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- This is Linuxdoc-SGML, a system for formatting documents, using SGML.
- As the name implies it is intended for Linux documentation, although it
- is applicable to various types of software documentation. Right now,
- Linuxdoc-SGML will produce either LaTeX or groff (for plain ASCII) code
- from a single SGML source file that you write. SGML is a generalized system
- for converting to other text-formatting languages, so HTML and texinfo
- support are forthcoming. Using Linuxdoc-SGML will let you produce many
- different formats of documentation from a single source. It is simple enough
- to be used for FAQs, HOWTOs, and other docs as well.
-
- The file doc/guide.sgml is SGML source for the User's Guide. As you
- probably don't know how to format it yet, there is formatted plain ASCII
- in doc/guide.txt. There's also guide.dvi and guide.ps, if you wish to
- print them instead. The first thing you should read is doc/guide.txt,
- which explains how to install the software, and how to start writing
- documents with it. The file doc/example.sgml is a simple example document
- which you can use as a tutorial.
-
- For real-life examples of uses of Linuxdoc-SGML, look at the Linux HOWTOs
- on ftp.cs.cornell.edu:/pub/mdw/HOWTO. These HOWTOs are written in SGML
- and automatically translated into LaTeX and nroff (and subsequently plain
- ASCII) using this system.
-
- Please send me any questions or bug reports, as well as suggestions for
- improvement. Specifically, if you're using Linuxdoc-SGML to write Linux
- documentation, and would like to see a particular feature added or changed,
- please get in touch with me. In this way Linuxdoc-SGML can be quasi-standard
- for Linux documentation, and any documents written in it can be formatted
- using the same software.
-
- Share and enjoy,
-
- Matt Welsh, mdw@cs.cornell.edu
-