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<book lang='en'>
  <bookinfo>
    <title>FreeBSD Documentation Project Primer for New
      Contributors</title>

    <corpauthor>The FreeBSD Documentation Project</corpauthor>

    <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>
      <holder role="mailto:doceng@FreeBSD.org">DocEng</holder>
    </copyright>

    <pubdate role="rcs">$FreeBSD$</pubdate>

    <releaseinfo>$FreeBSD$</releaseinfo>

    &legalnotice;

    <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>
  </bookinfo>

  <preface id="preface">
    <title>Preface</title>

    <sect1 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>

      <informaltable frame="none" pgwide="1">
	<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><username>root</username></entry>
	      <entry>&prompt.root;</entry>
	    </row>
	  </tbody>
	</tgroup>
      </informaltable>
    </sect1>

    <sect1 id="preface-conventions">
      <title>Typographic Conventions</title>

      <para>This table describes the typographic conventions
	used in this book.</para>

      <informaltable frame="none" pgwide="1">
	<tgroup cols="2">
	  <thead>
	    <row>
	      <entry>Meaning</entry>
	      <entry>Examples</entry>
	    </row>
	  </thead>

	  <tbody>
	    <row>
	      <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 <username>root</username> 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>
	    </row>
	  </tbody>
	</tgroup>
      </informaltable>
    </sect1>

    <sect1 id="preface-notes">
      <title>Notes, Tips, Important Information, Warnings, and
	Examples</title>

      <para>Notes, warnings, and examples appear within the
	text.</para>

      <note>
	<para>Notes are represented like this, and contain information
	  to take note of, as it may affect what the user
	  does.</para>
      </note>

      <tip>
	<para>Tips are represented like this, and contain information
	  helpful to the user, like showing an easier way to do
	  something.</para>
      </tip>

      <important>
	<para>Important information is represented like this.
	  Typically, these show extra steps the user may need to
	  take.</para>
      </important>

      <warning>
	<para>Warnings are represented like this, and contain
	  information warning about possible damage if the
	  instructions are not followed.  This damage may be physical,
	  to the hardware or the user, or it may be non-physical, such
	  as the inadvertent deletion of important files.</para>
      </warning>

      <example>
	<title>A Sample Example</title>

	<para>Examples are represented like this, and typically
	  contain examples showing a walkthrough, or
	  the results of a particular action.</para>
      </example>
    </sect1>

    <sect1 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>
  </preface>

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  &chap.tools;
  &chap.xml-primer;
  &chap.xhtml-markup;
  &chap.docbook-markup;
  &chap.stylesheets;
  &chap.structure;
  &chap.doc-build;
  &chap.the-website;
  &chap.translations;
  &chap.writing-style;
  &chap.psgml-mode;
  &chap.see-also;

  &app.examples;

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