1 | <sect1 id="intro-welcome-conventions">
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2 | <?dbhtml filename="conventions.html" dir="introduction"?>
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3 | <title>Conventions used in this book</title>
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4 |
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5 | <para>To make things easy to follow, there are a number of conventions used
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6 | throughout the book. Following are some examples:</para>
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7 |
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8 | <screen><command>./configure --prefix=/usr</command></screen>
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9 |
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10 | <blockquote><para>This form of text is designed to be typed exactly
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11 | as seen unless otherwise noted in the surrounding text. It is also used
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12 | in the explanation sections to identify which of the commands is being
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13 | referred to.</para></blockquote>
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14 |
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15 | <para><filename>install-info: unknown option
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16 | `--dir-file=/mnt/lfs/usr/info/dir'</filename></para>
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17 |
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18 | <blockquote><para>This form of text (fixed width text) is showing screen
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19 | output, probably as the result of commands issued and is also used to
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20 | show filenames such as <filename>/etc/lilo.conf</filename></para></blockquote>
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21 |
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22 | <para><emphasis>Emphasis</emphasis></para>
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23 |
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24 | <blockquote><para>This form of text is used for several purposes in the
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25 | book but mainly to emphasize important points or to give examples as to
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26 | what to type.</para></blockquote>
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27 |
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28 | <para><ulink url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/">http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/</ulink></para>
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29 |
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30 | <blockquote><para>This form of text is used for hypertext links, both within
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31 | the book and to external pages such as HowTo's, download locations,
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32 | websites, etc.</para></blockquote>
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33 |
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34 | <screen><userinput><command>cat > $LFS/etc/group << "EOF"</command>>
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35 | root:x:0:
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36 | bin:x:1:
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37 | ......
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38 | <command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>
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39 |
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40 | <blockquote><para>This type of section is used mainly when creating
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41 | configuration files. The first command (in bold) tells the system to create
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42 | the file <filename>$LFS/etc/group</filename> from whatever is typed on the
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43 | following lines until the sequence <acronym>EOF</acronym> is encountered.
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44 | Therefore, this whole section is generally typed as seen.</para></blockquote>
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45 |
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46 | </sect1>
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47 |
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