GNU Coding Standards

• About the GNU Coding Standards
• Keeping Free Software Free
  • Referring to Proprietary Programs
  • Accepting Contributions
• General Program Design
  • Compatibility with Other Implementations
  • Using Non-standard Features
  • ANSI C and pre-ANSI C
  • Using Languages Other Than C
• Program Behavior for All Programs
  • Writing Robust Programs
  • Library Behavior
  • Formatting Error Messages
  • Standards for Command Line Interfaces
  • Table of Long Options
  • Memory Usage
• Making The Best Use of C
  • Formatting Your Source Code
  • Commenting Your Work
  • Clean Use of C Constructs
  • Naming Variables and Functions
  • Portability between System Types
  • Portability between CPUs
  • Calling System Functions
  • Internationalization
• Documenting Programs
  • GNU Manuals
  • Manual Structure Details
  • The NEWS File
  • Change Logs
    • Change Log Concepts
    • Style of Change Logs
    • Simple Changes
    • Conditional Changes
  • Man Pages
  • Reading other Manuals
• The Release Process
  • How Configuration Should Work
• Makefile Conventions
  • General Conventions for Makefiles
  • Utilities in Makefiles
  • Variables for Specifying Commands
  • Variables for Installation Directories
  • Standard Targets for Users
  • Install Command Categories
  • Making Releases

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