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03/21/2020 11:02:56 AM (4 years ago)
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Pierre Labastie <pieere@…>
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Format the x/installing chapter

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    5050    <title>Introduction to Xorg Legacy</title>
    5151
    52     <para><application>Xorg</application>&apos;s ancestor (X11R1, in 1987) at
    53     first only provided bitmap fonts, with a tool (<command>bdftopcf</command>)
    54     to assist in their installation. With the introduction of
    55     <application>xorg-server-1.19.0</application>
    56     and <application>libXfont2</application> many people will not need them.
    57     There are still a few old packages which might require, or benefit from,
    58     these deprecated fonts and so the following packages are shown here.</para>
     52    <para>
     53      <application>Xorg</application>&apos;s ancestor (X11R1, in 1987) at
     54      first only provided bitmap fonts, with a tool
     55      (<command>bdftopcf</command>) to assist in their installation. With the
     56      introduction of <application>xorg-server-1.19.0</application> and
     57      <application>libXfont2</application> many people will not need them.
     58      There are still a few old packages which might require, or benefit from,
     59      these deprecated fonts and so the following packages are shown here.
     60    </para>
    5961
    6062    <note>
     
    7274
    7375      <para revision="sysv">
    74        Please consult the BLFS-7.10 book at <ulink
    75        url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/7.10/x/x7font.html"/>
    76        if you wish to install any of those other fonts.
     76        Please consult the BLFS-7.10 book at <ulink
     77        url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/7.10/x/x7font.html"/>
     78        if you wish to install any of those other fonts.
    7779      </para>
    7880
    7981      <para revision="systemd">
    80        Please consult the BLFS-7.10 systemd book at <ulink
    81        url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/7.10-systemd/x/x7font.html"/>
    82        if you wish to install any of those other fonts.
     82        Please consult the BLFS-7.10 systemd book at <ulink url=
     83        "http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/7.10-systemd/x/x7font.html"/>
     84        if you wish to install any of those other fonts.
    8385      </para>
    8486    </note>
     
    8991    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
    9092      <listitem>
    91         <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&x7legacy-download-http;"/></para>
    92       </listitem>
    93       <listitem>
    94         <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&x7legacy-download-ftp;"/></para>
    95       </listitem>
    96       <listitem>
    97         <para>Download size: &x7legacy-size;</para>
    98       </listitem>
    99       <listitem>
    100         <para>Estimated disk space required: &x7legacy-buildsize;</para>
    101       </listitem>
    102       <listitem>
    103         <para>Estimated build time: &x7legacy-time;</para>
     93        <para>
     94          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&x7legacy-download-http;"/>
     95        </para>
     96      </listitem>
     97      <listitem>
     98        <para>
     99          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&x7legacy-download-ftp;"/>
     100        </para>
     101      </listitem>
     102      <listitem>
     103        <para>
     104          Download size: &x7legacy-size;
     105        </para>
     106      </listitem>
     107      <listitem>
     108        <para>
     109          Estimated disk space required: &x7legacy-buildsize;
     110        </para>
     111      </listitem>
     112      <listitem>
     113        <para>
     114          Estimated build time: &x7legacy-time;
     115        </para>
    104116      </listitem>
    105117    </itemizedlist>
     
    120132    <title>Downloading Xorg Legacy</title>
    121133
    122     <para>First, create a list of files to be downloaded. This file will also
    123     be used to verify the integrity of the downloads when complete:</para>
     134    <para>
     135      First, create a list of files to be downloaded. This file will also
     136      be used to verify the integrity of the downloads when complete:
     137    </para>
    124138
    125139<screen><userinput>cat &gt; legacy.dat &lt;&lt; "EOF"
     
    133147EOF</userinput></screen>
    134148
    135     <para>To download the needed files using <application>wget</application>,
    136     use the following commands:</para>
     149    <para>
     150      To download the needed files using <application>wget</application>,
     151      use the following commands:
     152    </para>
    137153
    138154<screen><userinput>mkdir legacy &amp;&amp;
     
    150166&as_root;
    151167
    152     <para>First, start a subshell that will exit on error:</para>
     168    <para>
     169      First, start a subshell that will exit on error:
     170    </para>
    153171
    154172<screen><userinput>bash -e</userinput></screen>
    155173
    156     <para>Install all of the packages by running the following
    157     commands:</para>
     174    <para>
     175      Install all of the packages by running the following commands:
     176    </para>
    158177
    159178<screen><userinput>for package in $(grep -v '^#' ../legacy.md5 | awk '{print $2}')
     
    170189done</userinput></screen>
    171190
    172     <para>Finally, exit the shell that was started earlier:</para>
     191    <para>
     192      Finally, exit the shell that was started earlier:
     193    </para>
    173194
    174195<screen><userinput>exit</userinput></screen>
     
    201222        <term><command>bdftopcf</command></term>
    202223        <listitem>
    203           <para>converts an X font from Bitmap Distribution Format to Portable
    204           Compiled Format.</para>
     224          <para>
     225            converts an X font from Bitmap Distribution Format to Portable
     226            Compiled Format.
     227          </para>
    205228          <indexterm zone="xorg7-legacy bdftopcf-x7">
    206229            <primary sortas="b-bdftopcf">bdftopcf</primary>
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