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-====== Documentation of polymake ======
+====== Reference Documentation =====
-===== How to use polymake =====
-Basic usage and comprehensive descriptions.
-  * [[tutorial:start|Tutorials]], both for beginners and more advanced users
-  * [[general|The polymake interactive shell]]
-  * Demonstration of features of the new [[news/release_3_0|release 3.0]]
-  * Technical [[howto:start|HowTos]] for specific tasks
-  * A bit of [[howto:lingo|polymake lingo]]: What is an "application"? What is a "big"/"small" object? ...
-==== Reference Documentation ====
-  * [[reldocs:latest|Latest release]]: mathematical objects, properties, methods, etc.\\ Direct access to applications: [[reldocs>latest/polytope.html|polytope]], [[reldocs>latest/fan.html|fan]],  [[reldocs>latest/tropical.html|tropical]], ...
+  * [[reldocs>latest|Latest release]]: mathematical objects, properties, methods, etc.\\ Direct access to applications: [[reldocs>latest/polytope.html|polytope]], [[reldocs>latest/fan.html|fan]],  [[reldocs>latest/tropical.html|tropical]], ...
-  * [[reldocs>snapshot|Latest snapshot]]: reference documentation of the latest [[perpetualbeta|perpetual beta]].\\ Direct access to applications: [[reldocs>snapshot/polytope.html|polytope]], [[reldocs>snapshot/fan.html|fan]],  [[reldocs>snapshot/tropical.html|tropical]], ...
+  * [[reldocs>master|Latest master]]: reference documentation of the latest master branch.\\ Direct access to applications: [[reldocs>master/polytope.html|polytope]], [[reldocs>master/fan.html|fan]],  [[reldocs>master/tropical.html|tropical]], ...
-==== Advanced Users ====
-Learning how to extend ''polymake''.
-  * [[scripting:start|Scripting]] for "power users"
-  * [[reference::clients|Writing C++ clients]]
-  * [[reference::callable|Using Callable Library]] (from release 2.10 on)
-  * [[reference:rulefiles|Writing rule files]]
-  * [[reference:extensions|Writing and using extensions]]
-Details on selected topics, also linked from general pages above.
-  * [[reference:rules|Production rules]]
-  * [[reference:help_formatting|Formatting help blocks]]
-  * [[reference:permutations|Permutations]]
-  * [[reference:polymorphic|Polymorphic functions]]
-  * [[reference:cpp_type_binding|Property type binding to C++ classes]]
-==== Additional Material ====
-  * [[Publications]]: a list of papers with a reference to polymake.  This way you can learn how other people are using the system.
-  * [[data|Data base]] of objects available in polymake-format. Contributions are welcome.
-  * [[Extensions]]: things programmed in polymake by other people.  Stay tuned.
-  * [[Interfaces]]: other software packages calling polymake.
-===== Developers' Corner =====
-Beware: The information below may be entirely unrelated to any official release.  For the documentation of the current release see the above on this page.
-  * [[devel:start|Internals]]: (partially obsolete) introduction for developers
-  * [[devel:design_decisions|Design decisions]]
-  * [[reldocs>master|Documentation of the current developer version]]
-  * Still incomplete documentation of the [[reldocs>master/PTL|Polymake Template Library]]: C++ classes for "small" objects.
-  * [[devel:git|polymake git guide]]: Introduction to git for polymake
-  * [[devel:tests|tests]]: How to test PTL data structures