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