This is the file .../info/dir, which contains the topmost node of the Info hierarchy, called (dir)Top. The first time you invoke Info you start off looking at this node.  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, "H" lists all Info commands, "d" returns here, "h" gives a primer for first-timers, "mEmacs" visits the Emacs manual, etc. In Emacs, you can click mouse button 2 on a menu item or cross reference to select it. * Menu: Archiving * Cpio: (cpio). Copy-in-copy-out archiver to tape or disk. Basics * Ed: (ed). The GNU line editor C++ libraries * autosprintf: (autosprintf). Support for printf format strings in C++. C++ Libraries * Source-highlight-lib: (source-highlight-lib). Highlights contents 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. * gettext: (gettext). GNU gettext utilities. * ISO3166: (gettext)Country Codes. ISO 3166 country codes. * ISO639: (gettext)Language Codes. ISO 639 language codes. * 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. Individual utilities * aclocal-invocation: (automake)aclocal Invocation. Generating aclocal.m4. * autoconf-invocation: (autoconf)autoconf Invocation. How to create configuration scripts * autoheader: (autoconf)autoheader Invocation. How to create configuration templates * autom4te: (autoconf)autom4te Invocation. The Autoconf executables backbone * automake-invocation: (automake)automake Invocation. Generating Makefile.in. * autoreconf: (autoconf)autoreconf Invocation. Remaking multiple `configure' scripts * autoscan: (autoconf)autoscan Invocation. Semi-automatic `configure.ac' writing * autoupdate: (autoconf)autoupdate Invocation. Automatic update of `configure.ac' * cmp: (diffutils)Invoking cmp. Compare 2 files byte by byte. * config.status: (autoconf)config.status Invocation. Recreating configurations. * configure: (autoconf)configure Invocation. Configuring a package. * diff: (diffutils)Invoking diff. Compare 2 files line by line. * diff3: (diffutils)Invoking diff3. Compare 3 files line by line. * ifnames: (autoconf)ifnames Invocation. Listing conditionals in source. * libtool-invocation: (libtool)Invoking libtool. Running the 'libtool' script. * libtoolize: (libtool)Invoking libtoolize. Adding libtool support. * patch: (diffutils)Invoking patch. Apply a patch to a file. * sdiff: (diffutils)Invoking sdiff. Merge 2 files side-by-side. * testsuite: (autoconf)testsuite Invocation. Running an Autotest test suite. Programming * flex: (flex). Fast lexical analyzer generator (lex replacement). Software development * Autoconf: (autoconf). Create source code configuration scripts. * Automake: (automake). Making GNU standards-compliant Makefiles. * Cpp: (cpp). The GNU C preprocessor. * Cpplib: (cppinternals). Cpplib internals. * Libtool: (libtool). Generic shared library support script. * Make: (make). Remake files automatically. * annobin: (annobin). Annotating a compiled program * bison: (bison). GNU parser generator (Yacc replacement). * g++: (gcc). The GNU C++ compiler. * gcc: (gcc). The GNU Compiler Collection. * gccinstall: (gccinstall). Installing the GNU Compiler Collection. * gccint: (gccint). Internals of the GNU Compiler Collection. * gcov: (gcc) Gcov. 'gcov'--a test coverage program. * gcov-dump: (gcc) Gcov-dump. 'gcov-dump'--an offline gcda and gcno profile dump tool. * gcov-tool: (gcc) Gcov-tool. 'gcov-tool'--an offline gcda profile processing program. * lto-dump: (gcc) lto-dump. 'lto-dump'--Tool for dumping LTO object files. System administration * Which: (which). Show full path of commands. Texinfo documentation system * info stand-alone: (info-stnd). Read Info documents without Emacs. Text creation and manipulation * Diffutils: (diffutils). Comparing and merging files. * M4: (m4). A powerful macro processor. Utilities * Source-highlight: (source-highlight). Highlights contents