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-*-Text-*-
This is the file INFO;DIR >, which contains the topmost node of the
info hierarchy.  The first time you invoke INFO you start off
looking at that node ( "(INFO;DIR)Top" ).

File: DIR	Node: Top	This is the top of the tree

This is the Directory node of INFO.  The "D" command comes back here.
The directory is a list of all the major topics that INFO knows about.
You can see it, starting ten lines or so below this line.

If you need help in using INFO, "?" will get you a brief refresher
listing all the commands, and "H" will show you a primer.  If this is
your first use of INFO, you should definitely type "H".  To exit INFO
type "Q".

Everyone is encouraged and asked, urged and exhorted, implored and cajoled,
to add documentation to this tree. (Visit Menu item INFO for how).

* Menu: The "Menu" is the list of topics.  Here it is:

* INFO:	(INFO)Top	INFO is this program.  Look here for how to
			add documentation to the tree.
  ^^ Notice that INFO is the topic, while (INFO)Top is the node name.
* EMACS: (EMACS)Top	EMACS is an editor / collection of subsystems.
* Twenex::
* Text Editors::
* Mail Readers::
* Formatting Systems::
* Programming Systems::     (a few, from MIT)
* Utilities::
* Debugging Facilities::
* Terminal Support::
* Miscellaneous Topics::
* Research Systems::
* Languages: (LANGUAGES)	(all you ever heard of, briefly)


Node: Twenex, Up: (DIR), Previous: (DIR), Next: Mail Readers

* Menu:

* JSYS: (JSYSAF)	An online form of the monitor calls manual. (Rel 3A)
* JSYS4: (JSYS4AF)	An online form of the monitor calls manual. (Rel 4)
			(Preliminary version)

* EXEC: (EXEC)		Documents all the EXEC commands, and how to invoke
			many utility programs such as compilers.

* PDP-10: (PDP-10)	PDP-10 Assembly language, in general. See the
			Languages node for specific assemblers.


Node: Text Editors, Up: (DIR), Previous: Twenex, Next: Mail Readers

* Menu:

* EMACS: (EMACS)Top	EMACS is an editor / collection of subsystems.

* TAGS: (TAGS)		TAGS, an EMACS library, remembers the location
			of every tag in one or more files, so you can
			go to any of them very quickly.

* BABYL: (BABYL)Top	Babyl is an EMACS-based mail reader.

* ZBabyl: (ZBabyl)	ZBabyl is an experimental extension to Babyl which
			offers some additional features inspired by ZMail.
			Its mail file format is compatible with Babyl's, so
			it is possible to go back and forth.
			New users are encouraged to use normal Babyl.


Node: Mail Readers, Up: (DIR), Previous: Text Editors, Next: Formatting Systems


There are at least two standard mail readers on OZ, MM and Babyl:

* Menu:

* BABYL: (BABYL)Top	Babyl is an EMACS-based mail reader.
* MM: (DOC:MM.DOC)*	Powerful line-mode mail reader.
			(This file is not info-ized.)


Node: Formatting Systems, Up: (DIR), Previous: Mail Readers, Next: Utilities

* Menu:

* ATSIGN: (ATSIGN)	Generates program or text listings with
			cross references, table of contents, etc.

* R: (RGUIDE)		A general, multi-font, multi-device, multi-system
* RGUIDE: (RGUIDE)	text formatter, with many advanced features such
			as footnotes, table of contents, etc., available.
			Currently the most popular formatter in the LCS/AI
			community.  Runs on ITS, VAX, and UNIX, too.
			
* RMAN: (DOC:R20.MANUAL)*
			The R reference manual.  You probably
			want the R GUIDE, instead.

* TeX:   (PS:<TEX.DOC>TBASE)
* Tbase: (PS:<TEX.DOC>TBASE)
* XTEX:  (PS:<TEX.DOC>TBASE)
		        The TeX formatting system.  Produces much
			higher quality output than R, especially
			when setting mathematics.  Its use is
			described in conjunction with the Tbase
			macro package, which makes basic document
			formatting fairly easy (a la the R
			standard macro package.)  TeX also runs
			on ITS and the VAX.

* ISPELL: (SPELL)
* SPELL: (SPELL)	This is a program to check and correct spelling.
			It understands the syntax of source documents
			for the formatters TJ6, R, PUB, SCRIBE, and TEX.  It is
			available (under the name SPELL) on ITS also.


Node: Programming Systems, Up: (DIR), Previous: Formating Systems, Next: Utilities

(These entries are generally to large to be useful.  Perhaps they will
 be restructured someday...)

* Menu: 

* TECO: (TECORD)*
			An editing system in which higher level editor
			packages such as EMACS are written.

* TECOA: (TECO ARCHIV)*
			A record of TECO updates.

* MIDAS: (MIDAS)	The powerful assembly/macro language in which
			most machine language programs on ITS are
			written.

* LIBRARIES: (LIBRARIES)
			Subroutine libraries for the Midas assembler.

* PALX: (PALX ORDER)*
			A cross assembler for PDP-11 assembly language.


Node: Utilities, Up: (DIR), Previous: Programming Systems, Next: Debugging Facilities

* SRCCOM: (SRCCOM)	A source-compare utility, with options for 
			manual or automatic merging.


Node: Debugging Facilities, Up: (DIR), Previous: Utilities, Next: Terminal Support

* Menu:

* TDEBUG: (TDEBUG)Top
			TDEBUG provides a stepping facility for
			Teco macros.


Node: Terminal Support, Up: (DIR), Previous: Debugging Facilities, Next: Miscellaneous Topics

* Menu:

* Terminals: (TERMS)
			This is a description of various display
			terminals. 

* ITSTTY: (ITSTTY)
			Describes the terminal subsystem of the ITS
			operating system.


Node: Miscellaneous Topics, Up: (DIR), Previous: Terminal Support, Next: Research Systems

* Menu:

* XGP: (XGP)
			This is a description of the facilities
			of the XGP device, its spooler, and the
			XGP program, which is used to queue
			files for output on the XGP.

* ISIS: (<PAO.ISIS.DOC>ISIS)
			This is a description of the Interactive
			Student Information System, an online
			grade database manipulator.

* COMRED: (ISISD:COMRED)
			This is a description of a formatted input
			system for MACLISP.  It was written for the
			ISIS subsystem.


Node: Research Systems, Up: (DIR), Previous: Miscellaneous Topics, Next: (DIR)

* Menu: 

* ANALOGY: (ANALOGY)Top		Winston's ANALOGY system and Katz's natural
				language system.

* CONLAN: (CONLAN)Top		A Constraint language.