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diff --git a/manual/intro.texi b/manual/intro.texi index 0f5785990b..d4045f2e06 100644 --- a/manual/intro.texi +++ b/manual/intro.texi @@ -1283,19 +1283,59 @@ The header file @file{termios.h} reserves names prefixed with @samp{c_}, Here is an overview of the contents of the remaining chapters of this manual. +@c The chapter overview ordering is: +@c Error Reporting (2) +@c Virtual Memory Allocation and Paging (3) +@c Character Handling (4) +@c Strings and Array Utilities (5) +@c Character Set Handling (6) +@c Locales and Internationalization (7) +@c Searching and Sorting (9) +@c Pattern Matching (10) +@c Input/Output Overview (11) +@c Input/Output on Streams (12) +@c Low-level Input/Ooutput (13) +@c File System Interface (14) +@c Pipes and FIFOs (15) +@c Sockets (16) +@c Low-Level Terminal Interface (17) +@c Syslog (18) +@c Mathematics (19) +@c Aritmetic Functions (20) +@c Date and Time (21) +@c Non-Local Exist (23) +@c Signal Handling (24) +@c The Basic Program/System Interface (25) +@c Processes (26) +@c Job Control (28) +@c System Databases and Name Service Switch (29) +@c Users and Groups (30) -- References `User Database' and `Group Database' +@c System Management (31) +@c System Configuration Parameters (32) +@c C Language Facilities in the Library (AA) +@c Summary of Library Facilities (AB) +@c Installing (AC) +@c Library Maintenance (AD) + +@c The following chapters need overview text to be added: +@c Message Translation (8) +@c Resource Usage And Limitations (22) +@c Inter-Process Communication (27) +@c DES Encryption and Password Handling (33) +@c Debugging support (34) +@c POSIX Threads (35) +@c Internal Probes (36) +@c Platform-specific facilities (AE) +@c Contributors to (AF) +@c Free Software Needs Free Documentation (AG) +@c GNU Lesser General Public License (AH) +@c GNU Free Documentation License (AI) + @itemize @bullet @item @ref{Error Reporting}, describes how errors detected by the library are reported. -@item -@ref{Language Features}, contains information about library support for -standard parts of the C language, including things like the @code{sizeof} -operator and the symbolic constant @code{NULL}, how to write functions -accepting variable numbers of arguments, and constants describing the -ranges and other properties of the numerical types. There is also a simple -debugging mechanism which allows you to put assertions in your code, and -have diagnostic messages printed if the tests fail. @item @ref{Memory}, describes @theglibc{}'s facilities for managing and @@ -1315,6 +1355,26 @@ manipulating strings (null-terminated character arrays) and general byte arrays, including operations such as copying and comparison. @item +@ref{Character Set Handling}, contains information about manipulating +characters and strings using character sets larger than will fit in +the usual @code{char} data type. + +@item +@ref{Locales}, describes how selecting a particular country +or language affects the behavior of the library. For example, the locale +affects collation sequences for strings and how monetary values are +formatted. + +@item +@ref{Searching and Sorting}, contains information about functions +for searching and sorting arrays. You can use these functions on any +kind of array by providing an appropriate comparison function. + +@item +@ref{Pattern Matching}, presents functions for matching regular expressions +and shell file name patterns, and for expanding words as the shell does. + +@item @ref{I/O Overview}, gives an overall look at the input and output facilities in the library, and contains information about basic concepts such as file names. @@ -1366,30 +1426,10 @@ for simple arithmetic, analysis of floating-point values, and reading numbers from strings. @item -@ref{Searching and Sorting}, contains information about functions -for searching and sorting arrays. You can use these functions on any -kind of array by providing an appropriate comparison function. - -@item -@ref{Pattern Matching}, presents functions for matching regular expressions -and shell file name patterns, and for expanding words as the shell does. - -@item @ref{Date and Time}, describes functions for measuring both calendar time and CPU time, as well as functions for setting alarms and timers. @item -@ref{Character Set Handling}, contains information about manipulating -characters and strings using character sets larger than will fit in -the usual @code{char} data type. - -@item -@ref{Locales}, describes how selecting a particular country -or language affects the behavior of the library. For example, the locale -affects collation sequences for strings and how monetary values are -formatted. - -@item @ref{Non-Local Exits}, contains descriptions of the @code{setjmp} and @code{longjmp} functions. These functions provide a facility for @code{goto}-like jumps which can jump from one function to another. @@ -1435,6 +1475,15 @@ various operating system limits. Most of these parameters are provided for compatibility with POSIX. @item +@ref{Language Features}, contains information about library support for +standard parts of the C language, including things like the @code{sizeof} +operator and the symbolic constant @code{NULL}, how to write functions +accepting variable numbers of arguments, and constants describing the +ranges and other properties of the numerical types. There is also a simple +debugging mechanism which allows you to put assertions in your code, and +have diagnostic messages printed if the tests fail. + +@item @ref{Library Summary}, gives a summary of all the functions, variables, and macros in the library, with complete data types and function prototypes, and says what standard or system each is derived from. |