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+<!--
+NOTE: In this document and others in this directory, the convention is to
+set fixed-width phrases with non-fixed-width spaces, as in
+`hello` `world`.
+-->
+
+<style>
+  main ul li { margin: 0.5em 0; }
+</style>
+
+## Introduction to Go 1.XX {#introduction}
+
diff --git a/doc/initial/2-language.md b/doc/initial/2-language.md
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+## Changes to the language {#language}
+
+
diff --git a/doc/initial/3-tools.md b/doc/initial/3-tools.md
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+## Tools {#tools}
+
+### Go command {#go-command}
+
+### Cgo {#cgo}
+
diff --git a/doc/initial/4-runtime.md b/doc/initial/4-runtime.md
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+## Runtime {#runtime}
diff --git a/doc/initial/5-toolchain.md b/doc/initial/5-toolchain.md
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+## Compiler {#compiler}
+
+## Assembler {#assembler}
+
+## Linker {#linker}
+
+
diff --git a/doc/initial/6-stdlib/0-heading.md b/doc/initial/6-stdlib/0-heading.md
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+## Standard library {#library}
+
diff --git a/doc/initial/6-stdlib/99-minor/0-heading.md b/doc/initial/6-stdlib/99-minor/0-heading.md
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+### Minor changes to the library {#minor_library_changes}
+
+
diff --git a/doc/initial/6-stdlib/99-minor/README b/doc/initial/6-stdlib/99-minor/README
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+API changes and other small changes to the standard library go here.
diff --git a/doc/initial/7-ports.md b/doc/initial/7-ports.md
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+## Ports {#ports}
+