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C.2 Making Additions to 'gawk'
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If you find that you want to enhance 'gawk' in a significant fashion,
you are perfectly free to do so.  That is the point of having free
software; the source code is available and you are free to change it as
you want (*note Copying::).

   This minor node discusses the ways you might want to change 'gawk' as
well as any considerations you should bear in mind.

* Menu:

* Accessing The Source::        Accessing the Git repository.
* Adding Code::                 Adding code to the main body of
                                'gawk'.
* New Ports::                   Porting 'gawk' to a new operating
                                system.
* Derived Files::               Why derived files are kept in the Git
                                repository.