Richard Stallman Announces GNU C Language Reference Manual

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Richard Stallman Announces GNU C Language Reference Manual

GNU founder Richard Stallman has recently been working on crafting a GNU C Language introduction and reference manual...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-C-Language-Manual

[Mahboi]

Can I show my age and ask: wtf is a Texi file?

Also if you want to set a reference manual in 2022, is it really pertinent to use formats that probably haven't seen any light since the 1980s?

[andyprough]

Can I show my age and ask: wtf is a Texi file?

Also if you want to set a reference manual in 2022, is it really pertinent to use formats that probably haven't seen any light since the 1980s?

I was able to compile it into a PDF by installing the texlive and texinfo packages, cloning the git directory with:
git clone https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/c-intro-and-ref.git

Then running 'make' on the git directory, which created a compressed file. Extract that file, get a folder called c-manual, cd into the c-manual folder and run:
texi2pdf c.texi

That created a 'c.pdf' file in the same folder.

This is my first time working with raw texi files, so there are probably far better ways to do the above, but I did get a PDF version from it.

[archkde]

Can I show my age and ask: wtf is a Texi file?

Also if you want to set a reference manual in 2022, is it really pertinent to use formats that probably haven't seen any light since the 1980s?

IIRC, this is the format that GNU info pages are written in. So the people involved in writing this probably used it because they already know it.

[V1tol]

I was able to compile it into a PDF by installing the texlive and texinfo packages, cloning the git directory with:
git clone https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/c-intro-and-ref.git

Then running 'make' on the git directory, which created a compressed file. Extract that file, get a folder called c-manual, cd into the c-manual folder and run:
texi2pdf c.texi

That created a 'c.pdf' file in the same folder.

This is my first time working with raw texi files, so there are probably far better ways to do the above, but I did get a PDF version from it.

Wow, installing Ubuntu needs less steps nowadays. Anyway, back to reading Rust Book available online from any device

[ClosedSource]

Can someone post a compiled pdf somewhere?

[kpedersen]

So this is basically a C reference manual for "non-standards" and extensions?

In that case, why doesn't he call it something fancy like Google did with Carbon ("non-standard" extensions to C++)?

riChard, StaCCman, rmsC, Crust... hmm, it is difficult.

Anyway, back to reading Rust Book available online from any device

And available from more devices than those that actually support compiling and running Rust ironically

[bug77]

Not being a C programmer myself, I have to ask: is a GNU C manual a good thing? On one hand, I believe ANSI C should be everybody's target. On the other hand, if GNU C follows ANSI C closely enough and the manual only explains choices made in the areas where the spec is lacking/undefined, then no harm, no foul.

[IActuallyKnowItAll]

And available from more devices than those that actually support compiling and running Rust ironically

Old man shakes fist at youngsters

[evasb]

So this is basically a C reference manual for "non-standards" and extensions?

In that case, why doesn't he call it something fancy like Google did with Carbon ("non-standard" extensions to C++)?

riChard, StaCCman, rmsC, Crust... hmm, it is difficult.



And available from more devices than those that actually support compiling and running Rust ironically

Looks like a manual to learn C, but it focuses on the GNU C dialect.