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<title>FreeBSD Documentation Project Primer for New
Contributors</title>
<author>
<orgname>The FreeBSD Documentation Project</orgname>
</author>
<copyright>
<year>1998</year>
<year>1999</year>
<year>2000</year>
<year>2001</year>
<year>2002</year>
<year>2003</year>
<year>2004</year>
<year>2005</year>
<year>2006</year>
<year>2007</year>
<year>2008</year>
<year>2009</year>
<year>2010</year>
<year>2011</year>
<year>2012</year>
<year>2013</year>
<year>2014</year>
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<year>2016</year>
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<year>2019</year>
<year>2020</year>
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<abstract>
<para>Thank you for becoming a part of the FreeBSD Documentation
Project. Your contribution is extremely valuable, and we
appreciate it.</para>
<para>This primer covers details needed
to start contributing to the FreeBSD Documentation
Project, or <acronym>FDP</acronym>, including tools, software,
and the philosophy behind the
Documentation Project.</para>
<para>This is a work in progress. Corrections and
additions are always welcome.</para>
</abstract>
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<title>Preface</title>
<sect1 xml:id="preface-prompts">
<title>Shell Prompts</title>
<para>This table shows the default system prompt and
superuser prompt. The examples use these prompts to
indicate which type of user is running the example.</para>
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<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>User</entry>
<entry>Prompt</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>Normal user</entry>
<entry>&prompt.user;</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><systemitem
class="username">root</systemitem></entry>
<entry>&prompt.root;</entry>
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</sect1>
<sect1 xml:id="preface-conventions">
<title>Typographic Conventions</title>
<para>This table describes the typographic conventions
used in this book.</para>
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<thead>
<row>
<entry>Meaning</entry>
<entry>Examples</entry>
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<entry>The names of commands.</entry>
<entry>Use <command>ls -l</command> to list all
files.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>The names of files.</entry>
<entry>Edit <filename>.login</filename>.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>On-screen computer output.</entry>
<entry><screen>You have mail.</screen></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>What the user types, contrasted with on-screen
computer output.</entry>
<entry><screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>date +"The time is %H:%M"</userinput>
The time is 09:18</screen></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Manual page references.</entry>
<entry>Use &man.su.1; to change user identity.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>User and group names.</entry>
<entry>Only <systemitem
class="username">root</systemitem> can do
this.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Emphasis.</entry>
<entry>The user <emphasis>must</emphasis> do
this.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Text that the user is expected to replace with
the actual text.</entry>
<entry>To search for a keyword in the manual pages, type
<command>man -k
<replaceable>keyword</replaceable></command></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Environment variables.</entry>
<entry><envar>$HOME</envar> is set to the user's home
directory.</entry>
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<title>Notes, Tips, Important Information, Warnings, and
Examples</title>
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text.</para>
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to take note of, as it may affect what the user
does.</para>
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something.</para>
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to the hardware or the user, or it may be non-physical, such
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the results of a particular action.</para>
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<sect1 xml:id="preface-acknowledgements">
<title>Acknowledgments</title>
<para>My thanks to Sue Blake, Patrick Durusau, Jon Hamilton,
Peter Flynn, and Christopher Maden, who took the time to read
early drafts of this document and offer many valuable comments
and criticisms.</para>
</sect1>
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