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"Peter J. Farley III" wrote:
> 
> OK, here is a new copy of dir.txi, with an entry for each package on
> simtel v2gnu only (did not do v2apps, v2misc or v2tk yet, next version
> will include those) that actually had a texinfo file.  There are
> several that only have man files, or none at all, and they are not
> listed.
> 
> This is only the categorical listing.  Does anyone think we also need a
> strictly alphabetical listing under the heading "Individual utilities",
> or perhaps "Alphabetical listing of utilities"?  One *can* be
> generated, perhaps even in an automated script, but I don't want to put
> in that extra work if the community doesn't think we need it.
> 
> There are some entries I wasn't entirely sure how to place (such as the
> GNU which utility, under "Searching files").  I ask your advice on
> whether my selections make sense to you, and if not what you would
> suggest instead.
> 
> ------------dir.txi--------------------------
> @c -*-texinfo-*-  not \input texinfo.tex, as this is not to be TeX'ed
> @setfilename dir
> @node Top, (dir), (dir), (dir)
> @ifinfo
> 
> Welcome to the GNU standalone Info program.  The documentation
> presented
> here is part of the djgpp development package.
> 
> To view a topic, use the arrow keys to position the cursor on one of
> the
> lines beginning with a '*' and press 'm' and then 'Enter'.
> 
... snip ...

It certainly looks good to me.  Too bad your reader spoils the
effect by wrapping lines (see above).  Netscape doesn't wrap if
you paste as comments.

A few minor comments:

In the misc section especially, some things belong under multiple
sub-classifications.  There should be a section for file
compression, which should include bzip, and the executable
compressor (forget its name, bzh or something like that), not to
mention zip and unzip.

Is there a section for editors?  If so, vim probably should
appear.

I like the references to packages, so that if the user doesn't
have the capability s/he/it immediately knows how to get it.

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