-*- 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 "d" returns here, "q" exits, "?" lists all INFO commands, "h" gives a primer for first-timers, "mTexinfo" visits Texinfo topic, etc. Click mouse button 2 on a menu item or cross reference to select it. * Menu: The list of major topics begins on the next line. Topics related to the Info system: * info:(info). Documentation browsing system. * makeinfo:(makeinfo). Make an info file from texinfo source. * texinfo:(texinfo). Make a printed manual or Info file from one source. Topics related to the emacs editor. * emacs:(emacs). The extensible self-documenting text editor. * CL:(cl). Partial Common Lisp support for Emacs Lisp. * dired-X: (dired-x). Dired Extra Features. * forms:(forms). Forms mode: Emacs package to edit data bases by filling in forms. * gnus:(gnus). The GNU Emacs news reader. * SC:(sc). The SuperCite package for mail and news reading. * VIP:(vip). A VI-emulation for Emacs. General commands: * bash:(bash). Features of the bash shell. See also history and readline below. * chgrp:(fileutils)chgrp invocation. Change file groups. * chown:(fileutils)chown invocation. Change file owners/groups. * chmod:(fileutils)chmod invocation. Change file permissions. * cp:(fileutils)cp invocation. Copy files. * dd:(fileutils)dd invocation. Copy and convert a file. * df:(fileutils)df invocation. Report filesystem disk usage. * dir:(fileutils)dir invocation. List directories briefly. * du:(fileutils)du invocation. Report on disk usage. * diff:(diff). GNU diff and related commands. * ed:(ed). The GNU version of the editor ed. * find:(find). Find and change files that match criteria. * gzip:(gzip). The GNU compression utility gzip. * install:(fileutils)install invocation. Copy and change attributes. * ln:(fileutils)ln invocation. Make links between files. * ls:(fileutils)ls invocation. List directory contents. * mkdir:(fileutils)mkdir invocation. Create directories. * mkfifo:(fileutils)mkfifo invocation. Create FIFOs: (named pipes). * mknod:(fileutils)mknod invocation. Create special files. * mv:(fileutils)mv invocation. Rename files. * rm:(fileutils)rm invocation. Remove files. * rmdir:(fileutils)rmdir invocation. Remove empty directories. * time:(time). Time command execution. * touch:(fileutils)touch invocation. Change file timestamps. * tput:(tput). Portable terminal control. * vdir:(fileutils)vdir invocation. List directories verbosely. Programming: * as:(as). The GNU assembler. * bison:(bison). The GNU yacc-compatible parser generator. * cpp:(cpp). The GNU C preprocessor. * flex:(flex). Lex-compatible Fast Lexical Analyser generator. * gawk:(gawk) The GNU version of the AWK programming language. * gcc:(gcc). The GNU C compiler. * gdb:(gdb). The GNU debugger. * gdbint:(gdbint). The gdb internals reference manual. * make:(make). The GNU make utility. * stabs:(stabs). The debugging format recognised by gdb. Libraries: * bfd:(bfd). The Binary File Descriptor library. * history:(history). Input history in the GNU readline library. * ipc:(ipc). System-V compatible interprocess communication. * readline:(readline). The GNU readline library. * regex:(regex). The GNU regular expression library. * termcap:(termcap). Guide to the GNU termcap library. Other: * dvips:(dvips). Translate a DVI file into PostScript. * fileutils:(fileutils). GNU file utilities.