6. Documenting Programs

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.

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