Reading Info Documentation; Learn More About The Tools - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 3 - DEVELOPER TOOLS GUIDE Manual

Chapter 2. Basic Principles of the Tools
Using and Porting GNU CC
Contains information about requirements for putting GCC on different platforms, or for modify-
ing GCC; includes documentation from Using the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC).
BYacc
Discusses the Berkeley Yacc parser generator. Refer to Bison Manual: Using the
YACC-compatible Parser Generator (ISBN: 1-882114 44 2).
Texinfo: The GNU Documentation Format
Details TEX and the printing and generating of documentation, as well as how to write manuals
in the TEX style.
Configuration program
Describes the configuration program that Red Hat Enterprise Linux Developer Tools uses.
GNU Coding Standards
Elaborates on the coding standards with which the GNU projects develop.
GNU gprof
Details the GNU performance analyzer (only for the Solaris systems).
You have the freedom to copy the documentation using the accompanying copyright statements, which
include the necessary permissions. To get the documentation in HTML or printable form, refer to
http://www.fsf.org/doc/doc.html and http://www.fsf.org/doc/other-free-books.html.
For more information on using

2.12.1. Reading info Documentation

Browse through the documentation using either Emacs or the
The information is in nodes, which correspond to the sections of a printed book. Follow them in
sequence, as in books, or, using the hyperlinks, find the node that has the information you need.
has hot references (if one section refers to another section,
info
section, but gives you the ability to return easily. You can also search for particular words or phrases.
Use by typing its name at a shell prompt; no options or arguments are necessary. Check that
info
is in your shell path. If you have problems running
info
To get help with using
summary of commands. To stop using

2.13. Learn More About the Tools

There are many sources to teach you more about GNU tools:
For general information about the tools, see: http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/gnupro/
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For help with using the tools, see Chapter 3 Developing with Red Hat Enterprise Linux Developer
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Tools.
tools (requiring the TEX tools), refer to Using info.
info
, type for a programmed instruction sequence, or [Ctrl]-[h] for a short
info h
info
info
info
, contact your system administrator.
info
, type [q].
documentation browser program.
takes you directly to that other
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