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authorManuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@linuxfromscratch.org>2006-04-14 09:37:17 +0000
committerManuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@linuxfromscratch.org>2006-04-14 09:37:17 +0000
commit0090db5c7b0cb69fc9c06da99ad868814414d2b0 (patch)
treeae4db250fab5b28bd3b688e2553959db4d5cd433 /chapter07
parentb55b3c4ff2c23fd0ae6734552a769b6237af387c (diff)
Changed typography convections.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@7516 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
Diffstat (limited to 'chapter07')
-rw-r--r--chapter07/hostname.xml4
-rw-r--r--chapter07/hosts.xml13
-rw-r--r--chapter07/network.xml8
-rw-r--r--chapter07/profile.xml24
-rw-r--r--chapter07/usage.xml4
5 files changed, 27 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/chapter07/hostname.xml b/chapter07/hostname.xml
index 7515d6a03..26f1e20b3 100644
--- a/chapter07/hostname.xml
+++ b/chapter07/hostname.xml
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@
<para>Create the <filename>/etc/sysconfig/network</filename> file and enter a
hostname by running:</para>
-<screen><userinput>echo "HOSTNAME=<replaceable>[lfs]</replaceable>" &gt; /etc/sysconfig/network</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>echo "HOSTNAME=<replaceable>&lt;lfs&gt;</replaceable>" &gt; /etc/sysconfig/network</userinput></screen>
- <para><replaceable>[lfs]</replaceable> needs to be replaced with the name given
+ <para><replaceable>&lt;lfs&gt;</replaceable> needs to be replaced with the name given
to the computer. Do not enter the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) here. That
information will be put in the <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file in the next
section.</para>
diff --git a/chapter07/hosts.xml b/chapter07/hosts.xml
index 0b196cefd..e51aa37be 100644
--- a/chapter07/hosts.xml
+++ b/chapter07/hosts.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
fully-qualified domain name (FQDN), and possible aliases for use in the
<filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file. The syntax is:</para>
-<screen><literal>&lt;IP address&gt; myhost.example.org aliases</literal></screen>
+<screen><literal>IP_address myhost.example.org aliases</literal></screen>
<para>Unless the computer is to be visible to the Internet (i.e.,
there is a registered domain and a valid block of assigned IP
@@ -54,16 +54,17 @@
<literal># Begin /etc/hosts (network card version)
127.0.0.1 localhost
-<replaceable>[192.168.1.1]</replaceable> <replaceable>[&lt;HOSTNAME&gt;.example.org]</replaceable> <replaceable>[HOSTNAME]</replaceable>
+<replaceable>&lt;192.168.1.1&gt;</replaceable> <replaceable>&lt;HOSTNAME.example.org&gt;</replaceable> <replaceable>[alias1] [alias2 ...]</replaceable>
# End /etc/hosts (network card version)</literal>
EOF</userinput></screen>
- <para>The <replaceable>[192.168.1.1]</replaceable> and
- <replaceable>[&lt;HOSTNAME&gt;.example.org]</replaceable>
+ <para>The <replaceable>&lt;192.168.1.1&gt;</replaceable> and
+ <replaceable>&lt;HOSTNAME.example.org&gt;</replaceable>
values need to be changed for specific users or requirements (if
assigned an IP address by a network/system administrator and the
- machine will be connected to an existing network).</para>
+ machine will be connected to an existing network). The optional alias
+ name(s) can be omitted.</para>
<para>If a network card is not going to be configured, create the
<filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file by running:</para>
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ EOF</userinput></screen>
<screen role="nodump"><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/hosts &lt;&lt; "EOF"
<literal># Begin /etc/hosts (no network card version)
-127.0.0.1 <replaceable>[&lt;HOSTNAME&gt;.example.org]</replaceable> <replaceable>[HOSTNAME]</replaceable> localhost
+127.0.0.1 <replaceable>&lt;HOSTNAME.example.org&gt;</replaceable> <replaceable>&lt;HOSTNAME&gt;</replaceable> localhost
# End /etc/hosts (no network card version)</literal>
EOF</userinput></screen>
diff --git a/chapter07/network.xml b/chapter07/network.xml
index ac6082271..8ae1399ca 100644
--- a/chapter07/network.xml
+++ b/chapter07/network.xml
@@ -139,14 +139,14 @@ EOF</userinput></screen>
<screen><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/resolv.conf &lt;&lt; "EOF"
<literal># Begin /etc/resolv.conf
-domain {<replaceable>[Your Domain Name]</replaceable>}
-nameserver <replaceable>[IP address of your primary nameserver]</replaceable>
-nameserver <replaceable>[IP address of your secondary nameserver]</replaceable>
+domain {<replaceable>&lt;Your Domain Name&gt;</replaceable>}
+nameserver <replaceable>&lt;IP address of your primary nameserver&gt;</replaceable>
+nameserver <replaceable>&lt;IP address of your secondary nameserver&gt;</replaceable>
# End /etc/resolv.conf</literal>
EOF</userinput></screen>
- <para>Replace <replaceable>[IP address of the nameserver]</replaceable>
+ <para>Replace <replaceable>&lt;IP address of the nameserver&gt;</replaceable>
with the IP address of the DNS most appropriate for the setup. There will
often be more than one entry (requirements demand secondary servers for
fallback capability). If you only need or want one DNS server, remove the
diff --git a/chapter07/profile.xml b/chapter07/profile.xml
index e2748d9df..9255ef81c 100644
--- a/chapter07/profile.xml
+++ b/chapter07/profile.xml
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@
makes Bash and Readline use the <filename>/etc/inputrc</filename> file created
earlier.</para>
- <para>Replace <replaceable>[ll]</replaceable> below with the two-letter code
+ <para>Replace <replaceable>&lt;ll&gt;</replaceable> below with the two-letter code
for the desired language (e.g., <quote>en</quote>) and
- <replaceable>[CC]</replaceable> with the two-letter code for the appropriate
- country (e.g., <quote>GB</quote>). <replaceable>[charmap]</replaceable> should
+ <replaceable>&lt;CC&gt;</replaceable> with the two-letter code for the appropriate
+ country (e.g., <quote>GB</quote>). <replaceable>&lt;charmap&gt;</replaceable> should
be replaced with the canonical charmap for your chosen locale. Optional
modifiers such as <quote>@euro</quote> may also be present.</para>
@@ -83,11 +83,11 @@
that <quote>UTF-8</quote> is written as <quote>UTF-8</quote>, not
<quote>utf8</quote>), so it is safest in most
cases to choose the canonical name for a particular locale. To determine
- the canonical name, run the following command, where <replaceable>[locale
- name]</replaceable> is the output given by <command>locale -a</command> for
+ the canonical name, run the following command, where <replaceable>&lt;locale
+ name&gt;</replaceable> is the output given by <command>locale -a</command> for
your preferred locale (<quote>en_GB.iso88591</quote> in our example).</para>
-<screen role="nodump"><userinput>LC_ALL=<replaceable>[locale name]</replaceable> locale charmap</userinput></screen>
+<screen role="nodump"><userinput>LC_ALL=<replaceable>&lt;locale name&gt;</replaceable> locale charmap</userinput></screen>
<para>For the <quote>en_GB.iso88591</quote> locale, the above command
will print:</para>
@@ -98,11 +98,11 @@
It is important that the locale found using the heuristic above is tested prior
to it being added to the Bash startup files:</para>
-<screen role="nodump"><userinput>LC_ALL=[locale name] locale country
-LC_ALL=[locale name] locale language
-LC_ALL=[locale name] locale charmap
-LC_ALL=[locale name] locale int_curr_symbol
-LC_ALL=[locale name] locale int_prefix</userinput></screen>
+<screen role="nodump"><userinput>LC_ALL=&lt;locale name&gt; locale country
+LC_ALL=&lt;locale name&gt; locale language
+LC_ALL=&lt;locale name&gt; locale charmap
+LC_ALL=&lt;locale name&gt; locale int_curr_symbol
+LC_ALL=&lt;locale name&gt; locale int_prefix</userinput></screen>
<para>The above commands should print the country and language names, the
character encoding used by the locale, the local currency and the prefix to dial
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ LC_ALL=[locale name] locale int_prefix</userinput></screen>
<screen><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/profile &lt;&lt; "EOF"
<literal># Begin /etc/profile
-export LANG=<replaceable>[ll]</replaceable>_<replaceable>[CC]</replaceable>.<replaceable>[charmap]</replaceable><replaceable>[@modifiers]</replaceable>
+export LANG=<replaceable>&lt;ll&gt;</replaceable>_<replaceable>&lt;CC&gt;</replaceable>.<replaceable>&lt;charmap&gt;</replaceable><replaceable>&lt;@modifiers&gt;</replaceable>
export INPUTRC=/etc/inputrc
# End /etc/profile</literal>
diff --git a/chapter07/usage.xml b/chapter07/usage.xml
index 991cf55dc..6e2bab32f 100644
--- a/chapter07/usage.xml
+++ b/chapter07/usage.xml
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
6: reboot the computer</literallayout>
<para>The command used to change run-levels is <command>init
- <replaceable>[runlevel]</replaceable></command>, where
- <replaceable>[runlevel]</replaceable> is the target run-level. For example, to
+ <replaceable>&lt;runlevel&gt;</replaceable></command>, where
+ <replaceable>&lt;runlevel&gt;</replaceable> is the target run-level. For example, to
reboot the computer, a user could issue the <command>init 6</command> command,
which is an alias for the <command>reboot</command> command. Likewise,
<command>init 0</command> is an alias for the <command>halt</command>