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LINUX GAZETTE DIRECTORIES AND FILES
/home/lg -- Editor's home directory and issue preparation
issue##/ -- The issue you're building.
I -- Symlink to issue##/ for convenience.
.bashrc -- sets path and PYTHONPATH etc. for LG build scripts
.localsig -- Editor's signature for mail to @ssc.com
.procmailrc -- Procmail configuration file
.signature -- Editor's signature for external mail
Backups/ -- vim's backup files.
Mail/ -- Saved mail.
firstname.lastname -- Stuff from authors you want to keep (not used much)
proofreaders.new -- proofreaders who haven't been added to the
Internal webpage yet
sent -- all the messages you've sent (prune it down occasionally)
spam -- spam caught by SpamAssassin
tag-admin -- messages of long-term importance from tag-admin
volunteers -- people who have volunteered to be proofreaders, etc
admin/ -- miscellaneous text files
authors -- symlink to /LG/www/authors, to view these as file: URL
bin/ -- programs to help build LG
can/ -- canned responses for e-mail inquiries
data/ -- configuration files for LG build programs
doc/ -- docs for third-party build software
gx/ -- copy of /LG/www/gx/ so images work with file: URLs
lg-build/ -- this directory
lib/python/ -- Python libraries and Cheetah templates for LG build programs
log/ -- mail logs
orig/issue##/ -- raw originals of stuff we publish
projects -- projects that have been deferred indefinitely
src/ -- source of third-party build software
unfinished/ -- unfinished articles
/LG/ -- Staging server and public web server
cgi-bin/ -- CGI scripts (mirrors, talkback, search)
examples/ -- stuff no longer used but we might want to refer to
deleted/ -- stuff we think we no longer want but aren't sure
ftp -- symlink to /home/ftp/pub/lg (needed by ftpfiles.py)
lg -- symlink to www (needed by ftpfiles.py to build the tarballs)
scripts/ -- site-wide scripts; complements /home/lg/bin/
search/ -- probably can delete (old webglimpse search engine)
templates/ -- may be used by build scripts, or may be obsolete
unpushed/ -- empty, not needed?
webdata/ -- stuff pulled from public webserver (not used)
www/ -- Linux Gazette web site
authors/ -- Generated by /home/lg/bin/authors
ftpfiles.txt -- Generated by /LG/scripts/ftpfiles.py
gx/ -- Images shared between issues. Old images are directly in the
gx/ directory; newer ones are organized by year.
htdig/ -- Search engine.
index.html -- Generated by /home/lg/bin/frontpage
issue*/ -- Each issue
lg.rss -- Generated by /home/lg/bin/rss
lg_index.html -- Generated by /home/lg/bin/sitemap
mirrors.html -- Generated by a program Mike Orr has
search.html -- ht://dig search engine
[The other files/directories are static HTML.]
/home/ftp/pub/lg/ -- Public FTP files
README* -- public README files
lg-*.tar.gz -- public tarballs
www_root/ -- copy of /LG/www/ for mirroring and rsync'ing
/home/ftp/pub/tag/ -- LG Editor can place files here (e.g., images,
proposed changes) for preview by The Answer Gang
===== Build software =====
The build software is written in Python plus a few shell scripts.
1) Copy /home/lg/ to your build machine.
2) Install Python 2.2 or later and make a symlink from /home/lg/bin/python
to it.
3) Install Cheetah from http://cheetahtemplate.sourceforge.net/ .
Use "python setup.py install" to install, making sure the correct
Python runs (e.g., "/home/lg/bin/python setup.py install").
4) Install Optik and PyYaml from /home/lg/src/, or a later version from their
home page. Again, "python setup.py install".
Cheetah templates are /home/lg/lib/python/T_*.tmpl . Occasionally you'll have
to modify a template. After modifying a template, run "cheetah compile
DIRECTORY/FILENAME.tmpl", which creates FILENAME.py. See the Cheetah Users'
Guide for info on templates, or ask Mike Orr.
YAML is a data serialization format (a format for configuration files).
For LG, each document is a list of "key: value" pairs. Multiple documents
may exist in a file, with "---" on its own line before each document.
Due to peculiarities in this version of PyYaml:
- put at least *two* spaces after the ":".
- do not use all-numeric values, or values in date format (YYYY-MM-DD)
- use "~" for blank values (without the quotes)