1. Introduction

1.1 History

This document was started on Aug 26, 1999 by Mark F. Komarinski after two day's worth of frustration getting tools to work. If even one LDP author is helped by this, then I did my job.

1.2 New versions

The newest version of this can be found on my homepage http://www.cgipc.com/~markk/in its SGML source. Other versions may be found in different formats at the LDP homepage http://www.linuxdoc.org/.

1.3 Comments

Comments on this HOWTO may be directed to the author ( markk@cgipc.com).

Version History

v1.21 (February 8, 1999)

• Changed location of GNU GPL to ftp.gnu.org (per jmm@raleigh.ibm.com)
• Added CVS information. Will need to add more soon.

1.4 Copyrights and Trademarks

(c) 1999-2000 Mark F. Komarinski

This manual may be reproduced in whole or in part, without fee, subject to the following restrictions:

• The copyright notice above and this permission notice must be preserved complete on all complete or partial copies
• Any translation or derived work must be approved by the author in writing before distribution.
• If you distribute this work in part, instructions for obtaining the complete version of this manual must be included, and a means for obtaining a complete version provided.
• Small portions may be reproduced as illustrations for reviews or quotes in other works without this permission notice if proper citation is given.

Exceptions to these rules may be granted for academic purposes: Write to the author and ask. These restrictions are here to protect us as authors, not to restrict you as learners and educators. Any source code (aside from the SGML this document was written in) in this document is placed under the GNU General Public License, available via anonymous FTP from the GNU archive.

1.5 Acknowledgements and Thanks

Thanks to everyone that gave comments as I was writing this. This includes Deb Richardson and Daniel Barlow and other members of the ldp-discuss list.

Some sections I got from the HOWTO Index (available at many LDP locations) and the sgmltools documentation. There are pointers to sgmltools and the LDP elsewhere in this document.