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| 8 | <sect1 id="intro-welcome-conventions">
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| 9 | <sect1info>
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| 10 | <othername>$LastChangedBy: $</othername>
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| 11 | <date>$Date: $</date>
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| 12 | </sect1info>
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| 13 | <?dbhtml filename="conventions.html"?>
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| 14 | <title>Conventions used in this book</title>
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| 15 |
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| 16 | <para>To make things easy to follow, there are a number of conventions used
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| 17 | throughout the book. Following are some examples:</para>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <screen><command>./configure --prefix=/usr</command></screen>
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| 20 |
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| 21 | <blockquote><para>This form of text is designed to be typed exactly
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| 22 | as seen unless otherwise noted in the surrounding text. It is also used
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| 23 | in the explanation sections to identify which of the commands is being
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| 24 | referred to.</para></blockquote>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <para><filename>install-info: unknown option
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| 27 | `--dir-file=/mnt/lfs/usr/info/dir'</filename></para>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <blockquote><para>This form of text (fixed width text) is showing screen
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| 30 | output, probably as the result of commands issued and is also used to
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| 31 | show filenames such as <filename>/etc/lilo.conf</filename></para></blockquote>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <para><emphasis>Emphasis</emphasis></para>
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| 34 |
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| 35 | <blockquote><para>This form of text is used for several purposes in the
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| 36 | book but mainly to emphasize important points or to give examples as to
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| 37 | what to type.</para></blockquote>
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| 38 |
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| 39 | <para><ulink url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/">http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/</ulink></para>
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| 40 |
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| 41 | <blockquote><para>This form of text is used for hypertext links, both within
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| 42 | the book and to external pages such as HowTo's, download locations,
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| 43 | websites, etc.</para></blockquote>
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| 44 |
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| 45 | <screen><userinput><command>cat > $LFS/etc/group << "EOF"</command>
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| 46 | root:x:0:
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| 47 | bin:x:1:
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| 48 | ......
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| 49 | <command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>
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| 50 |
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| 51 | <blockquote><para>This type of section is used mainly when creating
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| 52 | configuration files. The first command (in bold) tells the system to create
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| 53 | the file <filename>$LFS/etc/group</filename> from whatever is typed on the
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| 54 | following lines until the sequence <acronym>EOF</acronym> is encountered.
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| 55 | Therefore, this whole section is generally typed as seen.</para></blockquote>
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| 56 |
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| 57 | <para><replaceable>[REPLACED TEXT]</replaceable></para>
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| 58 |
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| 59 | <blockquote><para>This form of text is used to encapsulate text that is
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| 60 | not to be typed as seen or copy and pasted.</para></blockquote>
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| 61 |
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| 62 | </sect1>
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