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5 | %general-entities;
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6 | ]>
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8 | <sect1 id="intro-welcome-conventions">
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9 | <?dbhtml filename="conventions.html"?>
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10 |
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11 | <sect1info>
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12 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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13 | <date>$Date$</date>
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14 | </sect1info>
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15 |
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16 | <title>Conventions Used in this Book</title>
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17 |
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18 | <para>To make things easy to follow, there are a number of conventions used
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19 | throughout the book. Following are some examples:</para>
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20 |
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21 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
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22 |
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23 | <blockquote>
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24 | <para>This form of text is designed to be typed exactly
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25 | as seen unless otherwise noted in the surrounding text. It is also used
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26 | in the explanation sections to identify references to specific commands.</para>
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27 | </blockquote>
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28 |
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29 | <screen><computeroutput>install-info: unknown option
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30 | `--dir-file=/mnt/lfs/usr/info/dir'</computeroutput></screen>
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31 |
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32 | <blockquote>
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33 | <para>This form of text (fixed width text) is showing screen
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34 | output, probably as the result of commands issued and is also used to
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35 | show filenames such as <filename>/boot/grub/grub.conf</filename></para>
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36 | </blockquote>
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37 |
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38 | <para><emphasis>Emphasis</emphasis></para>
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39 |
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40 | <blockquote>
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41 | <para>This form of text is used for several purposes in the
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42 | book but mainly to emphasize important points or to give examples as to
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43 | what to type.</para>
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44 | </blockquote>
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45 |
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46 | <para><ulink url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/"/></para>
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47 |
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48 | <blockquote>
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49 | <para>This form of text is used for hypertext links, both within
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50 | the book and to external pages such as HowTo's, download locations,
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51 | websites, etc.</para>
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52 | </blockquote>
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53 |
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54 | <screen><userinput>cat > $LFS/etc/group << "EOF"
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55 | <literal>root:x:0:
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56 | bin:x:1:
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57 | ......</literal>
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58 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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59 |
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60 | <blockquote>
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61 | <para>This type of section is used mainly when creating
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62 | configuration files. The first command (in bold) tells the system to create
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63 | the file <filename>$LFS/etc/group</filename> from whatever is typed on the
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64 | following lines until the sequence EOF is encountered.
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65 | Therefore, this whole section is generally typed as seen.</para>
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66 | </blockquote>
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67 |
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68 | <para><replaceable>[REPLACED TEXT]</replaceable></para>
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69 |
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70 | <blockquote>
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71 | <para>This form of text is used to encapsulate text that should be
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72 | modified and is not to be typed as seen or copy and pasted.</para>
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73 | </blockquote>
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74 |
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75 | </sect1>
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