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@settitle The Coconut Library - Steel Wheels Objective-C library
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The Coconut Library - version @value{VERSION}

Copyright (C) 2001 Steel Wheels Project

Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
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into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions,
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@titlepage
@title The Coconut Library
@subtitle Steel Wheels Objective-C Class Library
@subtitle for Cocnut Version @value{VERSION}
@author by Steel Wheels Project

@page
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Copyright @copyright{} 2001 Steel Wheels Project

Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
are preserved on all copies.

Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this
manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the entire
resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a permission
notice identical to this one.

Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual
into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions,
except that this permission notice may be stated in a translation approved
by the Foundation.
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@c All the nodes can be updated using the EMACS command
@c texinfo-every-node-update, which is normally bound to C-c C-u C-e.
@node Top, Introduction, (dir), (dir)

@ifinfo
This file documents the Steel Wheels Objective-C Class Library.
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@menu
* Introduction::                What is the coconut library.
* Copying::                     How you can copy and share the coconut library.
* Overview::                    Preliminary information.
* Coding rule::			local coding rule for this class library.
* Class group::			Each class are categorized for it's purpose
* Protocol::			Set of classes which have similar function.
* Classes::			Details of each classes.
* Functions::			Generic functions, type definitions and macros.
* Utilities::			Utility programs for this library.
* Sample::                      Sample program using the coconut library.
* Problems::                    Reporting bugs.
* Dictionary::			Terms for naming class, methods, etc..
* Function Index::		Index of methods.
* Concept Index::               Index of concepts.
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@node Introduction, Copying, Top, Top
@chapter Introduction
@cindex introduction

The Coconut Library is a Objective-C class library for Unix like systems.
The feauture of The Coconut Library is:
@itemize @bullet
@item Support the basic classes for Graphics, Mathematics, Textprocessing, etc
@item Bind some major library by seemless way
@itemize @bullet
@item glib - general purpose data operation
@item gtk - GUI widget opetation
@item libxml2 - XML data analysis and translation
@item obstack - growable sized memory object operation
@item popt - command line option parser
@end itemize
@item Easy to use
@item Precise documentation to use this library
@end itemize

@node Copying, Overview, Introduction, Top
@chapter Copying
The Coconut Library is lisenced under GNU Lesser Public License.
For more details, see the web page @file{http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lgpl.html}.

@node Overview, Coding rule, Copying, Top
@chapter Overview
@cindex overview
@cindex class group
The Coconut Library is a set of classes of Objective-C.

@node Coding rule, Class group, Overview, Top
@chapter Coding rule
The coding rule (ex: the location of file, letters used for the files, 
names of method and  behavier of each methods) are restricted by
following rules.

@node Class group, Protocol, Coding rule, Top
@include class-group.texinfo

@node Protocol, Classes, Class group, Top
@include protocols.texinfo

@node Classes, Functions, Protocol, Top
@include classes.texinfo

@node Functions, Utilities, Classes, Top
@chapter Function, Type definition and Macro

@node Utilities, Sample, Functions, Top
@chapter Utilities

@node Sample, Problems, Utilities, Top
@chapter Sample 

@node Problems, Dictionary, Sample, Top
@chapter Reporting Bugs
@cindex bugs
@cindex problems

If you find a bug in the coconut library, please send electronic mail to
@w{@samp{wheel@@osaka.email.ne.jp}}.  

If you have other questions, comments or suggestions about
the coconut library, contact the author via electronic mail to
@w{@samp{wheel@@osaka.email.ne.jp}}.  
The author will try to help you out, 
although he may not have time to fix your problems.

@node Dictionary, Function Index, Problems, Top
@include dictionary.texinfo

@node Function Index, Concept Index, Dictionary, Top
@unnumbered Function Index
@printindex fn

@node Concept Index,  , Function Index, Top
@unnumbered Concept Index
@printindex cp

@shortcontents
@contents
@bye

