# The Generic Mapping Tools Documentation

Welcome to the GMT Docs! Here you’ll find resources for using GMT and examples of what it can do.

## Quick links

Common Options Projection Specifications Default Settings (gmt.conf) Colors | 35 Postscript Fonts Built-in CPTs Built-in patterns Octal Codes of Characters | Pen Syntax Fill Syntax Grid Format Specifications

Getting started

- Example Gallery
- Animations
- Tutorial

Reference documentation

- Modules
- Cookbook
- Datasets

Resources

- Users Script Contributions
- Users Symbol Contributions
- Changelog
- Deprecated GMT Defaults Names
- Switching between different versions
- Migrating from an earlier version

Classic Mode

- Common Options (Classic Mode)
- Modules (Classic Mode)

Developer Resources

- Contributing Guide
- Code of Conduct
- reStructuredText Cheatsheet
- Debugging GMT
- GMT C API
- PostScriptLight C API