README

2004-05-02

For those of you ambitious enough to try this,

Using OpenOffice.org, open the file AutoInstall-10.0.3.sxw, make your changes, then

1.  Save the file (in OO native format)

2.  Print the file to a generic printer to get a Postscript file output (AutoInstall-10.0.3.ps)

3.  Export the file AS a PDF

4.  Save the file AS  a Web Page, DO NOT use the SEND -> Create HTML

    Do the next step only if you have the so_split program (see below)

5.  Create a cleaned up version of the HTML file (has the TOC fixed with HyperLinks) and a HOWTO style version
    by:  ./build

    Make sure that you have a sub-directory called HTML.


The so_split program:

The 'build' script (In step 5) invokes a custom program (so_split) )that I wrote to take the 'big' html file
generated by OO and break it down into smaller chunks, similar to all the linux howtos that you see.  It also
has a mode to correct the table of contents in the 'big' file too.

a) For this all to work, create a working directory in your home (say AutoInstall), then create two
   subdirectories; Programs and 10.0.3, within 10.0.3, create a subdirectory called HTML.

b) copy the AutoInstall-*.*.*.sxw and the build files to AutoInstall/10.0.3,

c) copy the contents of the Programs directory, to your new subdirectory Programs.

d) Then cd to Programs and create the so_split program by using:  ./build

e) change over to the 10.0.3 directory and follow the above steps (1, 3, 4 and 5).

Good luck...

Dave