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tim@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (Tim Pugh) writes:

>Could someone please tell me where I might find documentation on
>the non ansi features provided by the GNU cc compiler.  Neither
>the on-line manual nor the developers docs appears to list them.
>For instance, what is the syntax for using the asm directive or
>the inline directive.  I believe both are supported.  Thanks for
>any help you can give me -- perhaps a reference to a net archive
>containing such info.

>Tim
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>Tim Pugh                      |MicroCALL Services
>tim@aplcen.apl.JHU.EDU        |8713 Briarcroft Lane
>                              |Laurel, MD 20708-1355
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I would like to express my thands to the people who responded so quickly
to the above query.  The answer appears to be that first one has to
get the GNU C Compiler package from MIT.  Within the package is a manual
which describes all the features of the compiler.  I wish NeXT had provided
this manual (on-line) as part of the standard documentation.  Perhaps with
release 3.0, given that there is 680MB available on a CD-ROM, they will
include it (hint, hint!).

Tim
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Tim Pugh                      |MicroCALL Services
tim@aplcen.apl.JHU.EDU        |8713 Briarcroft Lane
                              |Laurel, MD 20708-1355
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In article <1992Aug11.184926.6565@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> tim@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu  
(Tim Pugh) writes:
> Could someone please tell me where I might find documentation on
> the non ansi features provided by the GNU cc compiler.  Neither
> the on-line manual nor the developers docs appears to list them.
> For instance, what is the syntax for using the asm directive or
> the inline directive.  I believe both are supported.  Thanks for
> any help you can give me -- perhaps a reference to a net archive
> containing such info.
> 
> Tim
> -- 
> Tim Pugh                      |MicroCALL Services
> tim@aplcen.apl.JHU.EDU        |8713 Briarcroft Lane
>                               |Laurel, MD 20708-1355

Complete GCC documentation is available from "Info", GNU's on-line  
documentation system.  All of the questions you pose are answered there.

Run Emacs, type Control-h, then type "i".  Follow your nose.  (Typing "h"  
invokes an Info tutorial).

Note that NeXT includes the GCC and GDB Info files in the standard  
distribution; normally, you would install the Info pages manually at the same  
time as the package.  Also note that the Info pages included with the NeXT do  
*not* document the NeXT extensions (use Digital Librarian to find out about  
those).

Good luck!

-Pat

Like other gnu manuals, the gcc manual comes in Texinfo format, which
allows producing both the info files (accessible via emacs in
info-mode, or directly with the info program) and the dvi-file for a
printed manual. The Free Software Foundation also sells bound copies
of manuals.
Here is the top node of the info file:

File: gcc.info, Node: Top, Next: Copying, Up: (DIR)

Introduction
************

   This manual documents how to run, install and port the GNU C
compiler, as well as its new features and incompatibilities, and how to
report bugs.  It corresponds to GNU CC version 2.0.

* Menu:

* Copying::         GNU General Public License says
                     how you can copy and share GNU CC.
* Contributors::    People who have contributed to GNU CC.
* Boycott::	    Protect your freedom--fight "look and feel".
* Invoking GCC::      Command options supported by `gcc'.
* Installation::    How to configure, compile and install GNU CC.
* Trouble::         If you have trouble installing GNU CC.
* Service::         How to find suppliers of support for GNU CC.
* Incompatibilities:: Incompatibilities of GNU CC.
* Extensions::      GNU extensions to the C language.
* Bugs::            How to report bugs (if you want to get them fixed).
* VMS::             Using GNU CC on VMS.
* Portability::     Goals of GNU CC's portability features.
* Interface::       Function-call interface of GNU CC output.
* Passes::          Order of passes, what they do, and what each file is for.
* RTL::             The intermediate representation that most passes work on.
* Machine Desc::    How to write machine description instruction patterns.
* Machine Macros::  How to write the machine description C macros.
* Config::          Writing the `xm-MACHINE.h' file.
* Index::	    Index of concepts and symbol names.

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Hardy 
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