Database-SQL-RDBMS HOW-TO document for Linux (PostgreSQL Object Relational Database System): Other Formats of this Document

2. Other Formats of this Document

This document is published in 10 different formats namely - DVI, Postscript, Latex, LyX, GNU-info, HTML, RTF(Rich Text Format), Plain-text, Unix man pages and SGML.

You can get this HOWTO document as a single file tar ball in HTML, DVI, Postscript or SGML formats from - ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/
Plain text format is in: ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO
Translations to other languages like French, German, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese are in ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO Any help from you to translate to other languages is welcome.

The document is written using a tool called "SGML tool" which can be got from - http://www.xs4all.nl/~cg/sgmltools/ Compiling the source you will get the following commands like

sgml2html databasehowto.sgml (to generate html file)
sgml2rtf databasehowto.sgml (to generate RTF file)
sgml2latex databasehowto.sgml (to generate latex file)

This document is located at -

http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/PostgreSQL-HOWTO.html

Also you can find this document at the following mirrors sites -

http://www.caldera.com/LDP/HOWTO/PostgreSQL-HOWTO.html
http://www.WGS.com/LDP/HOWTO/PostgreSQL-HOWTO.html
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/linux/LDP/HOWTO/PostgreSQL-HOWTO.html
http://www.redhat.com/linux-info/ldp/HOWTO/PostgreSQL-HOWTO.html
Other mirror sites near you (network-address-wise) can be found at http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/hmirrors.html select a site and go to directory /LDP/HOWTO/PostgreSQL-HOWTO.html

In order to view the document in dvi format, use the xdvi program. The xdvi program is located in tetex-xdvi*.rpm package in Redhat Linux which can be located through ControlPanel | Applications | Publishing | TeX menu buttons.


        To read dvi document give the command -
                xdvi -geometry 80x90 howto.dvi
        And resize the window with mouse. See man page on xdvi. 
        To navigate use Arrow keys, Page Up, Page Down keys, also
        you can use 'f', 'd', 'u', 'c', 'l', 'r', 'p', 'n' letter
        keys to move up, down, center, next page, previous page etc.
        To turn off expert menu press 'x'.

You can read postscript file using the program 'gv' (ghostview) or 'ghostscript'. The ghostscript program is in ghostscript*.rpm package and gv program is in gv*.rpm package in Redhat Linux which can be located through ControlPanel | Applications | Graphics menu buttons. The gv program is much more user friendly than ghostscript. Also ghostscript and gv are available on other platforms like OS/2, Windows 95 and NT, you view this document even on those platforms.


        To read postscript document give the command -
                gv howto.ps

        To use ghostscript give -
                ghostscript howto.ps

CAUTION: This document is large, total number of pages (postscript) if printed will be approximately 113 pages.

You can read HTML format document using Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Internet explorer, Redhat Baron Web browser or any of the 10 other web browsers.

You can read the latex, LyX output using LyX a X-Windows front end to latex.