# 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 Projections Specifications Default Settings (gmt.conf) Colors 35 Postscript Fonts | Using LaTeX in text Built-in CPTs Built-in patterns Octal Codes of Characters Character Escape Sequences | Pen Syntax Fill Syntax Grid Format Specifications GMT Themes

Getting started

- Example Gallery
- Animations
- Tutorial

Reference documentation

- Modules
- Cookbook
- Datasets

Resources

- Changelog
- Users Script Contributions
- Users Symbol Contributions
- Deprecated GMT Defaults Names
- Switching between Different Versions
- Migrating from an Earlier Version

Classic Mode

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

Development

- Code of Conduct
- Contributors Guide
- Maintainers Guide
- Team Gallery
- reStructuredText Cheatsheet
- Debugging GMT
- GMT C API
- PostScriptLight C API
- GMT Enhancement Proposals