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extended typo conventions; and minor stuff
author meillo@marmaro.de
date Sun, 04 Jan 2009 10:27:30 +0100
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28 This work focuses on the \unix\ operating system. 28 This work focuses on the \unix\ operating system.
29 Experience in usage, administration and program development is assumed. 29 Experience in usage, administration and program development is assumed.
30 This includes the basic toolchain (e.g.\ \name{tar}, \name{grep}, etc.), user, file and permission management, as well as writing, compiling and installing programs written in the C language. 30 This includes the basic toolchain (e.g.\ \name{tar}, \name{grep}, etc.), user, file and permission management, as well as writing, compiling and installing programs written in the C language.
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32 General information about \unix\ can be found in \cite{unixprogenv} %FIXME: references 32 General information about \unix\ can be found in \cite{kernighan84} %FIXME: references
33 . %FIXME: references 33 . %FIXME: references
34 explain about administrating \unix. 34 explain about administrating \unix.
35 And developing programs in C may be learned from \cite{k&r} and \cite{advunixprog}. %FIXME: references 35 And developing programs in C may be learned from \cite{k&r} and \cite{rochkind85}. %FIXME: references
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37 %TODO: should I tell them to send email to me when having questions? Or somewhere else? 37 %TODO: should I tell them to send email to me when having questions? Or somewhere else?
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40 \section*{Organisation} 40 \section*{Organisation}
50 %TODO: check if this tells what is really used! 50 %TODO: check if this tells what is really used!
51 %FIXME: make it complete! 51 %FIXME: make it complete!
52 %FIXME: remove everything not needed. Maybe write only a few sentences text. 52 %FIXME: remove everything not needed. Maybe write only a few sentences text.
53 The following typographic conventions are used in this book: 53 The following typographic conventions are used in this book:
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55 \begin{tabular}{ p{0.15\textwidth} p{0.8\textwidth} } 55 \begin{tabular}{ p{0.25\textwidth} p{0.7\textwidth} }
56 \emph{Italic} & 56 \emph{Italics} &
57 is used for names, including command names, file name, hostnames, usernames and email addresses. 57 is used for names, including command names, file name, hostnames, usernames and email addresses.
58 Further more it is used to emphasize text. 58 Further more it is used to emphasize text.
59 \\ &\\ 59 \\ &\\
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61 \texttt{Constant Width} & 61 \texttt{Constant Width} &
62 is used for source code, contents of files and output from programs. 62 is used for source code, contents of files and output from programs.
63 \\ &\\ 63 \\ &\\
64 64
65 \textsc{Small Caps} &
66 are used to indicate names of persons.
67 \\ &\\
68
65 \texttt{\$} & 69 \texttt{\$} &
66 indicates the the user shell prompt. 70 indicates the user's shell prompt.
67 \\ &\\ 71 \\ &\\
68 72
69 \texttt{\#} & 73 \texttt{\#} &
70 indicates the the root shell prompt. 74 indicates the shell prompt of the superuser---root.
71 \\ 75 \\ &\\
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77 \cite{kernighan84} &
78 is a reference to a book, an article, or a similar document. The Bibliography is located at the end of the thesis.
79 \\ &\\
80
81 \citeweb{masqmail:homepage} &
82 is a reference to a website. Websites differ from documents as they are hardly a text written by some author, but a place where information is gathered.
83 \\ &\\
72 \end{tabular} 84 \end{tabular}
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