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  "h" gives a primer for first-timers,
  "mEmacs<Return>" visits the Emacs manual, etc.

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Archiving

Cpio: Copy-in-copy-out archiver to tape or disk.
Shar utilities: Shell archiver, uuencode/uudecode.
Tar: Making tape (or disk) archives.

Basics

Common options: Common options.
Inetutils: GNU networking utilities.
Finding files: Operating on files matching certain criteria.

Compression

Gzip: General (de)compression of files (lzw).

Development

fftw3: FFTW User's Manual.
libffi: Portable foreign-function interface library.

Emacs

Emacs: The extensible self-documenting text editor.
Emacs FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions about Emacs.

Emacs editing modes

Ada mode: Emacs mode for editing and compiling Ada code.
CC Mode: Emacs mode for editing C, C++, Objective-C, Java, Pike, AWK, and CORBA IDL code.
IDLWAVE: Major mode and shell for IDL files.
Octave mode: Emacs mode for editing GNU Octave files.
Org Mode: Outline-based notes management and organizer
nXML Mode: XML editing mode with RELAX NG support.

Emacs lisp

Elisp: The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
Emacs Lisp Intro: A simple introduction to Emacs Lisp programming.

Emacs lisp libraries

Auth-source: The Emacs auth-source library.
CL: Partial Common Lisp support for Emacs Lisp.
D-Bus: Using D-Bus in Emacs.
Emacs MIME: Emacs MIME de/composition library.
SMTP: Emacs library for sending mail via SMTP.
URL: URL loading package.
Widget: The "widget" package used by the Emacs Customization facility.

Emacs misc features

Autotype: Convenient features for text that you enter frequently in Emacs.
Bovine: Semantic bovine parser development.
Calc: Advanced desk calculator and mathematical tool.
Dired-X: Dired Extra Features.
EDE: The Emacs Development Environment.
EDT: An Emacs emulation of the EDT editor.
EIEIO: An objects system for Emacs Lisp.
ERT: Emacs Lisp regression testing tool.
EWW: Emacs Web Wowser
EasyPG Assistant: An Emacs user interface to GNU Privacy Guard.
Ebrowse: A C++ class browser for Emacs.
Ediff: A visual interface for comparing and merging programs.
Eshell: A command shell implemented in Emacs Lisp.
Flymake: A universal on-the-fly syntax checker.
Forms: Emacs package for editing data bases by filling in forms.
Htmlfontify: Convert source code to html.
Ido: Interactively do things with buffers and files.
PCL-CVS: Emacs front-end to CVS.
RefTeX: Emacs support for LaTeX cross-references and citations.
Remember: Simple information manager for Emacs.
SES: Simple Emacs Spreadsheet.
SRecode: Semantic template code generator.
Semantic: Source code parser library and utilities.
Speedbar: File/Tag summarizing utility.
Todo Mode: Make and maintain todo lists.
VIP: An older VI-emulation for Emacs.
VIPER: A VI-emulation mode for Emacs.
Wisent: Semantic Wisent parser development.
WoMan: Browse UN*X Manual Pages "W.O. (without) Man".

Emacs network features

ERC: Powerful and extensible IRC client for Emacs.
EUDC: Emacs client for directory servers (LDAP, PH).
Emacs GnuTLS: The Emacs GnuTLS integration.
Gnus: The newsreader Gnus.
MH-E: Emacs interface to the MH mail system.
Mairix: Emacs interface to the Mairix mail indexer.
Message: Mail and news composition mode that goes with Gnus.
Newsticker: A Newsticker for Emacs.
PGG: Emacs interface to various PGP implementations.
Rcirc: Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client.
SASL: The Emacs SASL library.
SC: Supercite lets you cite parts of messages you're replying to, in flexible ways.
Sieve: Managing Sieve scripts in Emacs.
TRAMP: Transparent Remote Access, Multiple Protocol Emacs remote file access via ssh and scp.

Encryption

Nettle: A low-level cryptographic library.

GNU libraries

gmp: GNU Multiple Precision Arithmetic Library.

GNU organization

Maintaining Findutils: Maintaining GNU findutils

Indent Code Formatter

Indent: C code formatter.

Individual utilities

awk: Text scanning and processing.
dnsdomainname: Show DNS domain name.
find: Finding and acting on files.
ftp: FTP client.
ftpd: FTP Daemon.
gunzip: Decompression.
gzexe: Compress executables.
hostname: Show or set system host name.
inetd: Internet super-server.
locate: Finding files in a database.
logger: Send messages to the system log.
ping: Packets to network hosts.
ping6: Packets to IPv6 network hosts.
rcp: Remote copy
rexec: Remote execution client.
rexecd: Remote execution server.
rlogin: Remote login.
rlogind: Remote login server.
rsh: Remote shell.
rshd: Remote shell server.
shar: Make a shell archive.
syslogd: Syslog server.
talk: Talk client.
talkd: Talk server.
tar: Invoking GNU `tar'.
telnet: User interface to TELNET.
telnetd: Telnet server.
tftp: TFTP client.
tftpd: TFTP server.
traceroute: Trace the route to a host.
unshar: Explode a shell archive.
updatedb: Building the locate database.
uucpd: Unix to Unix Copy.
uudecode: Restore file from 7-bits.
uuencode: Force binary file to 7-bits.
whois: Whois user interface.
xargs: Operating on many files.
zcat: Decompression to stdout.
zdiff: Compare compressed files.
zforce: Force .gz extension on files.
zgrep: Search compressed files.
zmore: Decompression output by pages.

Libraries

libgpg-error: Error codes and common code for GnuPG.

Network applications

Gawkinet: TCP/IP Internetworking With `gawk'.
Wget: Non-interactive network downloader.

Platform Management

FreeIPMI FAQ: FreeIPMI - Frequently Asked Questions

Programming

flex: Fast lexical analyzer generator (lex replacement).

Programming & development tools

GDBM: The GNU database manager.

Programming & development tools.

DDD: The Data Display Debugger.
DDD-Themes: Writing DDD Themes.

Software development

Annotate: The obsolete annotation interface.
Bfd: The Binary File Descriptor library.
Gdb: The GNU debugger.
Stabs: The "stabs" debugging information format.
bison: GNU parser generator (Yacc replacement).
gdbserver: The GNU debugging server.

Software libraries

GnuTLS: GNU Transport Layer Security Library.
GnuTLS-Guile: GNU Transport Layer Security Library. Guile bindings.
libmicrohttpd: Embedded HTTP server library.
libmicrohttpdtutorial: A tutorial for GNU libmicrohttpd.
libtasn1: Library for Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1).

System administration

parted: GNU partitioning software

System Administration

certtool: Manipulate certificates and keys.
gnutls-cli: GnuTLS test client.
gnutls-cli-debug: GnuTLS debug client.
gnutls-serv: GnuTLS test server.
psktool: Simple TLS-Pre-Shared-Keys manager.
srptool: Simple SRP password tool.

Texinfo documentation system

Info: How to use the documentation browsing system.
info stand-alone: Read Info documents without Emacs.
infokey: Compile Info customizations.
install-info: Update info/dir entries.
makeinfo: Translate Texinfo source.
pdftexi2dvi: PDF output for Texinfo.
pod2texi: Translate Perl POD to Texinfo.
texi2dvi: Print Texinfo documents.
texi2pdf: PDF output for Texinfo.
texindex: Sort Texinfo index files.
Texinfo: The GNU documentation format.

Text creation and manipulation

Gawk: A text scanning and processing language.
grep: Print lines matching a pattern.

Utilities

Enscript: GNU Enscript

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