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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
3  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
4  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5  %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<sect1 id="pre-typography">
9  <?dbhtml filename="typography.html"?>
10
11  <title>Typography</title>
12
13  <para>To make things easier to follow, there are a few typographical
14  conventions used throughout this book. This section contains some
15  examples of the typographical format found throughout Linux From
16  Scratch.</para>
17
18<screen role="nodump"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
19
20  <para>This form of text is designed to be typed exactly as seen unless
21  otherwise noted in the surrounding text. It is also used in the
22  explanation sections to identify which of the commands is being
23  referenced.</para>
24
25<screen><computeroutput>install-info: unknown option '--dir-file=/mnt/lfs/usr/info/dir'</computeroutput></screen>
26
27  <para>This form of text (fixed-width text) shows screen output,
28  probably as the result of commands issued.  This format is also used
29  to show filenames, such as <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename>.</para>
30
31  <para><emphasis>Emphasis</emphasis></para>
32
33  <para>This form of text is used for several purposes in the book.
34  Its main purpose is to emphasize important points or items.</para>
35
36  <para><ulink url="&lfs-root;"/></para>
37
38  <para>This format is used for hyperlinks, both within the LFS
39  community and to external pages. It includes HOWTOs, download locations,
40  and websites.</para>
41
42<screen role="nodump"><userinput>cat &gt; $LFS/etc/group &lt;&lt; "EOF"
43<literal>root:x:0:
44bin:x:1:
45......</literal>
46EOF</userinput></screen>
47
48  <para>This format is used when creating configuration files. The first
49  command tells the system to create the file
50  <filename>$LFS/etc/group</filename> from whatever is typed on the
51  following lines until the sequence end of file (EOF) is encountered.
52  Therefore, this entire section is generally typed as seen.</para>
53
54  <para><replaceable>[REPLACED TEXT]</replaceable></para>
55
56  <para>This format is used to encapsulate text that is not to be typed
57  as seen or copied-and-pasted.</para>
58
59  <para><filename>passwd(5)</filename></para>
60
61  <para>This format is used to refer to a specific manual page (hereinafter
62  referred to simply as a <quote>man</quote> page). The number inside
63  parentheses indicates a specific section inside of <command>man</command>.
64  For example, <command>passwd</command> has two man pages. Per LFS
65  installation instructions, those two man pages will be located at
66  <filename>/usr/share/man/man1/passwd.1</filename> and
67  <filename>/usr/share/man/man5/passwd.5</filename>. Both man pages have
68  different information in them. When the book uses
69  <filename>passwd(5)</filename> it is specifically referring to
70  <filename>/usr/share/man/man5/passwd.5</filename>.
71  <command>man passwd</command> will print the first man page it finds
72  that matches <quote>passwd</quote>, which will be
73  <filename>/usr/share/man/man1/passwd.1</filename>. For this example,
74  you will need to run <command>man 5 passwd</command> in order to read
75  the specific page being referred to. It should be noted that most man
76  pages do not have duplicate page names in different sections. Therefore,
77  <command>man <replaceable>[program name]</replaceable></command> is
78  generally sufficient.</para>
79
80</sect1>
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