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| 1 | <sect1 id="ch01-conventions">
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| 2 | <title>Conventions used in this book</title>
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| 3 |
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| 4 | <para>
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| 5 | 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:
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| 7 | </para>
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| 8 |
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| 9 | <para>
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| 10 | <userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput>
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| 11 | </para>
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| 12 |
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| 13 | <blockquote><para>
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| 14 | This form of text is designed to be typed exactly as seen unless otherwise
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| 15 | noted in the surrounding text. It is also used in the explanation sections to
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| 16 | identify which of the commands is being referred to.
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| 17 | </para></blockquote>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <para>
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| 20 | <filename>
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| 21 | install-info: unknown option `--dir-file=/mnt/lfs/usr/info/dir'
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| 22 | </filename>
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| 23 | </para>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <blockquote><para>
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| 26 | This form of text (fixed width text) is showing screen output, probably as the
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| 27 | result of commands issued and is also used to show filenames such as
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| 28 | <filename>/etc/lilo.conf</filename>
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| 29 | </para></blockquote>
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| 30 |
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| 31 | <para>
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| 32 | <emphasis>Emphasis</emphasis>
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| 33 | </para>
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| 34 |
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| 35 | <blockquote><para>
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| 36 | This form of text is used for several purposes in the book but mainly to
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| 37 | emphasise important points or to give examples as to what to type.
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| 38 | </para></blockquote>
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| 39 |
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| 40 | <para>
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| 41 | <ulink url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/">
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| 42 | http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/</ulink>
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| 43 | </para>
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| 44 |
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| 45 | <blockquote><para>
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| 46 | This form of text is used for hyperlinks, both within the book and to external
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| 47 | pages such as HowTo's,download locations and websites etc.
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| 48 | </para></blockquote>
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| 49 |
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| 50 | <para>
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| 51 | <screen>
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| 52 | <userinput>cat > $LFS/etc/group << "EOF"</userinput>
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| 53 | root:x:0:
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| 54 | bin:x:1:
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| 55 | ......
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| 56 | <userinput>EOF</userinput>
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| 57 | </screen>
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| 58 | </para>
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| 59 |
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| 60 | <blockquote><para>
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| 61 | This type of section is used mainly when creating configuration files. The
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| 62 | first command (in bold) tells the system to create the file $LFS/etc/group from
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| 63 | whatever is typed on the following lines until the sequence EOF is encountered.
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| 64 | Therefore, this whole section is generally typed as seen.
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| 65 | </para></blockquote>
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| 66 |
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| 67 | </sect1>
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| 68 |
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