README

2002-09-08

For those of you ambitious enough to try this,

You probably want to import the AutoInstall.vor Template into OpenOffice.org (OO) first.

Using OpenOffice.org, open the file AutoInstall-9.0.1.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-9.0.1.ps)

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

4.  Create the pdf file by:
    ps2pdf -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=AutoInstall-9.0.1.pdf -f AutoInstall-9.0.1.ps

    or use the file ./makepdf

    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 9.0.1, within 9.0.1, create a subdirectory called HTML.

b) copy the AutoInstall-*.*.*.sxw and the build files to AutoInstall/9.0.1,

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 9.0.1 directory and follow the above steps (1, 3, 4 and 5).

Good luck...

Dave