diff options
author | Mark Eichin <eichin@mit.edu> | 1994-10-26 05:57:22 +0000 |
---|---|---|
committer | Mark Eichin <eichin@mit.edu> | 1994-10-26 05:57:22 +0000 |
commit | 48a2b77760350db67c2adcb040f4a65bdf1d223a (patch) | |
tree | 22ae4b9cdf1df83834a9f195ad7bc43f281b0c4b /src/util/autoconf/standards.info | |
parent | 1119d9adc53e69d2b5d95cad4219b25fa791db36 (diff) | |
download | krb5-48a2b77760350db67c2adcb040f4a65bdf1d223a.tar.gz krb5-48a2b77760350db67c2adcb040f4a65bdf1d223a.tar.xz krb5-48a2b77760350db67c2adcb040f4a65bdf1d223a.zip |
autoconf 1.126. This will be released as autoconf 2 on 94/10/27, please
don't release before then without checking with Mark Eichin.
git-svn-id: svn://anonsvn.mit.edu/krb5/trunk@4577 dc483132-0cff-0310-8789-dd5450dbe970
Diffstat (limited to 'src/util/autoconf/standards.info')
-rw-r--r-- | src/util/autoconf/standards.info | 2701 |
1 files changed, 34 insertions, 2667 deletions
diff --git a/src/util/autoconf/standards.info b/src/util/autoconf/standards.info index 766c4459b..7f3dda81f 100644 --- a/src/util/autoconf/standards.info +++ b/src/util/autoconf/standards.info @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ -This is Info file standards.info, produced by Makeinfo-1.55 from the -input file ./standards.texi. +This is Info file ../standards.info, produced by Makeinfo-1.55 from the +input file ../standards.texi. START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY * Standards: (standards). GNU coding standards. END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY GNU Coding Standards Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994 Free Software -Foundation +Foundation, Inc. Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are @@ -23,2671 +23,38 @@ versions, except that this permission notice may be stated in a translation approved by the Free Software Foundation. -File: standards.info, Node: Top, Next: Reading Non-Free Code, Prev: (dir), Up: (dir) - -Version -******* - - Last updated 28 March 1994. - -* Menu: - -* Reading Non-Free Code:: Referring to Proprietary Programs -* Contributions:: Accepting Contributions -* Change Logs:: Recording Changes -* Compatibility:: Compatibility with Other Implementations -* Makefile Conventions:: Makefile Conventions -* Configuration:: How Configuration Should Work -* Source Language:: Using Languages Other Than C -* Formatting:: Formatting Your Source Code -* Comments:: Commenting Your Work -* Syntactic Conventions:: Clean Use of C Constructs -* Names:: Naming Variables and Functions -* Using Extensions:: Using Non-standard Features -* System Functions:: Portability and "standard" library functions -* Semantics:: Program Behavior for All Programs -* Errors:: Formatting Error Messages -* Libraries:: Library Behavior -* Portability:: Portability As It Applies to GNU -* User Interfaces:: Standards for Command Line Interfaces -* Documentation:: Documenting Programs -* Releases:: Making Releases - - -File: standards.info, Node: Reading Non-Free Code, Next: Contributions, Prev: Top, Up: Top - -Referring to Proprietary Programs -********************************* - - Don't in any circumstances refer to Unix source code for or during -your work on GNU! (Or to any other proprietary programs.) - - If you have a vague recollection of the internals of a Unix program, -this does not absolutely mean you can't write an imitation of it, but -do try to organize the imitation internally along different lines, -because this is likely to make the details of the Unix version -irrelevant and dissimilar to your results. - - For example, Unix utilities were generally optimized to minimize -memory use; if you go for speed instead, your program will be very -different. You could keep the entire input file in core and scan it -there instead of using stdio. Use a smarter algorithm discovered more -recently than the Unix program. Eliminate use of temporary files. Do -it in one pass instead of two (we did this in the assembler). - - Or, on the contrary, emphasize simplicity instead of speed. For some -applications, the speed of today's computers makes simpler algorithms -adequate. - - Or go for generality. For example, Unix programs often have static -tables or fixed-size strings, which make for arbitrary limits; use -dynamic allocation instead. Make sure your program handles NULs and -other funny characters in the input files. Add a programming language -for extensibility and write part of the program in that language. - - Or turn some parts of the program into independently usable -libraries. Or use a simple garbage collector instead of tracking -precisely when to free memory, or use a new GNU facility such as -obstacks. - - -File: standards.info, Node: Contributions, Next: Change Logs, Prev: Reading Non-Free Code, Up: Top - -Accepting Contributions -*********************** - - If someone else sends you a piece of code to add to the program you -are working on, we need legal papers to use it--the same sort of legal -papers we will need to get from you. *Each* significant contributor to -a program must sign some sort of legal papers in order for us to have -clear title to the program. The main author alone is not enough. - - So, before adding in any contributions from other people, tell us so -we can arrange to get the papers. Then wait until we tell you that we -have received the signed papers, before you actually use the -contribution. - - This applies both before you release the program and afterward. If -you receive diffs to fix a bug, and they make significant change, we -need legal papers for it. - - You don't need papers for changes of a few lines here or there, since -they are not significant for copyright purposes. Also, you don't need -papers if all you get from the suggestion is some ideas, not actual code -which you use. For example, if you write a different solution to the -problem, you don't need to get papers. - - I know this is frustrating; it's frustrating for us as well. But if -you don't wait, you are going out on a limb--for example, what if the -contributor's employer won't sign a disclaimer? You might have to take -that code out again! - - The very worst thing is if you forget to tell us about the other -contributor. We could be very embarrassed in court some day as a -result. - - -File: standards.info, Node: Change Logs, Next: Compatibility, Prev: Contributions, Up: Top - -Change Logs -*********** - - Keep a change log for each directory, describing the changes made to -source files in that directory. The purpose of this is so that people -investigating bugs in the future will know about the changes that might -have introduced the bug. Often a new bug can be found by looking at -what was recently changed. More importantly, change logs can help -eliminate conceptual inconsistencies between different parts of a -program; they can give you a history of how the conflicting concepts -arose. - - Use the Emacs command `M-x add-change' to start a new entry in the -change log. An entry should have an asterisk, the name of the changed -file, and then in parentheses the name of the changed functions, -variables or whatever, followed by a colon. Then describe the changes -you made to that function or variable. - - Separate unrelated entries with blank lines. When two entries -represent parts of the same change, so that they work together, then -don't put blank lines between them. Then you can omit the file name -and the asterisk when successive entries are in the same file. - - Here are some examples: - - * register.el (insert-register): Return nil. - (jump-to-register): Likewise. - - * sort.el (sort-subr): Return nil. - - * tex-mode.el (tex-bibtex-file, tex-file, tex-region): - Restart the tex shell if process is gone or stopped. - (tex-shell-running): New function. - - * expr.c (store_one_arg): Round size up for move_block_to_reg. - (expand_call): Round up when emitting USE insns. - * stmt.c (assign_parms): Round size up for move_block_from_reg. - - It's important to name the changed function or variable in full. -Don't abbreviate them; don't combine them. Subsequent maintainers will -often search for a function name to find all the change log entries that -pertain to it; if you abbreviate the name, they won't find it when they -search. For example, some people are tempted to abbreviate groups of -function names by writing `* register.el ({insert,jump-to}-register)'; -this is not a good idea, since searching for `jump-to-register' or -`insert-register' would not find the entry. - - There's no need to describe the full purpose of the changes or how -they work together. It is better to put such explanations in comments -in the code. That's why just "New function" is enough; there is a -comment with the function in the source to explain what it does. - - However, sometimes it is useful to write one line to describe the -overall purpose of a large batch of changes. - - You can think of the change log as a conceptual "undo list" which -explains how earlier versions were different from the current version. -People can see the current version; they don't need the change log to -tell them what is in it. What they want from a change log is a clear -explanation of how the earlier version differed. - - When you change the calling sequence of a function in a simple -fashion, and you change all the callers of the function, there is no -need to make individual entries for all the callers. Just write in the -entry for the function being called, "All callers changed." - - When you change just comments or doc strings, it is enough to write -an entry for the file, without mentioning the functions. Write just, -"Doc fix." There's no need to keep a change log for documentation -files. This is because documentation is not susceptible to bugs that -are hard to fix. Documentation does not consist of parts that must -interact in a precisely engineered fashion; to correct an error, you -need not know the history of the erroneous passage. - - -File: standards.info, Node: Compatibility, Next: Makefile Conventions, Prev: Change Logs, Up: Top - -Compatibility with Other Implementations -**************************************** - - With certain exceptions, utility programs and libraries for GNU -should be upward compatible with those in Berkeley Unix, and upward -compatible with ANSI C if ANSI C specifies their behavior, and upward -compatible with POSIX if POSIX specifies their behavior. - - When these standards conflict, it is useful to offer compatibility -modes for each of them. - - ANSI C and POSIX prohibit many kinds of extensions. Feel free to -make the extensions anyway, and include a `--ansi' or `--compatible' -option to turn them off. However, if the extension has a significant -chance of breaking any real programs or scripts, then it is not really -upward compatible. Try to redesign its interface. - - Many GNU programs suppress extensions that conflict with POSIX if the -environment variable `POSIXLY_CORRECT' is defined (even if it is -defined with a null value). Please make your program recognize this -variable if appropriate. - - When a feature is used only by users (not by programs or command -files), and it is done poorly in Unix, feel free to replace it -completely with something totally different and better. (For example, -vi is replaced with Emacs.) But it is nice to offer a compatible -feature as well. (There is a free vi clone, so we offer it.) - - Additional useful features not in Berkeley Unix are welcome. -Additional programs with no counterpart in Unix may be useful, but our -first priority is usually to duplicate what Unix already has. - - -File: standards.info, Node: Makefile Conventions, Next: Configuration, Prev: Compatibility, Up: Top - -Makefile Conventions -******************** - - This chapter describes conventions for writing the Makefiles for GNU -programs. - -* Menu: - -* Makefile Basics:: -* Utilities in Makefiles:: -* Standard Targets:: -* Command Variables:: -* Directory Variables:: - - -File: standards.info, Node: Makefile Basics, Next: Utilities in Makefiles, Up: Makefile Conventions - -General Conventions for Makefiles -================================= - - Every Makefile should contain this line: - - SHELL = /bin/sh - -to avoid trouble on systems where the `SHELL' variable might be -inherited from the environment. (This is never a problem with GNU -`make'.) - - Don't assume that `.' is in the path for command execution. When -you need to run programs that are a part of your package during the -make, please make sure that it uses `./' if the program is built as -part of the make or `$(srcdir)/' if the file is an unchanging part of -the source code. Without one of these prefixes, the current search -path is used. - - The distinction between `./' and `$(srcdir)/' is important when -using the `--srcdir' option to `configure'. A rule of the form: - - foo.1 : foo.man sedscript - sed -e sedscript foo.man > foo.1 - -will fail when the current directory is not the source directory, -because `foo.man' and `sedscript' are not in the current directory. - - When using GNU `make', relying on `VPATH' to find the source file -will work in the case where there is a single dependency file, since -the `make' automatic variable `$<' will represent the source file -wherever it is. (Many versions of `make' set `$<' only in implicit -rules.) A makefile target like - - foo.o : bar.c - $(CC) -I. -I$(srcdir) $(CFLAGS) -c bar.c -o foo.o - -should instead be written as - - foo.o : bar.c - $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $< -o $@ - -in order to allow `VPATH' to work correctly. When the target has -multiple dependencies, using an explicit `$(srcdir)' is the easiest way -to make the rule work well. For example, the target above for `foo.1' -is best written as: - - foo.1 : foo.man sedscript - sed -s $(srcdir)/sedscript $(srcdir)/foo.man > foo.1 - - -File: standards.info, Node: Utilities in Makefiles, Next: Standard Targets, Prev: Makefile Basics, Up: Makefile Conventions - -Utilities in Makefiles -====================== - - Write the Makefile commands (and any shell scripts, such as -`configure') to run in `sh', not in `csh'. Don't use any special -features of `ksh' or `bash'. - - The `configure' script and the Makefile rules for building and -installation should not use any utilities directly except these: - - cat cmp cp echo egrep expr grep - ln mkdir mv pwd rm rmdir sed test touch - - Stick to the generally supported options for these programs. For -example, don't use `mkdir -p', convenient as it may be, because most -systems don't support it. - - The Makefile rules for building and installation can also use -compilers and related programs, but should do so via `make' variables -so that the user can substitute alternatives. Here are some of the -programs we mean: - - ar bison cc flex install ld lex - make makeinfo ranlib texi2dvi yacc - - When you use `ranlib', you should test whether it exists, and run it -only if it exists, so that the distribution will work on systems that -don't have `ranlib'. - - If you use symbolic links, you should implement a fallback for -systems that don't have symbolic links. - - It is ok to use other utilities in Makefile portions (or scripts) -intended only for particular systems where you know those utilities to -exist. - - -File: standards.info, Node: Standard Targets, Next: Command Variables, Prev: Utilities in Makefiles, Up: Makefile Conventions - -Standard Targets for Users -========================== - - All GNU programs should have the following targets in their -Makefiles: - -`all' - Compile the entire program. This should be the default target. - This target need not rebuild any documentation files; Info files - should normally be included in the distribution, and DVI files - should be made only when explicitly asked for. - -`install' - Compile the program and copy the executables, libraries, and so on - to the file names where they should reside for actual use. If - there is a simple test to verify that a program is properly - installed, this target should run that test. - - The commands should create all the directories in which files are - to be installed, if they don't already exist. This includes the - directories specified as the values of the variables `prefix' and - `exec_prefix', as well as all subdirectories that are needed. One - way to do this is by means of an `installdirs' target as described - below. - - Use `-' before any command for installing a man page, so that - `make' will ignore any errors. This is in case there are systems - that don't have the Unix man page documentation system installed. - - The way to install Info files is to copy them into `$(infodir)' - with `$(INSTALL_DATA)' (*note Command Variables::.), and then run - the `install-info' program if it is present. `install-info' is a - script that edits the Info `dir' file to add or update the menu - entry for the given Info file; it will be part of the Texinfo - package. Here is a sample rule to install an Info file: - - $(infodir)/foo.info: foo.info - # There may be a newer info file in . than in srcdir. - -if test -f foo.info; then d=.; \ - else d=$(srcdir); fi; \ - $(INSTALL_DATA) $$d/foo.info $@; \ - # Run install-info only if it exists. - # Use `if' instead of just prepending `-' to the - # line so we notice real errors from install-info. - # We use `$(SHELL) -c' because some shells do not - # fail gracefully when there is an unknown command. - if $(SHELL) -c 'install-info --version' \ - >/dev/null 2>&1; then \ - install-info --infodir=$(infodir) $$d/foo.info; \ - else true; fi - -`uninstall' - Delete all the installed files that the `install' target would - create (but not the noninstalled files such as `make all' would - create). - -`clean' - Delete all files from the current directory that are normally - created by building the program. Don't delete the files that - record the configuration. Also preserve files that could be made - by building, but normally aren't because the distribution comes - with them. - - Delete `.dvi' files here if they are not part of the distribution. - -`distclean' - Delete all files from the current directory that are created by - configuring or building the program. If you have unpacked the - source and built the program without creating any other files, - `make distclean' should leave only the files that were in the - distribution. - -`mostlyclean' - Like `clean', but may refrain from deleting a few files that people - normally don't want to recompile. For example, the `mostlyclean' - target for GCC does not delete `libgcc.a', because recompiling it - is rarely necessary and takes a lot of time. - -`realclean' - Delete everything from the current directory that can be - reconstructed with this Makefile. This typically includes - everything deleted by `distclean', plus more: C source files - produced by Bison, tags tables, Info files, and so on. - - One exception, however: `make realclean' should not delete - `configure' even if `configure' can be remade using a rule in the - Makefile. More generally, `make realclean' should not delete - anything that needs to exist in order to run `configure' and then - begin to build the program. - -`TAGS' - Update a tags table for this program. - -`info' - Generate any Info files needed. The best way to write the rules - is as follows: - - info: foo.info - - foo.info: foo.texi chap1.texi chap2.texi - $(MAKEINFO) $(srcdir)/foo.texi - - You must define the variable `MAKEINFO' in the Makefile. It should - run the `makeinfo' program, which is part of the Texinfo - distribution. - -`dvi' - Generate DVI files for all TeXinfo documentation. For example: - - dvi: foo.dvi - - foo.dvi: foo.texi chap1.texi chap2.texi - $(TEXI2DVI) $(srcdir)/foo.texi - - You must define the variable `TEXI2DVI' in the Makefile. It should - run the program `texi2dvi', which is part of the Texinfo - distribution. Alternatively, write just the dependencies, and - allow GNU Make to provide the command. - -`dist' - Create a distribution tar file for this program. The tar file - should be set up so that the file names in the tar file start with - a subdirectory name which is the name of the package it is a - distribution for. This name can include the version number. - - For example, the distribution tar file of GCC version 1.40 unpacks - into a subdirectory named `gcc-1.40'. - - The easiest way to do this is to create a subdirectory - appropriately named, use `ln' or `cp' to install the proper files - in it, and then `tar' that subdirectory. - - The `dist' target should explicitly depend on all non-source files - that are in the distribution, to make sure they are up to date in - the distribution. *Note Making Releases: (standards)Releases. - -`check' - Perform self-tests (if any). The user must build the program - before running the tests, but need not install the program; you - should write the self-tests so that they work when the program is - built but not installed. - - The following targets are suggested as conventional names, for -programs in which they are useful. - -`installcheck' - Perform installation tests (if any). The user must build and - install the program before running the tests. You should not - assume that `$(bindir)' is in the search path. - -`installdirs' - It's useful to add a target named `installdirs' to create the - directories where files are installed, and their parent - directories. There is a script called `mkinstalldirs' which is - convenient for this; find it in the Texinfo package.You can use a - rule like this: - - # Make sure all installation directories (e.g. $(bindir)) - # actually exist by making them if necessary. - installdirs: mkinstalldirs - $(srcdir)/mkinstalldirs $(bindir) $(datadir) \ - $(libdir) $(infodir) \ - $(mandir) - - -File: standards.info, Node: Command Variables, Next: Directory Variables, Prev: Standard Targets, Up: Makefile Conventions - -Variables for Specifying Commands -================================= - - Makefiles should provide variables for overriding certain commands, -options, and so on. - - In particular, you should run most utility programs via variables. -Thus, if you use Bison, have a variable named `BISON' whose default -value is set with `BISON = bison', and refer to it with `$(BISON)' -whenever you need to use Bison. - - File management utilities such as `ln', `rm', `mv', and so on, need -not be referred to through variables in this way, since users don't -need to replace them with other programs. - - Each program-name variable should come with an options variable that -is used to supply options to the program. Append `FLAGS' to the -program-name variable name to get the options variable name--for -example, `BISONFLAGS'. (The name `CFLAGS' is an exception to this -rule, but we keep it because it is standard.) Use `CPPFLAGS' in any -compilation command that runs the preprocessor, and use `LDFLAGS' in -any compilation command that does linking as well as in any direct use -of `ld'. - - If there are C compiler options that *must* be used for proper -compilation of certain files, do not include them in `CFLAGS'. Users -expect to be able to specify `CFLAGS' freely themselves. Instead, -arrange to pass the necessary options to the C compiler independently -of `CFLAGS', by writing them explicitly in the compilation commands or -by defining an implicit rule, like this: - - CFLAGS = -g - ALL_CFLAGS = -I. $(CFLAGS) - .c.o: - $(CC) -c $(CPPFLAGS) $(ALL_CFLAGS) $< - - Do include the `-g' option in `CFLAGS', because that is not -*required* for proper compilation. You can consider it a default that -is only recommended. If the package is set up so that it is compiled -with GCC by default, then you might as well include `-O' in the default -value of `CFLAGS' as well. - - Put `CFLAGS' last in the compilation command, after other variables -containing compiler options, so the user can use `CFLAGS' to override -the others. - - Every Makefile should define the variable `INSTALL', which is the -basic command for installing a file into the system. - - Every Makefile should also define the variables `INSTALL_PROGRAM' -and `INSTALL_DATA'. (The default for each of these should be -`$(INSTALL)'.) Then it should use those variables as the commands for -actual installation, for executables and nonexecutables respectively. -Use these variables as follows: - - $(INSTALL_PROGRAM) foo $(bindir)/foo - $(INSTALL_DATA) libfoo.a $(libdir)/libfoo.a - -Always use a file name, not a directory name, as the second argument of -the installation commands. Use a separate command for each file to be -installed. - - -File: standards.info, Node: Directory Variables, Prev: Command Variables, Up: Makefile Conventions - -Variables for Installation Directories -====================================== - - Installation directories should always be named by variables, so it -is easy to install in a nonstandard place. The standard names for these -variables are: - -`prefix' - A prefix used in constructing the default values of the variables - listed below. The default value of `prefix' should be `/usr/local' - (at least for now). - -`exec_prefix' - A prefix used in constructing the default values of some of the - variables listed below. The default value of `exec_prefix' should - be `$(prefix)'. - - Generally, `$(exec_prefix)' is used for directories that contain - machine-specific files (such as executables and subroutine - libraries), while `$(prefix)' is used directly for other - directories. - -`bindir' - The directory for installing executable programs that users can - run. This should normally be `/usr/local/bin', but write it as - `$(exec_prefix)/bin'. - -`libdir' - The directory for installing executable files to be run by the - program rather than by users. Object files and libraries of - object code should also go in this directory. The idea is that - this directory is used for files that pertain to a specific - machine architecture, but need not be in the path for commands. - The value of `libdir' should normally be `/usr/local/lib', but - write it as `$(exec_prefix)/lib'. - -`datadir' - The directory for installing read-only data files which the - programs refer to while they run. This directory is used for - files which are independent of the type of machine being used. - This should normally be `/usr/local/lib', but write it as - `$(prefix)/lib'. - -`statedir' - The directory for installing data files which the programs modify - while they run. These files should be independent of the type of - machine being used, and it should be possible to share them among - machines at a network installation. This should normally be - `/usr/local/lib', but write it as `$(prefix)/lib'. - -`includedir' - The directory for installing header files to be included by user - programs with the C `#include' preprocessor directive. This - should normally be `/usr/local/include', but write it as - `$(prefix)/include'. - - Most compilers other than GCC do not look for header files in - `/usr/local/include'. So installing the header files this way is - only useful with GCC. Sometimes this is not a problem because some - libraries are only really intended to work with GCC. But some - libraries are intended to work with other compilers. They should - install their header files in two places, one specified by - `includedir' and one specified by `oldincludedir'. - -`oldincludedir' - The directory for installing `#include' header files for use with - compilers other than GCC. This should normally be `/usr/include'. - - The Makefile commands should check whether the value of - `oldincludedir' is empty. If it is, they should not try to use - it; they should cancel the second installation of the header files. - - A package should not replace an existing header in this directory - unless the header came from the same package. Thus, if your Foo - package provides a header file `foo.h', then it should install the - header file in the `oldincludedir' directory if either (1) there - is no `foo.h' there or (2) the `foo.h' that exists came from the - Foo package. - - To tell whether `foo.h' came from the Foo package, put a magic - string in the file--part of a comment--and grep for that string. - -`mandir' - The directory for installing the man pages (if any) for this - package. It should include the suffix for the proper section of - the manual--usually `1' for a utility. It will normally be - `/usr/local/man/man1', but you should write it as - `$(prefix)/man/man1'. - -`man1dir' - The directory for installing section 1 man pages. - -`man2dir' - The directory for installing section 2 man pages. - -`...' - Use these names instead of `mandir' if the package needs to - install man pages in more than one section of the manual. - - *Don't make the primary documentation for any GNU software be a - man page. Write a manual in Texinfo instead. Man pages are just - for the sake of people running GNU software on Unix, which is a - secondary application only.* - -`manext' - The file name extension for the installed man page. This should - contain a period followed by the appropriate digit; it should - normally be `.1'. - -`man1ext' - The file name extension for installed section 1 man pages. - -`man2ext' - The file name extension for installed section 2 man pages. - -`...' - Use these names instead of `manext' if the package needs to - install man pages in more than one section of the manual. - -`infodir' - The directory for installing the Info files for this package. By - default, it should be `/usr/local/info', but it should be written - as `$(prefix)/info'. - -`srcdir' - The directory for the sources being compiled. The value of this - variable is normally inserted by the `configure' shell script. - - For example: - - # Common prefix for installation directories. - # NOTE: This directory must exist when you start the install. - prefix = /usr/local - exec_prefix = $(prefix) - # Where to put the executable for the command `gcc'. - bindir = $(exec_prefix)/bin - # Where to put the directories used by the compiler. - libdir = $(exec_prefix)/lib - # Where to put the Info files. - infodir = $(prefix)/info - - If your program installs a large number of files into one of the -standard user-specified directories, it might be useful to group them -into a subdirectory particular to that program. If you do this, you -should write the `install' rule to create these subdirectories. - - Do not expect the user to include the subdirectory name in the value -of any of the variables listed above. The idea of having a uniform set -of variable names for installation directories is to enable the user to -specify the exact same values for several different GNU packages. In -order for this to be useful, all the packages must be designed so that -they will work sensibly when the user does so. - - -File: standards.info, Node: Configuration, Next: Source Language, Prev: Makefile Conventions, Up: Top - -How Configuration Should Work -***************************** - - Each GNU distribution should come with a shell script named -`configure'. This script is given arguments which describe the kind of -machine and system you want to compile the program for. - - The `configure' script must record the configuration options so that -they affect compilation. - - One way to do this is to make a link from a standard name such as -`config.h' to the proper configuration file for the chosen system. If -you use this technique, the distribution should *not* contain a file -named `config.h'. This is so that people won't be able to build the -program without configuring it first. - - Another thing that `configure' can do is to edit the Makefile. If -you do this, the distribution should *not* contain a file named -`Makefile'. Instead, include a file `Makefile.in' which contains the -input used for editing. Once again, this is so that people won't be -able to build the program without configuring it first. - - If `configure' does write the `Makefile', then `Makefile' should -have a target named `Makefile' which causes `configure' to be rerun, -setting up the same configuration that was set up last time. The files -that `configure' reads should be listed as dependencies of `Makefile'. - - All the files which are output from the `configure' script should -have comments at the beginning explaining that they were generated -automatically using `configure'. This is so that users won't think of -trying to edit them by hand. - - The `configure' script should write a file named `config.status' -which describes which configuration options were specified when the -program was last configured. This file should be a shell script which, -if run, will recreate the same configuration. - - The `configure' script should accept an option of the form -`--srcdir=DIRNAME' to specify the directory where sources are found (if -it is not the current directory). This makes it possible to build the -program in a separate directory, so that the actual source directory is -not modified. - - If the user does not specify `--srcdir', then `configure' should -check both `.' and `..' to see if it can find the sources. If it finds -the sources in one of these places, it should use them from there. -Otherwise, it should report that it cannot find the sources, and should -exit with nonzero status. - - Usually the easy way to support `--srcdir' is by editing a -definition of `VPATH' into the Makefile. Some rules may need to refer -explicitly to the specified source directory. To make this possible, -`configure' can add to the Makefile a variable named `srcdir' whose -value is precisely the specified directory. - - The `configure' script should also take an argument which specifies -the type of system to build the program for. This argument should look -like this: - - CPU-COMPANY-SYSTEM - - For example, a Sun 3 might be `m68k-sun-sunos4.1'. - - The `configure' script needs to be able to decode all plausible -alternatives for how to describe a machine. Thus, `sun3-sunos4.1' -would be a valid alias. So would `sun3-bsd4.2', since SunOS is -basically BSD and no other BSD system is used on a Sun. For many -programs, `vax-dec-ultrix' would be an alias for `vax-dec-bsd', simply -because the differences between Ultrix and BSD are rarely noticeable, -but a few programs might need to distinguish them. - - There is a shell script called `config.sub' that you can use as a -subroutine to validate system types and canonicalize aliases. - - Other options are permitted to specify in more detail the software -or hardware present on the machine, and include or exclude optional -parts of the package: - -`--enable-FEATURE[=PARAMETER]' - Configure the package to build and install an optional user-level - facility called FEATURE. This allows users to choose which - optional features to include. Giving an optional PARAMETER of - `no' should omit FEATURE, if it is built by default. - - No `--enable' option should *ever* cause one feature to replace - another. No `--enable' option should ever substitute one useful - behavior for another useful behavior. The only proper use for - `--enable' is for questions of whether to build part of the program - or exclude it. - -`--with-PACKAGE' - The package PACKAGE will be installed, so configure this package - to work with PACKAGE. - - Possible values of PACKAGE include `x', `x-toolkit', `gnu-as' (or - `gas'), `gnu-ld', `gnu-libc', and `gdb'. - - Do not use a `--with' option to specify the file name to use to - find certain files. That is outside the scope of what `--with' - options are for. - -`--nfp' - The target machine has no floating point processor. - -`--gas' - The target machine assembler is GAS, the GNU assembler. This is - obsolete; users should use `--with-gnu-as' instead. - -`--x' - The target machine has the X Window System installed. This is - obsolete; users should use `--with-x' instead. - - All `configure' scripts should accept all of these "detail" options, -whether or not they make any difference to the particular package at -hand. In particular, they should accept any option that starts with -`--with-' or `--enable-'. This is so users will be able to configure -an entire GNU source tree at once with a single set of options. - - You will note that the categories `--with-' and `--enable-' are -narrow: they *do not* provide a place for any sort of option you might -think of. That is deliberate. We want to limit the possible -configuration options in GNU software. We do not want GNU programs to -have idiosyncratic configuration options. - - Packages that perform part of compilation may support -cross-compilation. In such a case, the host and target machines for -the program may be different. The `configure' script should normally -treat the specified type of system as both the host and the target, -thus producing a program which works for the same type of machine that -it runs on. - - The way to build a cross-compiler, cross-assembler, or what have -you, is to specify the option `--host=HOSTTYPE' when running -`configure'. This specifies the host system without changing the type -of target system. The syntax for HOSTTYPE is the same as described -above. - - Bootstrapping a cross-compiler requires compiling it on a machine -other than the host it will run on. Compilation packages accept a -configuration option `--build=HOSTTYPE' for specifying the -configuration on which you will compile them, in case that is different -from the host. - - Programs for which cross-operation is not meaningful need not accept -the `--host' option, because configuring an entire operating system for -cross-operation is not a meaningful thing. - - Some programs have ways of configuring themselves automatically. If -your program is set up to do this, your `configure' script can simply -ignore most of its arguments. - - -File: standards.info, Node: Source Language, Next: Formatting, Prev: Configuration, Up: Top - -Using Languages Other Than C -**************************** - - Using a language other than C is like using a non-standard feature: -it will cause trouble for users. Even if GCC supports the other -language, users may find it inconvenient to have to install the -compiler for that other language in order to build your program. So -please write in C. - - There are three exceptions for this rule: - - * It is okay to use a special language if the same program contains - an interpreter for that language. - - Thus, it is not a problem that GNU Emacs contains code written in - Emacs Lisp, because it comes with a Lisp interpreter. - - * It is okay to use another language in a tool specifically intended - for use with that language. - - This is okay because the only people who want to build the tool - will be those who have installed the other language anyway. - - * If an application is not of extremely widespread interest, then - perhaps it's not important if the application is inconvenient to - install. - - -File: standards.info, Node: Formatting, Next: Comments, Prev: Source Language, Up: Top - -Formatting Your Source Code -*************************** - - It is important to put the open-brace that starts the body of a C -function in column zero, and avoid putting any other open-brace or -open-parenthesis or open-bracket in column zero. Several tools look -for open-braces in column zero to find the beginnings of C functions. -These tools will not work on code not formatted that way. - - It is also important for function definitions to start the name of -the function in column zero. This helps people to search for function -definitions, and may also help certain tools recognize them. Thus, the -proper format is this: - - static char * - concat (s1, s2) /* Name starts in column zero here */ - char *s1, *s2; - { /* Open brace in column zero here */ - ... - } - -or, if you want to use ANSI C, format the definition like this: - - static char * - concat (char *s1, char *s2) - { - ... - } - - In ANSI C, if the arguments don't fit nicely on one line, split it -like this: - - int - lots_of_args (int an_integer, long a_long, short a_short, - double a_double, float a_float) - ... - - For the body of the function, we prefer code formatted like this: - - if (x < foo (y, z)) - haha = bar[4] + 5; - else - { - while (z) - { - haha += foo (z, z); - z--; - } - return ++x + bar (); - } - - We find it easier to read a program when it has spaces before the -open-parentheses and after the commas. Especially after the commas. - - When you split an expression into multiple lines, split it before an -operator, not after one. Here is the right way: - - if (foo_this_is_long && bar > win (x, y, z) - && remaining_condition) - - Try to avoid having two operators of different precedence at the same -level of indentation. For example, don't write this: - - mode = (inmode[j] == VOIDmode - || GET_MODE_SIZE (outmode[j]) > GET_MODE_SIZE (inmode[j]) - ? outmode[j] : inmode[j]); - - Instead, use extra parentheses so that the indentation shows the -nesting: - - mode = ((inmode[j] == VOIDmode - || (GET_MODE_SIZE (outmode[j]) > GET_MODE_SIZE (inmode[j]))) - ? outmode[j] : inmode[j]); - - Insert extra parentheses so that Emacs will indent the code properly. -For example, the following indentation looks nice if you do it by hand, -but Emacs would mess it up: - - v = rup->ru_utime.tv_sec*1000 + rup->ru_utime.tv_usec/1000 - + rup->ru_stime.tv_sec*1000 + rup->ru_stime.tv_usec/1000; - - But adding a set of parentheses solves the problem: - - v = (rup->ru_utime.tv_sec*1000 + rup->ru_utime.tv_usec/1000 - + rup->ru_stime.tv_sec*1000 + rup->ru_stime.tv_usec/1000); - - Format do-while statements like this: - - do - { - a = foo (a); - } - while (a > 0); - - Please use formfeed characters (control-L) to divide the program into -pages at logical places (but not within a function). It does not matter -just how long the pages are, since they do not have to fit on a printed -page. The formfeeds should appear alone on lines by themselves. - - -File: standards.info, Node: Comments, Next: Syntactic Conventions, Prev: Formatting, Up: Top - -Commenting Your Work -******************** - - Every program should start with a comment saying briefly what it is -for. Example: `fmt - filter for simple filling of text'. - - Please put a comment on each function saying what the function does, -what sorts of arguments it gets, and what the possible values of -arguments mean and are used for. It is not necessary to duplicate in -words the meaning of the C argument declarations, if a C type is being -used in its customary fashion. If there is anything nonstandard about -its use (such as an argument of type `char *' which is really the -address of the second character of a string, not the first), or any -possible values that would not work the way one would expect (such as, -that strings containing newlines are not guaranteed to work), be sure -to say so. - - Also explain the significance of the return value, if there is one. - - Please put two spaces after the end of a sentence in your comments, -so that the Emacs sentence commands will work. Also, please write -complete sentences and capitalize the first word. If a lower-case -identifer comes at the beginning of a sentence, don't capitalize it! -Changing the spelling makes it a different identifier. If you don't -like starting a sentence with a lower case letter, write the sentence -differently (e.g., "The identifier lower-case is ..."). - - The comment on a function is much clearer if you use the argument -names to speak about the argument values. The variable name itself -should be lower case, but write it in upper case when you are speaking -about the value rather than the variable itself. Thus, "the inode -number NODE_NUM" rather than "an inode". - - There is usually no purpose in restating the name of the function in -the comment before it, because the reader can see that for himself. -There might be an exception when the comment is so long that the -function itself would be off the bottom of the screen. - - There should be a comment on each static variable as well, like this: - - /* Nonzero means truncate lines in the display; - zero means continue them. */ - int truncate_lines; - - Every `#endif' should have a comment, except in the case of short -conditionals (just a few lines) that are not nested. The comment should -state the condition of the conditional that is ending, *including its -sense*. `#else' should have a comment describing the condition *and -sense* of the code that follows. For example: - - #ifdef foo - ... - #else /* not foo */ - ... - #endif /* not foo */ - -but, by contrast, write the comments this way for a `#ifndef': - - #ifndef foo - ... - #else /* foo */ - ... - #endif /* foo */ - - -File: standards.info, Node: Syntactic Conventions, Next: Names, Prev: Comments, Up: Top - -Clean Use of C Constructs -************************* - - Please explicitly declare all arguments to functions. Don't omit -them just because they are `int's. - - Declarations of external functions and functions to appear later in -the source file should all go in one place near the beginning of the -file (somewhere before the first function definition in the file), or -else should go in a header file. Don't put `extern' declarations inside -functions. - - It used to be common practice to use the same local variables (with -names like `tem') over and over for different values within one -function. Instead of doing this, it is better declare a separate local -variable for each distinct purpose, and give it a name which is -meaningful. This not only makes programs easier to understand, it also -facilitates optimization by good compilers. You can also move the -declaration of each local variable into the smallest scope that includes -all its uses. This makes the program even cleaner. - - Don't use local variables or parameters that shadow global -identifiers. - - Don't declare multiple variables in one declaration that spans lines. -Start a new declaration on each line, instead. For example, instead of -this: - - int foo, - bar; - -write either this: - - int foo, bar; - -or this: - - int foo; - int bar; - -(If they are global variables, each should have a comment preceding it -anyway.) - - When you have an `if'-`else' statement nested in another `if' -statement, always put braces around the `if'-`else'. Thus, never write -like this: - - if (foo) - if (bar) - win (); - else - lose (); - -always like this: - - if (foo) - { - if (bar) - win (); - else - lose (); - } - - If you have an `if' statement nested inside of an `else' statement, -either write `else if' on one line, like this, - - if (foo) - ... - else if (bar) - ... - -with its `then'-part indented like the preceding `then'-part, or write -the nested `if' within braces like this: - - if (foo) - ... - else - { - if (bar) - ... - } - - Don't declare both a structure tag and variables or typedefs in the -same declaration. Instead, declare the structure tag separately and -then use it to declare the variables or typedefs. - - Try to avoid assignments inside `if'-conditions. For example, don't -write this: - - if ((foo = (char *) malloc (sizeof *foo)) == 0) - fatal ("virtual memory exhausted"); - -instead, write this: - - foo = (char *) malloc (sizeof *foo); - if (foo == 0) - fatal ("virtual memory exhausted"); - - Don't make the program ugly to placate `lint'. Please don't insert -any casts to `void'. Zero without a cast is perfectly fine as a null -pointer constant. - - -File: standards.info, Node: Names, Next: Using Extensions, Prev: Syntactic Conventions, Up: Top - -Naming Variables and Functions -****************************** - - Please use underscores to separate words in a name, so that the Emacs -word commands can be useful within them. Stick to lower case; reserve -upper case for macros and `enum' constants, and for name-prefixes that -follow a uniform convention. - - For example, you should use names like `ignore_space_change_flag'; -don't use names like `iCantReadThis'. - - Variables that indicate whether command-line options have been -specified should be named after the meaning of the option, not after -the option-letter. A comment should state both the exact meaning of -the option and its letter. For example, - - /* Ignore changes in horizontal whitespace (-b). */ - int ignore_space_change_flag; - - When you want to define names with constant integer values, use -`enum' rather than `#define'. GDB knows about enumeration constants. - - Use file names of 14 characters or less, to avoid creating gratuitous -problems on System V. You can use the program `doschk' to test for -this. `doschk' also tests for potential name conflicts if the files -were loaded onto an MS-DOS file system--something you may or may not -care about. - - -File: standards.info, Node: Using Extensions, Next: System Functions, Prev: Names, Up: Top - -Using Non-standard Features -*************************** - - Many GNU facilities that already exist support a number of convenient -extensions over the comparable Unix facilities. Whether to use these -extensions in implementing your program is a difficult question. - - On the one hand, using the extensions can make a cleaner program. -On the other hand, people will not be able to build the program unless -the other GNU tools are available. This might cause the program to -work on fewer kinds of machines. - - With some extensions, it might be easy to provide both alternatives. -For example, you can define functions with a "keyword" `INLINE' and -define that as a macro to expand into either `inline' or nothing, -depending on the compiler. - - In general, perhaps it is best not to use the extensions if you can -straightforwardly do without them, but to use the extensions if they -are a big improvement. - - An exception to this rule are the large, established programs (such -as Emacs) which run on a great variety of systems. Such programs would -be broken by use of GNU extensions. - - Another exception is for programs that are used as part of -compilation: anything that must be compiled with other compilers in -order to bootstrap the GNU compilation facilities. If these require -the GNU compiler, then no one can compile them without having them -installed already. That would be no good. - - Since most computer systems do not yet implement ANSI C, using the -ANSI C features is effectively using a GNU extension, so the same -considerations apply. (Except for ANSI features that we discourage, -such as trigraphs--don't ever use them.) - - -File: standards.info, Node: System Functions, Next: Semantics, Prev: Using Extensions, Up: Top - -Calling System Functions -************************ - - C implementations differ substantially. ANSI C reduces but does not -eliminate the incompatibilities; meanwhile, many users wish to compile -GNU software with pre-ANSI compilers. This chapter gives -recommendations for how to use the more or less standard C library -functions to avoid unnecessary loss of portability. - - * Don't use the value of `sprintf'. It returns the number of - characters written on some systems, but not on all systems. - - * Don't declare system functions explicitly. - - Almost any declaration for a system function is wrong on some - system. To minimize conflicts, leave it to the system header - files to declare system functions. If the headers don't declare a - function, let it remain undeclared. - - While it may seem unclean to use a function without declaring it, - in practice this works fine for most system library functions on - the systems where this really happens. The problem is only - theoretical. By contrast, actual declarations have frequently - caused actual conflicts. - - * If you must declare a system function, don't specify the argument - types. Use an old-style declaration, not an ANSI prototype. The - more you specify about the function, the more likely a conflict. - - * In particular, don't unconditionally declare `malloc' or `realloc'. - - Most GNU programs use those functions just once, in functions - conventionally named `xmalloc' and `xrealloc'. These functions - call `malloc' and `realloc', respectively, and check the results. - - Because `xmalloc' and `xrealloc' are defined in your program, you - can declare them in other files without any risk of type conflict. - - On most systems, `int' is the same length as a pointer; thus, the - calls to `malloc' and `realloc' work fine. For the few - exceptional systems (mostly 64-bit machines), you can use - *conditionalized* declarations of `malloc' and `realloc'--or put - these declarations in configuration files specific to those - systems. - - * The string functions require special treatment. Some Unix systems - have a header file `string.h'; other have `strings.h'. Neither - file name is portable. There are two things you can do: use - Autoconf to figure out which file to include, or don't include - either file. - - * If you don't include either strings file, you can't get - declarations for the string functions from the header file in the - usual way. - - That causes less of a problem than you might think. The newer ANSI - string functions are off-limits anyway because many systems still - don't support them. The string functions you can use are these: - - strcpy strncpy strcat strncat - strlen strcmp strncmp - strchr strrchr - - The copy and concatenate functions work fine without a declaration - as long as you don't use their values. Using their values without - a declaration fails on systems where the width of a pointer - differs from the width of `int', and perhaps in other cases. It - is trivial to avoid using their values, so do that. - - The compare functions and `strlen' work fine without a declaration - on most systems, possibly all the ones that GNU software runs on. - You may find it necessary to declare them *conditionally* on a few - systems. - - The search functions must be declared to return `char *'. Luckily, - there is no variation in the data type they return. But there is - variation in their names. Some systems give these functions the - names `index' and `rindex'; other systems use the names `strchr' - and `strrchr'. Some systems support both pairs of names, but - neither pair works on all systems. - - You should pick a single pair of names and use it throughout your - program. (Nowadays, it is better to choose `strchr' and - `strrchr'.) Declare both of those names as functions returning - `char *'. On systems which don't support those names, define them - as macros in terms of the other pair. For example, here is what - to put at the beginning of your file (or in a header) if you want - to use the names `strchr' and `strrchr' throughout: - - #ifndef HAVE_STRCHR - #define strchr index - #endif - #ifndef HAVE_STRRCHR - #define strrchr rindex - #endif - - char *strchr (); - char *strrchr (); - - Here we assume that `HAVE_STRCHR' and `HAVE_STRRCHR' are macros -defined in systems where the corresponding functions exist. One way to -get them properly defined is to use Autoconf. - - -File: standards.info, Node: Semantics, Next: Errors, Prev: System Functions, Up: Top - -Program Behavior for All Programs -********************************* - - Avoid arbitrary limits on the length or number of *any* data -structure, including filenames, lines, files, and symbols, by allocating -all data structures dynamically. In most Unix utilities, "long lines -are silently truncated". This is not acceptable in a GNU utility. - - Utilities reading files should not drop NUL characters, or any other -nonprinting characters *including those with codes above 0177*. The -only sensible exceptions would be utilities specifically intended for -interface to certain types of printers that can't handle those -characters. - - Check every system call for an error return, unless you know you -wish to ignore errors. Include the system error text (from `perror' or -equivalent) in *every* error message resulting from a failing system -call, as well as the name of the file if any and the name of the -utility. Just "cannot open foo.c" or "stat failed" is not sufficient. - - Check every call to `malloc' or `realloc' to see if it returned -zero. Check `realloc' even if you are making the block smaller; in a -system that rounds block sizes to a power of 2, `realloc' may get a -different block if you ask for less space. - - In Unix, `realloc' can destroy the storage block if it returns zero. -GNU `realloc' does not have this bug: if it fails, the original block -is unchanged. Feel free to assume the bug is fixed. If you wish to -run your program on Unix, and wish to avoid lossage in this case, you -can use the GNU `malloc'. - - You must expect `free' to alter the contents of the block that was -freed. Anything you want to fetch from the block, you must fetch before -calling `free'. - - Use `getopt_long' to decode arguments, unless the argument syntax -makes this unreasonable. - - When static storage is to be written in during program execution, use -explicit C code to initialize it. Reserve C initialized declarations -for data that will not be changed. - - Try to avoid low-level interfaces to obscure Unix data structures -(such as file directories, utmp, or the layout of kernel memory), since -these are less likely to work compatibly. If you need to find all the -files in a directory, use `readdir' or some other high-level interface. -These will be supported compatibly by GNU. - - By default, the GNU system will provide the signal handling -functions of BSD and of POSIX. So GNU software should be written to use -these. - - In error checks that detect "impossible" conditions, just abort. -There is usually no point in printing any message. These checks -indicate the existence of bugs. Whoever wants to fix the bugs will have -to read the source code and run a debugger. So explain the problem with -comments in the source. The relevant data will be in variables, which -are easy to examine with the debugger, so there is no point moving them -elsewhere. - - -File: standards.info, Node: Errors, Next: Libraries, Prev: Semantics, Up: Top - -Formatting Error Messages -************************* - - Error messages from compilers should look like this: - - SOURCE-FILE-NAME:LINENO: MESSAGE - - Error messages from other noninteractive programs should look like -this: - - PROGRAM:SOURCE-FILE-NAME:LINENO: MESSAGE - -when there is an appropriate source file, or like this: - - PROGRAM: MESSAGE - -when there is no relevant source file. - - In an interactive program (one that is reading commands from a -terminal), it is better not to include the program name in an error -message. The place to indicate which program is running is in the -prompt or with the screen layout. (When the same program runs with -input from a source other than a terminal, it is not interactive and -would do best to print error messages using the noninteractive style.) - - The string MESSAGE should not begin with a capital letter when it -follows a program name and/or filename. Also, it should not end with a -period. - - Error messages from interactive programs, and other messages such as -usage messages, should start with a capital letter. But they should not -end with a period. - - -File: standards.info, Node: Libraries, Next: Portability, Prev: Errors, Up: Top - -Library Behavior -**************** - - Try to make library functions reentrant. If they need to do dynamic -storage allocation, at least try to avoid any nonreentrancy aside from -that of `malloc' itself. - - Here are certain name conventions for libraries, to avoid name -conflicts. - - Choose a name prefix for the library, more than two characters long. -All external function and variable names should start with this prefix. -In addition, there should only be one of these in any given library -member. This usually means putting each one in a separate source file. - - An exception can be made when two external symbols are always used -together, so that no reasonable program could use one without the -other; then they can both go in the same file. - - External symbols that are not documented entry points for the user -should have names beginning with `_'. They should also contain the -chosen name prefix for the library, to prevent collisions with other -libraries. These can go in the same files with user entry points if -you like. - - Static functions and variables can be used as you like and need not -fit any naming convention. - - -File: standards.info, Node: Portability, Next: User Interfaces, Prev: Libraries, Up: Top - -Portability As It Applies to GNU -******************************** - - Much of what is called "portability" in the Unix world refers to -porting to different Unix versions. This is a secondary consideration -for GNU software, because its primary purpose is to run on top of one -and only one kernel, the GNU kernel, compiled with one and only one C -compiler, the GNU C compiler. The amount and kinds of variation among -GNU systems on different cpu's will be like the variation among Berkeley -4.3 systems on different cpu's. - - All users today run GNU software on non-GNU systems. So supporting a -variety of non-GNU systems is desirable; simply not paramount. The -easiest way to achieve portability to a reasonable range of systems is -to use Autoconf. It's unlikely that your program needs to know more -information about the host machine than Autoconf can provide, simply -because most of the programs that need such knowledge have already been -written. - - It is difficult to be sure exactly what facilities the GNU kernel -will provide, since it isn't finished yet. Therefore, assume you can -use anything in 4.3; just avoid using the format of semi-internal data -bases (e.g., directories) when there is a higher-level alternative -(`readdir'). - - You can freely assume any reasonably standard facilities in the C -language, libraries or kernel, because we will find it necessary to -support these facilities in the full GNU system, whether or not we have -already done so. The fact that there may exist kernels or C compilers -that lack these facilities is irrelevant as long as the GNU kernel and -C compiler support them. - - It remains necessary to worry about differences among cpu types, such -as the difference in byte ordering and alignment restrictions. It's -unlikely that 16-bit machines will ever be supported by GNU, so there -is no point in spending any time to consider the possibility that an -int will be less than 32 bits. - - You can assume that all pointers have the same format, regardless of -the type they point to, and that this is really an integer. There are -some weird machines where this isn't true, but they aren't important; -don't waste time catering to them. Besides, eventually we will put -function prototypes into all GNU programs, and that will probably make -your program work even on weird machines. - - Since some important machines (including the 68000) are big-endian, -it is important not to assume that the address of an `int' object is -also the address of its least-significant byte. Thus, don't make the -following mistake: - - int c; - ... - while ((c = getchar()) != EOF) - write(file_descriptor, &c, 1); - - You can assume that it is reasonable to use a meg of memory. Don't -strain to reduce memory usage unless it can get to that level. If your -program creates complicated data structures, just make them in core and -give a fatal error if malloc returns zero. - - If a program works by lines and could be applied to arbitrary -user-supplied input files, it should keep only a line in memory, because -this is not very hard and users will want to be able to operate on input -files that are bigger than will fit in core all at once. - - -File: standards.info, Node: User Interfaces, Next: Documentation, Prev: Portability, Up: Top - -Standards for Command Line Interfaces -************************************* - - Please don't make the behavior of a utility depend on the name used -to invoke it. It is useful sometimes to make a link to a utility with -a different name, and that should not change what it does. - - Instead, use a run time option or a compilation switch or both to -select among the alternate behaviors. - - Likewise, please don't make the behavior of the program depend on the -type of output device it is used with. Device independence is an -important principle of the system's design; do not compromise it merely -to save someone from typing an option now and then. - - If you think one behavior is most useful when the output is to a -terminal, and another is most useful when the output is a file or a -pipe, then it is usually best to make the default behavior the one that -is useful with output to a terminal, and have an option for the other -behavior. - - Compatibility requires certain programs to depend on the type of -output device. It would be disastrous if `ls' or `sh' did not do so in -the way all users expect. In some of these cases, we supplement the -program with a preferred alternate version that does not depend on the -output device type. For example, we provide a `dir' program much like -`ls' except that its default output format is always multi-column -format. - - It is a good idea to follow the POSIX guidelines for the -command-line options of a program. The easiest way to do this is to use -`getopt' to parse them. Note that the GNU version of `getopt' will -normally permit options anywhere among the arguments unless the special -argument `--' is used. This is not what POSIX specifies; it is a GNU -extension. - - Please define long-named options that are equivalent to the -single-letter Unix-style options. We hope to make GNU more user -friendly this way. This is easy to do with the GNU function -`getopt_long'. - - One of the advantages of long-named options is that they can be -consistent from program to program. For example, users should be able -to expect the "verbose" option of any GNU program which has one, to be -spelled precisely `--verbose'. To achieve this uniformity, look at the -table of common long-option names when you choose the option names for -your program. The table appears below. - - If you use names not already in the table, please send -`gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu' a list of them, with their meanings, so we can -update the table. - - It is usually a good idea for file names given as ordinary arguments -to be input files only; any output files would be specified using -options (preferably `-o'). Even if you allow an output file name as an -ordinary argument for compatibility, try to provide a suitable option -as well. This will lead to more consistency among GNU utilities, so -that there are fewer idiosyncracies for users to remember. - - Programs should support an option `--version' which prints the -program's version number on standard output and exits successfully, and -an option `--help' which prints option usage information on standard -output and exits successfully. These options should inhibit the normal -function of the command; they should do nothing except print the -requested information. - -`auto-check' - `-a' in `recode'. - -`auto-reference' - `-A' in `ptx'. - -`after-date' - `-N' in `tar'. - -`all' - `-a' in `du', `ls', `nm', `stty', `uname', and `unexpand'. - -`all-text' - `-a' in `diff'. - -`almost-all' - `-A' in `ls'. - -`append' - `-a' in `etags', `tee', `time'; `-r' in `tar'. - -`archive' - `-a' in `cp'. - -`arglength' - `-l' in `m4'. - -`ascii' - `-a' in `diff'. - -`assume-new' - `-W' in Make. - -`assume-old' - `-o' in Make. - -`backward-search' - `-B' in etags. - -`batch' - Used in GDB. - -`baud' - Used in GDB. - -`before' - `-b' in `tac'. - -`binary' - `-b' in `cpio' and `diff'. - -`block-size' - Used in `cpio' and `tar'. - -`blocks' - `-b' in `head' and `tail'. - -`break-file' - `-b' in `ptx'. - -`brief' - Used in various programs to make output shorter. - -`bytes' - `-c' in `head', `split', and `tail'. - -`c++' - `-C' in `etags'. - -`catenate' - `-A' in `tar'. - -`cd' - Used in various programs to specify the directory to use. - -`changes' - `-c' in `chgrp' and `chown'. - -`classify' - `-F' in `ls'. - -`colons' - `-c' in `recode'. - -`command' - `-c' in `su'; `-x' in GDB. - -`compare' - `-d' in `tar'. - -`compress' - `-Z' in `tar'. - -`concatenate' - `-A' in `tar'. - -`confirmation' - `-w' in `tar'. - -`context' - Used in `diff'. - -`copyright' - `-C' in `ptx' and `recode'. - -`core' - Used in GDB. - -`count' - `-q' in `who'. - -`count-links' - `-l' in `du'. - -`create' - Used in `tar' and `cpio'. - -`cxref' - `-x' in `etags'. - -`date' - `-d' in `touch'. - -`debug' - `-d' in Make and `m4'; `-t' in Bison. - -`define' - `-D' in `m4'. - -`defines' - `-d' in Bison and `etags'. - -`delete' - `-D' in `tar'. - -`dereference' - `-L' in `chgrp', `chown', `cpio', `du', `ls', and `tar'. - -`dereference-args' - `-D' in `du'. - -`diacritics' - `-d' in `recode'. - -`dictionary-order' - `-d' in `look'. - -`diff' - `-d' in `tar'. - -`digits' - `-n' in `csplit'. - -`directory' - Specify the directory to use, in various programs. In `ls', it - means to show directories themselves rather than their contents. - In `rm' and `ln', it means to not treat links to directories - specially. - -`discard-all' - `-x' in `strip'. - -`discard-locals' - `-X' in `strip'. - -`diversions' - `-N' in `m4'. - -`dry-run' - `-n' in Make. - -`ed' - `-e' in `diff'. - -`elide-empty-files' - `-z' in `csplit'. - -`entire-new-file' - `-N' in `diff'. - -`environment-overrides' - `-e' in Make. - -`eof' - `-e' in `xargs'. - -`epoch' - Used in GDB. - -`error-limit' - Used in Makeinfo. - -`error-output' - `-o' in `m4'. - -`escape' - `-b' in `ls'. - -`exclude-from' - `-X' in `tar'. - -`exec' - Used in GDB. - -`exit' - `-x' in `xargs'. - -`expand-tabs' - `-t' in `diff'. - -`expression' - `-e' in `sed'. - -`extern-only' - `-g' in `nm'. - -`extract' - `-i' in `cpio'; `-x' in `tar'. - -`faces' - `-f' in `finger'. - -`fast' - `-f' in `su'. - -`file' - `-f' in `info', Make, `mt', and `tar'; `-n' in `sed'; `-r' in - `touch'. - -`file-prefix' - `-b' in Bison. - -`file-type' - `-F' in `ls'. - -`files-from' - `-T' in `tar'. - -`fill-column' - Used in Makeinfo. - -`flag-truncation' - `-F' in `ptx'. - -`fixed-output-files' - `-y' in Bison. - -`follow' - `-f' in `tail'. - -`footnote-style' - Used in Makeinfo. - -`force' - `-f' in `cp', `ln', `mv', and `rm'. - -`format' - Used in `ls', `time', and `ptx'. - -`forward-search' - `-F' in `etags'. - -`fullname' - Used in GDB. - -`gap-size' - `-g' in `ptx'. - -`get' - `-x' in `tar'. - -`graphic' - `-i' in `ul'. - -`graphics' - `-g' in `recode'. - -`group' - `-g' in `install'. - -`gzip' - `-z' in `tar'. - -`hashsize' - `-H' in `m4'. - -`header' - `-h' in `objdump' and `recode' - -`heading' - `-H' in `who'. - -`help' - Used to ask for brief usage information. - -`hide-control-chars' - `-q' in `ls'. - -`idle' - `-u' in `who'. - -`ifdef' - `-D' in `diff'. - -`ignore' - `-I' in `ls'; `-x' in `recode'. - -`ignore-all-space' - `-w' in `diff'. - -`ignore-backups' - `-B' in `ls'. - -`ignore-blank-lines' - `-B' in `diff'. - -`ignore-case' - `-f' in `look' and `ptx'; `-i' in `diff'. - -`ignore-errors' - `-i' in Make. - -`ignore-file' - `-i' in `ptx'. - -`ignore-indentation' - `-S' in `etags'. - -`ignore-init-file' - `-f' in Oleo. - -`ignore-interrupts' - `-i' in `tee'. - -`ignore-matching-lines' - `-I' in `diff'. - -`ignore-space-change' - `-b' in `diff'. - -`ignore-zeros' - `-i' in `tar'. - -`include' - `-i' in `etags'; `-I' in `m4'. - -`include-dir' - `-I' in Make. - -`incremental' - `-G' in `tar'. - -`info' - `-i', `-l', and `-m' in Finger. - -`initial' - `-i' in `expand'. - -`initial-tab' - `-T' in `diff'. - -`inode' - `-i' in `ls'. - -`interactive' - `-i' in `cp', `ln', `mv', `rm'; `-e' in `m4'; `-p' in `xargs'; - `-w' in `tar'. - -`jobs' - `-j' in Make. - -`just-print' - `-n' in Make. - -`keep-going' - `-k' in Make. - -`keep-files' - `-k' in `csplit'. - -`kilobytes' - `-k' in `du' and `ls'. - -`line-bytes' - `-C' in `split'. - -`lines' - Used in `split', `head', and `tail'. - -`link' - `-l' in `cpio'. - -`list' - `-t' in `cpio'; `-l' in `recode'. - -`list' - `-t' in `tar'. - -`literal' - `-N' in `ls'. - -`load-average' - `-l' in Make. - -`login' - Used in `su'. - -`machine' - No listing of which programs already use this; someone should - check to see if any actually do and tell `gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu'. - -`macro-name' - `-M' in `ptx'. - -`mail' - `-m' in `hello' and `uname'. - -`make-directories' - `-d' in `cpio'. - -`makefile' - `-f' in Make. - -`mapped' - Used in GDB. - -`max-args' - `-n' in `xargs'. - -`max-chars' - `-n' in `xargs'. - -`max-lines' - `-l' in `xargs'. - -`max-load' - `-l' in Make. - -`max-procs' - `-P' in `xargs'. - -`mesg' - `-T' in `who'. - -`message' - `-T' in `who'. - -`minimal' - `-d' in `diff'. - -`mode' - `-m' in `install', `mkdir', and `mkfifo'. - -`modification-time' - `-m' in `tar'. - -`multi-volume' - `-M' in `tar'. - -`name-prefix' - `-a' in Bison. - -`new-file' - `-W' in Make. - -`no-builtin-rules' - `-r' in Make. - -`no-create' - `-c' in `touch'. - -`no-defines' - `-D' in `etags'. - -`no-dereference' - `-d' in `cp'. - -`no-keep-going' - `-S' in Make. - -`no-lines' - `-l' in Bison. - -`no-prof' - `-e' in `gprof'. - -`no-sort' - `-p' in `nm'. - -`no-split' - Used in Makeinfo. - -`no-static' - `-a' in `gprof'. - -`no-time' - `-E' in `gprof'. - -`no-validate' - Used in Makeinfo. - -`no-warn' - Used in various programs to inhibit warnings. - -`node' - `-n' in `info'. - -`nodename' - `-n' in `uname'. - -`nonmatching' - `-f' in `cpio'. - -`nstuff' - `-n' in `objdump'. - -`null' - `-0' in `xargs'. - -`number' - `-n' in `cat'. - -`number-nonblank' - `-b' in `cat'. - -`numeric-sort' - `-n' in `nm'. - -`numeric-uid-gid' - `-n' in `cpio' and `ls'. - -`nx' - Used in GDB. - -`old-archive' - `-o' in `tar'. - -`old-file' - `-o' in Make. - -`one-file-system' - `-l' in `tar', `cp', and `du'. - -`only-file' - `-o' in `ptx'. - -`only-prof' - `-f' in `gprof'. - -`only-time' - `-F' in `gprof'. - -`output' - In various programs, specify the output file name. - -`override' - `-o' in `rm'. - -`owner' - `-o' in `install'. - -`paginate' - `-l' in `diff'. - -`paragraph-indent' - Used in Makeinfo. - -`parents' - `-p' in `mkdir' and `rmdir'. - -`pass-all' - `-p' in `ul'. - -`pass-through' - `-p' in `cpio'. - -`port' - `-P' in `finger'. - -`portability' - `-c' in `cpio' and `tar'. - -`prefix-builtins' - `-P' in `m4'. - -`prefix' - `-f' in `csplit'. - -`preserve' - Used in `tar' and `cp'. - -`preserve-environment' - `-p' in `su'. - -`preserve-modification-time' - `-m' in `cpio'. - -`preserve-order' - `-s' in `tar'. - -`preserve-permissions' - `-p' in `tar'. - -`print' - `-l' in `diff'. - -`print-chars' - `-L' in `cmp'. - -`print-data-base' - `-p' in Make. - -`print-directory' - `-w' in Make. - -`print-file-name' - `-o' in `nm'. - -`print-symdefs' - `-s' in `nm'. - -`question' - `-q' in Make. - -`quiet' - Used in many programs to inhibit the usual output. *Note:* every - program accepting `--quiet' should accept `--silent' as a synonym. - -`quote-name' - `-Q' in `ls'. - -`rcs' - `-n' in `diff'. - -`read-full-blocks' - `-B' in `tar'. - -`readnow' - Used in GDB. - -`recon' - `-n' in Make. - -`record-number' - `-R' in `tar'. - -`recursive' - Used in `chgrp', `chown', `cp', `ls', `diff', and `rm'. - -`reference-limit' - Used in Makeinfo. - -`references' - `-r' in `ptx'. - -`regex' - `-r' in `tac'. - -`release' - `-r' in `uname'. - -`relocation' - `-r' in `objdump'. - -`rename' - `-r' in `cpio'. - -`replace' - `-i' in `xargs'. - -`report-identical-files' - `-s' in `diff'. - -`reset-access-time' - `-a' in `cpio'. - -`reverse' - `-r' in `ls' and `nm'. - -`reversed-ed' - `-f' in `diff'. - -`right-side-defs' - `-R' in `ptx'. - -`same-order' - `-s' in `tar'. - -`same-permissions' - `-p' in `tar'. - -`save' - `-g' in `stty'. - -`se' - Used in GDB. - -`sentence-regexp' - `-S' in `ptx'. - -`separate-dirs' - `-S' in `du'. - -`separator' - `-s' in `tac'. - -`sequence' - Used by `recode' to chose files or pipes for sequencing passes. - -`shell' - `-s' in `su'. - -`show-all' - `-A' in `cat'. - -`show-c-function' - `-p' in `diff'. - -`show-ends' - `-E' in `cat'. - -`show-function-line' - `-F' in `diff'. - -`show-tabs' - `-T' in `cat'. - -`silent' - Used in many programs to inhibit the usual output. *Note:* every - program accepting `--silent' should accept `--quiet' as a synonym. - -`size' - `-s' in `ls'. - -`sort' - Used in `ls'. - -`sparse' - `-S' in `tar'. - -`speed-large-files' - `-H' in `diff'. - -`squeeze-blank' - `-s' in `cat'. - -`starting-file' - Used in `tar' and `diff' to specify which file within a directory - to start processing with. - -`stop' - `-S' in Make. - -`strict' - `-s' in `recode'. - -`strip' - `-s' in `install'. - -`strip-all' - `-s' in `strip'. - -`strip-debug' - `-S' in `strip'. - -`suffix' - `-S' in `cp', `ln', `mv'. - -`suffix-format' - `-b' in `csplit'. - -`sum' - `-s' in `gprof'. - -`summarize' - `-s' in `du'. - -`symbolic' - `-s' in `ln'. - -`symbols' - Used in GDB and `objdump'. - -`synclines' - `-s' in `m4'. - -`sysname' - `-s' in `uname'. - -`tabs' - `-t' in `expand' and `unexpand'. - -`tabsize' - `-T' in `ls'. - -`terminal' - `-T' in `tput' and `ul'. - -`text' - `-a' in `diff'. - -`time' - Used in `ls' and `touch'. - -`to-stdout' - `-O' in `tar'. - -`total' - `-c' in `du'. - -`touch' - `-t' in Make, `ranlib', and `recode'. - -`trace' - `-t' in `m4'. - -`traditional' - `-t' in `hello'; `-G' in `m4' and `ptx'. - -`tty' - Used in GDB. - -`typedefs' - `-t' in `etags'. - -`typedefs-and-c++' - `-T' in `etags'. - -`typeset-mode' - `-t' in `ptx'. - -`uncompress' - `-z' in `tar'. - -`unconditional' - `-u' in `cpio'. - -`undefine' - `-U' in `m4'. - -`undefined-only' - `-u' in `nm'. - -`update' - `-u' in `cp', `etags', `mv', `tar'. - -`verbose' - Print more information about progress. Many programs support this. - -`verify' - `-W' in `tar'. - -`version' - Print the version number. - -`version-control' - `-V' in `cp', `ln', `mv'. - -`vgrind' - `-v' in `etags'. - -`volume' - `-V' in `tar'. - -`what-if' - `-W' in Make. - -`width' - `-w' in `ls' and `ptx'. - -`word-regexp' - `-W' in `ptx'. - -`writable' - `-T' in `who'. - -`zeros' - `-z' in `gprof'. - - -File: standards.info, Node: Documentation, Next: Releases, Prev: User Interfaces, Up: Top - -Documenting Programs -******************** - - Please use Texinfo for documenting GNU programs. See the Texinfo -manual, either the hardcopy or the version in the GNU Emacs Info -subsystem (`C-h i'). See existing GNU Texinfo files (e.g., those under -the `man/' directory in the GNU Emacs distribution) for examples. - - The title page of the manual should state the version of the program -which the manual applies to. The Top node of the manual should also -contain this information. If the manual is changing more frequently -than or independent of the program, also state a version number for the -manual in both of these places. - - The manual should document all command-line arguments and all -commands. It should give examples of their use. But don't organize -the manual as a list of features. Instead, organize it by the concepts -a user will have before reaching that point in the manual. Address the -goals that a user will have in mind, and explain how to accomplish -them. Don't use Unix man pages as a model for how to write GNU -documentation; they are a bad example to follow. - - The manual should have a node named `PROGRAM Invocation' or -`Invoking PROGRAM', where PROGRAM stands for the name of the program -being described, as you would type it in the shell to run the program. -This node (together with its subnodes, if any) should describe the -program's command line arguments and how to run it (the sort of -information people would look in a man page for). Start with an -`@example' containing a template for all the options and arguments that -the program uses. - - Alternatively, put a menu item in some menu whose item name fits one -of the above patterns. This identifies the node which that item points -to as the node for this purpose, regardless of the node's actual name. - - There will be automatic features for specifying a program name and -quickly reading just this part of its manual. - - If one manual describes several programs, it should have such a node -for each program described. - - In addition to its manual, the package should have a file named -`NEWS' which contains a list of user-visible changes worth mentioning. -In each new release, add items to the front of the file and identify -the version they pertain to. Don't discard old items; leave them in -the file after the newer items. This way, a user upgrading from any -previous version can see what is new. - - If the `NEWS' file gets very long, move some of the older items into -a file named `ONEWS' and put a note at the end referring the user to -that file. - - Please do not use the term "pathname" that is used in Unix -documentation; use "file name" (two words) instead. We use the term -"path" only for search paths, which are lists of file names. - - It is ok to supply a man page for the program as well as a Texinfo -manual if you wish to. But keep in mind that supporting a man page -requires continual effort, each time the program is changed. Any time -you spend on the man page is time taken away from more useful things you -could contribute. - - Thus, even if a user volunteers to donate a man page, you may find -this gift costly to accept. Unless you have time on your hands, it may -be better to refuse the man page unless the same volunteer agrees to -take full responsibility for maintaining it--so that you can wash your -hands of it entirely. If the volunteer ceases to do the job, then -don't feel obliged to pick it up yourself; it may be better to withdraw -the man page until another volunteer offers to carry on with it. - - Alternatively, if you expect the discrepancies to be small enough -that the man page remains useful, put a prominent note near the -beginning of the man page explaining that you don't maintain it and -that the Texinfo manual is more authoritative, and describing how to -access the Texinfo documentation. - - -File: standards.info, Node: Releases, Prev: Documentation, Up: Top - -Making Releases -*************** - - Package the distribution of Foo version 69.96 in a gzipped tar file -named `foo-69.96.tar.gz'. It should unpack into a subdirectory named -`foo-69.96'. - - Building and installing the program should never modify any of the -files contained in the distribution. This means that all the files -that form part of the program in any way must be classified into "source -files" and "non-source files". Source files are written by humans and -never changed automatically; non-source files are produced from source -files by programs under the control of the Makefile. - - Naturally, all the source files must be in the distribution. It is -okay to include non-source files in the distribution, provided they are -up-to-date and machine-independent, so that building the distribution -normally will never modify them. We commonly include non-source files -produced by Bison, Lex, TeX, and Makeinfo; this helps avoid unnecessary -dependencies between our distributions, so that users can install -whichever packages they want to install. - - Non-source files that might actually be modified by building and -installing the program should *never* be included in the distribution. -So if you do distribute non-source files, always make sure they are up -to date when you make a new distribution. - - Make sure that the directory into which the distribution unpacks (as -well as any subdirectories) are all world-writable (octal mode 777). -This is so that old versions of `tar' which preserve the ownership and -permissions of the files from the tar archive will be able to extract -all the files even if the user is unprivileged. - - Make sure that all the files in the distribution are world-readable. - - Make sure that no file name in the distribution is more than 14 -characters long. Likewise, no file created by building the program -should have a name longer than 14 characters. The reason for this is -that some systems adhere to a foolish interpretation of the POSIX -standard, and refuse to open a longer name, rather than truncating as -they did in the past. - - Don't include any symbolic links in the distribution itself. If the -tar file contains symbolic links, then people cannot even unpack it on -systems that don't support symbolic links. Also, don't use multiple -names for one file in different directories, because certain file -systems cannot handle this and that prevents unpacking the distribution. - - Try to make sure that all the file names will be unique on MS-DOG. A -name on MS-DOG consists of up to 8 characters, optionally followed by a -period and up to three characters. MS-DOG will truncate extra -characters both before and after the period. Thus, `foobarhacker.c' -and `foobarhacker.o' are not ambiguous; they are truncated to -`foobarha.c' and `foobarha.o', which are distinct. - - Include in your distribution a copy of the `texinfo.tex' you used to -test print any `*.texinfo' files. - - Likewise, if your program uses small GNU software packages like -regex, getopt, obstack, or termcap, include them in the distribution -file. Leaving them out would make the distribution file a little -smaller at the expense of possible inconvenience to a user who doesn't -know what other files to get. - - +Indirect: +standards.info-1: 960 +standards.info-2: 49450 Tag Table: -Node: Top950 -Node: Reading Non-Free Code2051 -Node: Contributions3777 -Node: Change Logs5375 -Node: Compatibility9091 -Node: Makefile Conventions10730 -Node: Makefile Basics11087 -Node: Utilities in Makefiles12978 -Node: Standard Targets14414 -Node: Command Variables21523 -Node: Directory Variables24353 -Node: Configuration30825 -Node: Source Language37849 -Node: Formatting38979 -Node: Comments42269 -Node: Syntactic Conventions45055 -Node: Names47947 -Node: Using Extensions49237 -Node: System Functions50978 -Node: Semantics55781 -Node: Errors58747 -Node: Libraries59950 -Node: Portability61174 -Node: User Interfaces64461 -Node: Documentation79291 -Node: Releases83225 +(Indirect) +Node: Top960 +Node: Preface2096 +Node: Reading Non-Free Code3138 +Node: Contributions4868 +Node: Change Logs6466 +Node: Compatibility10182 +Node: Makefile Conventions11821 +Node: Makefile Basics12178 +Node: Utilities in Makefiles14522 +Node: Standard Targets16219 +Node: Command Variables23328 +Node: Directory Variables26158 +Node: Configuration35220 +Node: Source Language42244 +Node: Formatting43374 +Node: Comments46664 +Node: Syntactic Conventions49450 +Node: Names52342 +Node: Using Extensions53632 +Node: System Functions55373 +Node: Semantics60176 +Node: Errors63464 +Node: Libraries64667 +Node: Portability65891 +Node: User Interfaces69178 +Node: Documentation85106 +Node: Releases89040 End Tag Table |