Conventions used in this book

To make things easy to follow, there are a number of conventions used throughout the book. Following are some examples:

make install

This form of text is designed to be typed exactly as seen unless otherwise noted in the surrounding text. It is also used in the explanation sections to identify which of the commands is being referred to.

tc/tinyconv

This form of text is used to show filenames of names of directories.

Emphasis

This form of text is used for several purposes in the book but mainly to emphasize important points or to give examples as to what to type.

http://tinyconv.edifactory.de

This form of text is used for hyperlinks, both within the book and to external pages such as HowTo's, download locations, websites, etc.

tc/tinyconv --help Usage: tc/tinyconv [options] tc/tinyconv [--help|-h] Options: --debug=n,-d n Enable debug information --config=x,-c x Use config file --help,-h Show this help text

This type of section is used mainly when showing a command line and the resulting output of that command.