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<chapterinfo>
	<copyright>
		<year>2004-2005</year>
		<holder>Berend de Boer</holder>
	</copyright>
	<author>
		<firstname>Berend</firstname><surname>de Boer</surname>
	</author>
	<email>berend@pobox.com</email>
	<date>7 March 2005</date>
</chapterinfo>

<title>Gobo Eiffel String Formatter Library</title>

<para>
The <libraryname>Gobo Eiffel String Formatter Library</libraryname> gives Eiffel 
programmers access to the functionality of the Standard C library 
<libraryname>sprintf</libraryname>. The 
<libraryname>Gobo Eiffel String Formatter Library</libraryname> is fully implemented in 
Eiffel. It does not use the C function.
</para>

<para>
This documentation is structured as follows:

<blockquote>
<variablelist>
	<varlistentry>
		<term>
			<link linkend="quick_start">Quick Start</link>
		</term>
		<listitem><para>
			Quick library overview.
		</para></listitem>
	</varlistentry>

	<varlistentry>
		<term>
			<link linkend="examples">Examples</link>
		</term>
		<listitem><para>
			Some simple explained examples.
		</para></listitem>
	</varlistentry>

	<varlistentry>
		<term>
			<link linkend="correctness">Format Correctness</link>
		</term>
		<listitem><para>
			How format correctness is checked.
		</para></listitem>
	</varlistentry>

	<varlistentry>
		<term>
			<link linkend="scientific_format">Scientific Format</link>
		</term>
		<listitem><para>
			Definition of the scientific format.
		</para></listitem>
	</varlistentry>

	<varlistentry>
		<term>
			<link linkend="see_also">See Also</link>
		</term>
		<listitem><para>
			History, related resources.
		</para></listitem>
	</varlistentry>

	<varlistentry>
		<term>
			<ulink url="http://www.gobosoft.com/eiffel/gobo/download.html">Downloading
			Instructions</ulink>
		</term>
		<listitem><para>
			License agreement and downloading instructions.
		</para></listitem>
	</varlistentry>

</variablelist>
</blockquote>

</para>

</chapter>
