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Documenting Programs
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   A GNU program should ideally come with full free documentation,
adequate for both reference and tutorial purposes.  If the package can
be programmed or extended, the documentation should cover programming or
extending it, as well as just using it.

GNU Manuals
Writing proper manuals.
Doc Strings and Manuals
Compiling doc strings doesn't make a manual.
Manual Structure Details
Specific structure conventions.
License for Manuals
Writing the distribution terms for a manual.
Manual Credits
Giving credit to documentation contributors.
Printed Manuals
Mentioning the printed manual.
NEWS File
NEWS files supplement manuals.
Change Logs
Recording Changes
Man Pages
Man pages are secondary.
Reading other Manuals
How far you can go in learning
from other manuals.

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