvsclient). Describes the client/server protocol 80 used by CVS. 81 * Ipc: (ipc). System V interprocess communication 82 facilities 83 84 Disk Management 85 * Fdutils: (fdutils). Linux floppy utilities 86 87 Editors 88 * nano: (nano). Small and friendly text editor. 89 90 SoundINFO-DIR-SECTION Development 91 * Festival: (festival). Speech synthesis system. 92 93 Information: 94 * Debian menu: (menu). The Debian menu system 95 96 GNU Utilities 97 * gpg2: (gnupg2). OpenPGP encryption and signing tool. 98 * gpgsm: (gnupg2). S/MIME encryption and signing tool. 99 * dirmngr: (dirmngr). X.509 CRL and OCSP server. 100 * dirmngr-client: (dirmngr). X.509 CRL and OCSP client. 101 102 GNU Packages 103 * Ocrad: (ocrad). The GNU OCR program. 104 105 TeX 106 * Web2c: (web2c). TeX, Metafont, and companion programs. 107 * bibtex: (web2c)bibtex invocation. Maintaining bibliographies. 108 * dmp: (web2c)dmp invocation. Troff->MPX (MetaPost pictures). 109 * dvicopy: (web2c)dvicopy invocation. Virtual font expansion 110 * dvitomp: (web2c)dvitomp invocation. DVI to MPX (MetaPost pictures). 111 * dvitype: (web2c)dvitype invocation. DVI to human-readable text. 112 * gftodvi: (web2c)gftodvi invocation. Generic font proofsheets. 113 * gftopk: (web2c)gftopk invocation. Generic to packed fonts. 114 * gftype: (web2c)gftype invocation. GF to human-readable text. 115 * makempx: (web2c)makempx invocation. MetaPost label typesetting. 116 * mf: (web2c)mf invocation. Creating typeface families. 117 * mft: (web2c)mft invocation. Prettyprinting Metafont source. 118 * mltex: (web2c)MLTeX. Multi-lingual TeX. 119 * mpost: (web2c)mpost invocation. Creating technical diagrams. 120 * mpto: (web2c)mpto invocation. MetaPost label extraction. 121 * newer: (web2c)newer invocation. Compare modification times. 122 * patgen: (web2c)patgen invocation. Creating hyphenation patterns. 123 * pktogf: (web2c)pktogf invocation. Packed to generic fonts. 124 * pktype: (web2c)pktype invocation. PK to human-readable text. 125 * pltotf: (web2c)pltotf invocation. Property list to TFM. 126 * pooltype: (web2c)pooltype invocation. Display WEB pool files. 127 * tangle: (web2c)tangle invocation. WEB to Pascal. 128 * tex: (web2c)tex invocation. Typesetting. 129 * tftopl: (web2c)tftopl invocation. TFM -> property list. 130 * vftovp: (web2c)vftovp invocation. Virtual font -> virtual pl. 131 * vptovf: (web2c)vptovf invocation. Virtual pl -> virtual font. 132 * weave: (web2c)weave invocation. WEB to TeX. 133 * Kpathsea: (kpathsea). File lookup along search paths. 134 * kpsewhich: (kpathsea)Invoking kpsewhich. 135 TeX file searching. 136 * mktexmf: (kpathsea)mktex scripts. MF source generation. 137 * mktexpk: (kpathsea)mktex scripts. PK bitmap generation. 138 * mktextex: (kpathsea)mktex scripts. TeX source generation. 139 * mktextfm: (kpathsea)mktex scripts. TeX font metric generation. 140 * mktexlsr: (kpathsea)Filename database. 141 Update ls-R. 142 * DVI-to-Postscript: (dvips). Translating TeX DVI files to 143 PostScript. 144 * afm2tfm: (dvips)Invoking afm2tfm. Making Type 1 fonts available to TeX. 145 * dvips: (dvips)Invoking Dvips. DVI-to-PostScript translator. 146 * LaTeX2e: (latex). LaTeXe help 1.6. 147 * TeX Directories: (tds). A directory structure for TeX files. 148 149 Video CD Tools 150 * VCDImager: (vcdimager). GNU Video CD imaging utilities 151 * vcdimager: (vcdimager)vcdimager. Video CD simple formatter 152 * vcd-info: (vcdimager)vcd-info. Video CD diagnostic tool 153 * cdxa2mpeg: (vcdimager)cdxa2mpeg. Strip RIFF/CD-XA container 154 * vcdxminfo: (vcdimager)vcdxminfo. Display MPEG stream properties 155 * vcdxgen: (vcdimager)vcdxgen. Video CD XML template generator 156 * vcdxbuild: (vcdimager)vcdxbuild. Video CD XML formatter 157 * vcd-info: (vcd-info). Video CD Information tool 158 * vcdxrip: (vcdxrip). Video CD Ripping tool 159 160 Programming & development tools. 161 * DDD: (ddd). The Data Display Debugger. 162 * DDD-Themes: (ddd-themes). Writing DDD Themes. 163 * DejaGnu: (dejagnu). The GNU testing framework. 164 165 Emacs 22 166 * Ada mode (emacs22): (emacs22/ada-mode). 167 Emacs mode for editing and compiling 168 Ada code. 169 * Autotype (emacs22): (emacs22/autotype). 170 Convenient features for text that you 171 enter frequently in Emacs. 172 * Calc (emacs22): (emacs22/calc). Advanced desk calculator and 173 mathematical tool. 174 * CC Mode (emacs22): (emacs22/ccmode). Emacs mode for editing C, C++, 175 Objective-C, Java, Pike, AWK, and 176 CORBA IDL code. 177 * CL (emacs22): (emacs22/cl). Partial Common Lisp support for Emacs 178 Lisp. 179 * Dired-X (emacs22): (emacs22/dired-x). Dired Extra Features. 180 * Ebrowse (emacs22): (emacs22/ebrowse). A C++ class browser for Emacs. 181 * Ediff (emacs22): (emacs22/ediff). A visual interface for comparing and 182 merging programs. 183 * Elisp (emacs22): (emacs22/elisp). The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual. 184 * Emacs (emacs22): (emacs22/emacs). The extensible self-documenting text 185 editor. 186 * Emacs FAQ (emacs22): (emacs22/efaq). Frequently Asked Questions about 187 Emacs. 188 * Emacs Lisp Intro (emacs22): (emacs22/eintr). 189 A simple introduction to Emacs Lisp 190 programming. 191 * Emacs MIME (emacs22): (emacs22/emacs-mime). 192 Emacs MIME de/composition library. 193 * Emacs-Goodies-el: (emacs-goodies-el). Miscellaneous add-ons for Emacs 194 * ERC (emacs22): (emacs22/erc). Powerful, modular, and extensible IRC 195 client for Emacs. 196 * Eshell (emacs22): (emacs22/eshell). A command shell implemented in Emacs 197 Lisp. 198 * EUDC (emacs22): (emacs22/eudc). An Emacs client for directory servers 199 (LDAP, PH). 200 * Flymake (emacs22): (emacs22/flymake). A universal on-the-fly syntax checker. 201 * Forms (emacs22): (emacs22/forms). Emacs package for editing data bases 202 by filling in forms. 203 * Gnus (emacs22): (emacs22/gnus). The newsreader Gnus. 204 * IDLWAVE (emacs22): (emacs22/idlwave). Major mode and shell for IDL files. 205 * Info (emacs22): (emacs22/info). How to use the documentation browsing 206 system. 207 * Message (emacs22): (emacs22/message). Mail and news composition mode that 208 goes with Gnus. 209 * MH-E (emacs22): (emacs22/mh-e). Emacs interface to the MH mail system. 210 * Newsticker (emacs22): (emacs22/newsticker). 211 A Newsticker for Emacs. 212 * Org Mode (emacs22): (emacs22/org). Outline-based notes management and 213 organizer 214 * PCL-CVS (emacs22): (emacs22/pcl-cvs). Emacs front-end to CVS. 215 * PGG (emacs22): (emacs22/pgg). Emacs interface to various PGP 216 implementations. 217 * Rcirc (emacs22): (emacs22/rcirc). Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client. 218 * RefTeX (emacs22): (emacs22/reftex). Emacs support for LaTeX 219 cross-references and citations. 220 * SC (emacs22): (emacs22/sc). Supercite lets you cite parts of 221 messages you're replying to, in 222 flexible ways. 223 * SES (emacs22): (emacs22/ses). Simple Emacs Spreadsheet 224 * Sieve (emacs22): (emacs22/sieve). Managing Sieve scripts in Emacs. 225 * SMTP (emacs22): (emacs22/smtpmail). Emacs library for sending mail via 226 SMTP. 227 * Speedbar (emacs22): (emacs22/speedbar). 228 File/Tag summarizing utility. 229 * TRAMP (emacs22): (emacs22/tramp). Transparent Remote Access, Multiple 230 Protocol GNU Emacs remote file access 231 via rsh and rcp. 232 * URL (emacs22): (emacs22/url). URL loading package. 233 * VIP (emacs22): (emacs22/vip). An older VI-emulation for Emacs. 234 * VIPER (emacs22): (emacs22/viper). The newest Emacs VI-emulation mode. 235 (also, A VI Plan for Emacs Rescue or 236 the VI PERil.) 237 * Widget (emacs22): (emacs22/widget). The "widget" package used by the Emacs 238 Customization facility. 239 * WoMan (emacs22): (emacs22/woman). Browse UN*X Manual Pages "W.O. 240 (without) Man". 241 242 Viewers 243 * gv: (gv). The GNU PostScript and PDF viewer. 244 245 Libraries 246 * AA-lib: (aalib). An ASCII-art graphics library 247 248 GNU programming tools 249 * AutoGen: (autogen). The Automated Program Generator 250 251 Network Applications 252 * Wget: (wget). The non-interactive network 253 downloader. 254 255 Software development 256 * Cpplib: (cppinternals). Cpplib internals. 257 * gcc: (gcc). The GNU Compiler Collection. 258 * g++: (gcc). The GNU C++ compiler. 259 * Cpp: (cpp). The GNU C preprocessor. 260 * gccinstall: (gccinstall). Installing the GNU Compiler 261 Collection. 262 * gccint: (gccint). Internals of the GNU Compiler 263 Collection. 264 265 General Commands 266 * Cpio: (cpio). A program to manage archives of files. 267 * dc: (dc). Arbitrary precision RPN "Desktop 268 Calculator". 269 * Ed: (ed). The GNU line editor. 270 * Recode: (recode). Character set conversion utility. 271 * Screen: (screen). Full-screen window manager. 272 * sed: (sed). Stream EDitor. 273 * Shar utilities: (sharutils). Shell archiver, uuencode/uudecode. 274 * Time: (time). A utility to time the execution of a 275 command 276 * Maplev: (maplev). MapleV, a GNU Emacs major mode for 277 developing code for Maple V, a 278 computer algebra system (CAS) produced 279 by Waterloo Maple Inc. 280 * wdiff: (wdiff). Word difference finder.