The print version of this book was created by translating the SGML source into a set of gtroff macros using a filter developed at ORA by Norman Walsh. The GNU groff text formatter version 1.09 was used to generate PostScript output. The illustrations that appear in the book were created in Macromedia Freehand 5.0 by Chris Reilley. This colophon was written by Clairemarie Fisher O'Leary. The animals featured on the cover of Applying RCS and SCCS are raccoons, mammals of the bear family.
Raccoons are common throughout North America, and are also found in Central and South America.
Their preferred habitat is forests or wooded areas near streams, ponds, lakes, or rivers. They use tree cavities, when available, for nesting, hiding, and wintering. Berries, acorns, eggs, fish, reptiles, ducks, and muskrats are among the foods that make up a raccoon's diet. In winter raccoons enter a deep sleep, but don't truly hibernate. Their body functions barely slow down, and during relatively warm periods they will leave their nests in search of food.