README


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README for eselect
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Authors
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See the AUTHORS file.

Documentation
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See ``doc/``. Use ``make html`` for HTML versions.

Copyright
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eselect is Copyright (c) 2005-2009 Gentoo Foundation. This code is
distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2.

Style Notes
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* Always use ``[[ brackets ]]``, never `[ brackets ]`.
* Use quotes on variables where necessary.
* For all source files, the same indenting rules apply as for ebuilds:
  one tab per indent level, with each tab representing 4 places.
* Avoid lines wider than 79 positions.
* Public functions don't get the ``es_`` prefix, private functions do.
* eval is evil, so don't use it.
* Absolute paths to executables are not portable, so don't use them.