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-@comment $Id: gnulib.texi,v 1.28 2006-10-23 11:26:25 haible Exp $
+@comment $Id: gnulib.texi,v 1.32 2007-03-01 02:14:04 haible Exp $
@comment %**start of header
@setfilename gnulib.info
@settitle GNU Gnulib
@syncodeindex pg cp
@comment %**end of header
-@set UPDATED $Date: 2006-10-23 11:26:25 $
+@set UPDATED $Date: 2007-03-01 02:14:04 $
@copying
This manual is for GNU Gnulib (updated @value{UPDATED}),
which is a library of common routines intended to be shared at the
source level.
-Copyright @copyright{} 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-@quotation
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or
any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
-Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover Texts being ``A GNU Manual,''
-and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. A copy of the
-license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation
-License.''
-
-(a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have freedom to copy and modify
-this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies published by the Free
-Software Foundation raise funds for GNU development.''
-@end quotation
+Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover
+Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled
+``GNU Free Documentation License.''
@end copying
@dircategory Software development
@menu
* Introduction::
* Invoking gnulib-tool::
-* Miscellanous Notes::
+* Miscellaneous Notes::
* Particular Modules:: Documentation of Individual Modules
* Copying This Manual::
* Index::
@end menu
-
@node Introduction
@chapter Introduction
-Getting started:
+Gnulib is a source code library. It provides basic functionalities to
+programs and libraries. Currently (as of October 2006) more than 30
+packages make use of Gnulib.
+
+Resources:
@itemize
@item Gnulib is hosted at Savannah:
@url{http://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/}.
@end itemize
+@menu
+* Library vs. Reusable Code::
+* Portability and Application Code::
+* Modules::
+* Various Kinds of Modules::
+* Collaborative Development::
+* Copyright::
+* Steady Development::
+* Openness::
+@end menu
+
+@include gnulib-intro.texi
+
@include gnulib-tool.texi
-@node Miscellanous Notes
-@chapter Miscellanous Notes
+@node Miscellaneous Notes
+@chapter Miscellaneous Notes
@menu
* Comments::
@menu
* Quoting::
* ctime::
+* error and progname::
* gcd::
* inet_ntoa::
* Regular expressions::
+* Supporting Relocation::
@end menu
@include quote.texi
-
+@include error.texi
@include ctime.texi
-
@include gcd.texi
-
@include inet_ntoa.texi
+@include relocatable-maint.texi
@node Regular expressions
@section Regular expressions