The Linux Documentation Project Generator


Version 0.3 2005-03-13
Welcome to the LDP Generator. By following through this form you will be able to generate an up-to-date snapshot of the LDP works, customised to your particular needs. The files downloaded will be structured in a hierarchy or directories as defined by the LDP Filesystem Standard .
For more information and help, please check with The Linux Documentation Project homepages or email the author of this form.


Language selection

English   Dutch German Japanese Portugese Other

Note: it is recommended to select English, no matter other language selections made since a major body of the LDP archives are in English, as are the majority of auxilliary documents.
Note 2: in some cases a few documents are available in languages such as Castellano. To include these languages tick off checkbox Other .

Default Settings

If you wish you can set your default output formats and compression type here, saving  you from having to select your prefered type for every document category below. Note that pressing any of the following default buttons here will overwrite any prior changes you may have done for Guides, HOWTOs etc below.

Output Format

Note that there is no problems in selecting multiple formats other than enlarging the amounts of data received.

HTML
HTML is the most common format and readable both in graphical browsers as well as text-only browsers such as Lynx
Plain Text
Plain text is readable with any text reader. Images are not available in this format
PDF
PDF is a document format for paper output and viewers such as Acrobat Reader and GhostScript. Note that it is page sized
PostScript
 PostScript is a page description format primarily intended for paper output but also readable using GhostScript.
PalmDoc
This format is for reading documents on your Palm pilot or compatible.
SGML/XML
This is the format used when writing documents and is not useful for most readers.

Compression

For practical reasons only one compression format (including none ) can be selected here

None
No compression leaves files immediately readable at the cost of extra storage requirements
Zip
Zip compression is reasonable in effectivity and popular on many platforms
gzip
gzip is reasonable in effectivity and popular on unix compatible platforms
bzip2
bzip2 is a powerful compressor but less common though freely available


Profile

The following makes quick selection of contents possible by selecting a specific profile. Only one profile can be selected here.
All
Select entire archive
LDP
Select only contents created by the LDP
Blank
Deselect everything, useful for making very small selections


After making your settings here it is of course still possible to make further adjustments to selections below.


Paper Settings

Some formats such as PDF and PostScript are rendered for specific page types and that this must be set appropriately for the text to fit properly. There are three types available:
A4
 A4 is the ISO standard paper format most commonly used in the world
letter
 letter is shorter but wider than A4 and is commonly used in North America
universal
 universal has the height of letter and width of A4 making it workable on either sized paper at the cost of more pages per document

Copyright Selection

Documents use several copyright statements. This can be selected for:
No selection
 No selection, all kinds of copyrights will be included
GFDL
 Gnu Free Distribution License
CCSA Creative Commons Share Alike 1.0, Attribution Share Alike 2.0
TLDP
 Licenses accepted by The Linux Documentation Project



Types of LDP Documents to Include

FAQ

These are a selection of Frequently Asked Questions regarding Linux.
Include:
Formats: HTML  Plain Text PalmDoc
Compression: none zip gzip bzip2

Note that FAQs are created in plain text.

Guides

Guides are larger documents, typically over 100 pages printed paper pages. These give in-depth introductions to major topics such as installation, system administration, networking and more.
Include:
Formats: HTML  Plain Text PDF PostScript PalmDoc   SGML/XML
Compression: none zip gzip bzip2

HOWTOs

HOWTOs are more focussed documents that deal with a specific topic, typically including introduction to the topic at hand, background information, a step-by-step guide to solve a particular problem, a short FAQ and trouble shooting guide and external references. The HOWTOs form the main body of the LDP works.
Include:
Formats: HTML  Plain Text PDF PostScript PalmDoc   SGML/XML
Compression: none zip gzip bzip2

HOWTOs rendered into HTML can be split into one file per section (normal) or single large files. While a single file per HOWTO is convenient for searching purposes, they can in some cases be inconveniently large, beyond 100 printed pages and more than 100 KB each.
HTML Split: chapter level spits no split

Intros

This is a relatively new class of documents and as the name suggests, gives introductions to various topics
Include:
Formats: HTML  Plain Text PDF PostScript PalmDoc   SGML/XML
Compression: none zip gzip bzip2


man Pages

These are the man page collections that is common to all Linux installations. No man pages for specific applications are included here.
Include:
Formats: HTML  Plain Text PDF PostScript PalmDoc   roff
Compression: none zip gzip bzip2

Note that man pages are created in roff rather than SGML/XML

Other Documents Kept with the LDP

LDP Resources

This is a collection of authoring guides and some tools, mainly of interest to LDP contributors.

Linux Focus

An archive of the Linux Focus eZine.

Linux Gazette

An archive of the Linux Gazette eZine.

Linux Weekly News

An archive of the Linux Weekly News webzine.

Jargon File

A collection of computer terms and expression, collected by Eric Raymond (ESR)

Wiki

A snapshot of the LDP Wikipedia project.

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Non LDP Documents

There is a number of free documents not made by the LDP that is very useful as references.

FAQ

These are a selection of Frequently Asked Questions with answers from Usenet News, not to be confused by the FAQs from the LDP above.
Include:
Formats: HTML  Plain Text PalmDoc
Compression: none zip gzip bzip2

Note that FAQs are created in plain text.

RFC

Request for Comments are documents created by Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and is important in matters relating to networking and advanced technical humor.
Include:
Formats: HTML  Plain Text PDF PostScript PalmDoc   roff
Compression: none zip gzip bzip2

Note that RFCs are created in roff rather than SGML/XML

TR

Technical R (?) are documents created by  World Wide Web Concortium (W3C) and is important in matters relating to web applications and related topics.
Include:
Formats: HTML  Plain Text PDF PostScript PalmDoc   roff
Compression: none zip gzip bzip2

Note that TRs are created in roff rather than SGML/XML

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Packaging

When your selection is complete it is time to decide how you want the complete collection sent to you.

zip
 Zip compression is reasonable in effectivity and popular on many platforms
tar
 Tar is a non-compressing archiver, useful if the contents is already compressed. If the content parts are not compressed the archive could become huge.
tgz
 Tgz is an abbreviation for a gzip compressed tar archive. Compressing an archive of compressed files tends not to further reduce size
tbz
 Tbz is like tgz but the compressor used is bzip2.


Submit

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