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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 | ]>
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8 | <sect1 id="pre-typography">
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9 | <?dbhtml filename="typography.html"?>
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10 |
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11 | <title>Typography</title>
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12 |
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13 | <para>To make things easier to follow, there are a few typographical
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14 | conventions used throughout this book. This section contains some
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15 | examples of the typographical format found throughout Linux From
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16 | Scratch.</para>
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17 |
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18 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
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19 |
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20 | <para>This form of text is designed to be typed exactly as seen unless
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21 | otherwise noted in the surrounding text. It is also used in the explanation
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22 | sections to identify which of the commands is being referenced.</para>
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23 |
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24 | <screen><computeroutput>install-info: unknown option '--dir-file=/mnt/lfs/usr/info/dir'</computeroutput></screen>
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25 |
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26 | <para>This form of text (fixed-width text) shows screen output, probably as
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27 | the result of commands issued. This format is also used to show filenames,
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28 | such as <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename>.</para>
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29 |
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30 | <para><emphasis>Emphasis</emphasis></para>
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31 |
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32 | <para>This form of text is used for several purposes in the book. Its main
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33 | purpose is to emphasize important points or items.</para>
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34 |
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35 | <para><ulink url="&lfs-root;"/></para>
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36 |
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37 | <para>This format is used for hyperlinks both within the LFS community and to
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38 | external pages. It includes HOWTOs, download locations, and websites.</para>
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39 |
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40 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput>cat > $LFS/etc/group << "EOF"
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41 | <literal>root:x:0:
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42 | bin:x:1:
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43 | ......</literal>
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44 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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45 |
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46 | <para>This format is used when creating configuration files. The first command
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47 | tells the system to create the file <filename>$LFS/etc/group</filename> from
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48 | whatever is typed on the following lines until the sequence end of file (EOF)
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49 | is encountered. Therefore, this entire section is generally typed as
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50 | seen.</para>
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51 |
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52 | <para><replaceable><REPLACED TEXT></replaceable></para>
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53 |
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54 | <para>This format is used to encapsulate text that is not to be typed
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55 | as seen or for copy-and-paste operations.</para>
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56 |
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57 | <para><replaceable>[OPTIONAL TEXT]</replaceable></para>
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58 |
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59 | <para>This format is used to encapsulate text that is optional.</para>
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60 |
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61 | <para><filename>passwd(5)</filename></para>
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62 |
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63 | <para>This format is used to refer to a specific manual page (hereinafter
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64 | referred to simply as a <quote>man</quote> page). The number inside parentheses
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65 | indicates a specific section inside of <command>man</command>. For example,
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66 | <command>passwd</command> has two man pages. Per LFS installation instructions,
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67 | those two man pages will be located at
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68 | <filename>/usr/share/man/man1/passwd.1</filename> and
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69 | <filename>/usr/share/man/man5/passwd.5</filename>. Both man pages have different
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70 | information in them. When the book uses <filename>passwd(5)</filename> it is
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71 | specifically referring to <filename>/usr/share/man/man5/passwd.5</filename>.
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72 | <command>man passwd</command> will print the first man page it finds that
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73 | matches <quote>passwd</quote>, which will be
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74 | <filename>/usr/share/man/man1/passwd.1</filename>. For this example, you will
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75 | need to run <command>man 5 passwd</command> in order to read the specific page
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76 | being referred to. It should be noted that most man pages do not have duplicate
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77 | page names in different sections. Therefore, <command>man <replaceable><program
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78 | name></replaceable></command> is generally sufficient.</para>
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79 |
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80 | </sect1>
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81 |
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