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@@ -64,12 +64,24 @@ libev - a high performance full-featured event loop written in C return 0; } -=head1 DESCRIPTION +=head1 ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT + +This document documents the libev software package. The newest version of this document is also available as an html-formatted web page you might find easier to navigate when reading it for the first time: L<http://pod.tst.eu/http://cvs.schmorp.de/libev/ev.pod>. +While this document tries to be as complete as possible in documenting +libev, its usage and the rationale behind its design, it is not a tutorial +on event-based programming, nor will it introduce event-based programming +with libev. + +Familarity with event based programming techniques in general is assumed +throughout this document. + +=head1 ABOUT LIBEV + Libev is an event loop: you register interest in certain events (such as a file descriptor being readable or a timeout occurring), and it will manage these event sources and provide your program with events. |