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| 3 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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| 4 | %general-entities;
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| 6 | <sect1 id="pre-typography">
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| 7 | <title>Typography</title>
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| 8 | <?dbhtml filename="typography.html"?>
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| 9 |
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| 10 | <para>To make things easier to follow, there are a few typographical
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| 11 | conventions used throughout this book. This section contains some
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| 12 | examples of the typographical format found throughout Linux From
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| 13 | Scratch.</para>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
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| 16 |
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| 17 | <para>This form of text is designed to be typed exactly as seen unless
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| 18 | otherwise noted in the surrounding text. It is also used in the
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| 19 | explanation sections to identify which of the commands is being
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| 20 | referenced.</para>
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| 21 |
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| 22 | <screen><computeroutput>install-info: unknown option '--dir-file=/mnt/lfs/usr/info/dir'</computeroutput></screen>
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| 23 |
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| 24 | <para>This form of text (fixed width text) shows screen output,
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| 25 | probably as the result of commands issued. This format is also used
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| 26 | to show filenames, such as
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| 27 | <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename>.</para>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <para><emphasis>Emphasis</emphasis></para>
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| 30 |
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| 31 | <para>This form of text is used for several purposes in the book,
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| 32 | mainly to emphasize important points or items.</para>
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| 33 |
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| 34 | <para><ulink url="&lfs-root;"/></para>
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| 35 |
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| 36 | <para>This format is used for hyperlinks, both within the LFS
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| 37 | community and to external pages, including HOWTOs, download locations,
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| 38 | and websites.</para>
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| 39 |
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| 40 | <screen><userinput>cat > $LFS/etc/group << "EOF"
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| 41 | <literal>root:x:0:
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| 42 | bin:x:1:
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| 43 | ......</literal>
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| 44 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 45 |
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| 46 | <para>This format is used when creating configuration files. The first
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| 47 | command tells the system to create the file
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| 48 | <filename>$LFS/etc/group</filename> from whatever is typed on the
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| 49 | following lines until the sequence end of file (EOF) is encountered.
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| 50 | Therefore, this entire section is generally typed as 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<phrase condition="html"> or copy-and-pasted</phrase>.</para>
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| 56 |
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| 57 | </sect1>
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