2.6 Directory Category

Use the @dircategory command to specify a category for the manual. Here are a few examples of category names:

Basics
Text creation and manipulation
Archiving
Compression
Database
Editors
Emacs
Email
Graphics
Localization
Network applications
Printing
Science
Software development
Software libraries
Version control

@dircategory commands are usually followed by a @direntry blocks, which are used by install-info. See Installing Info Directory Files, for details.

The first @dircategory command in a manual is the category for the entire manual. Subsequent uses of @dircategory set the category for following @direntry blocks only.