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Not because it is an exceptionally big program, but because it is exceptionally well documented (IMO). When compared to the typical free program, <STRONG>gentoo</STRONG> has huge amounts of documentation. That, I feel, is a shame. Anyway, let's divide this into subsections, shall we? </P> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="6"> <TR><TD WIDTH="15%"></TD><TD NOWRAP><BIG>1. <A HREF="layout.html">Window Layout</A></BIG></TD><TD WIDTH="5%"></TD><TD WIDTH="80%">A nice commented screen shot telling you what is what in <STRONG>gentoo</STRONG>'s window.</TD></TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="15%"></TD><TD NOWRAP><BIG>2. <A HREF="status.html">The Status Line</A></BIG></TD><TD WIDTH="5%"> </TD><TD WIDTH="80%" VALIGN="Top">Introduces your friend the status line. Always on top.</TD></TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="15%"></TD><TD NOWRAP><BIG>3. <A HREF="dirpanes.html">The Directory Panes</A></BIG></TD><TD WIDTH="5%"> </TD><TD WIDTH="80%" VALIGN="Top">Text about the most important window elements; the dirpanes.</TD></TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="15%"></TD><TD NOWRAP><BIG>4. <A HREF="buttons.html">The Button Bank</A></BIG></TD><TD WIDTH="5%"> </TD><TD WIDTH="80%" VALIGN="Top">Info about the box of buttons in the bottom of the window.</TD></TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="15%"></TD><TD NOWRAP><BIG>5. <A HREF="menus.html">The Menus</A></BIG></TD><TD WIDTH="5%"> </TD><TD WIDTH="80%" VALIGN="Top">Information about the (currently very limited) menu system.</TD></TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="15%"></TD><TD NOWRAP><BIG>6. <A HREF="commands.html">Commands</A></BIG></TD><TD WIDTH="5%"> </TD><TD WIDTH="80%" VALIGN="Top">Explains built-in and user-defined commands in some detail.</TD></TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="15%"></TD><TD NOWRAP><BIG>7. <A HREF="types.html">File Typing</A></BIG></TD><TD WIDTH="5%"> </TD><TD WIDTH="80%" VALIGN="Top">Tells you how you can teach <STRONG>gentoo</STRONG> about the types of your files!</TD></TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="15%"></TD><TD NOWRAP><BIG>8. <A HREF="styles.html">File Styles</A></BIG></TD><TD WIDTH="5%"> </TD><TD WIDTH="80%" VALIGN="Top">Control how files of different types are displayed in the panes.</TD></TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="15%"></TD><TD NOWRAP><BIG>9. <A HREF="misc.html">Miscellaneous</A></BIG></TD><TD WIDTH="5%"> </TD><TD WIDTH="80%" VALIGN="Top">Various other relevant information, for example on regular expressions.</TD></TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>
