From owner-freebsd-doc Sun Jan 19 18:42:26 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id SAA06275 for doc-outgoing; Sun, 19 Jan 1997 18:42:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.futuresouth.com (mail.futuresouth.com [207.141.254.21]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id SAA06269 for ; Sun, 19 Jan 1997 18:42:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from Tim.FutureSouth.Com (tim.futuresouth.com [207.141.254.50]) by mail.futuresouth.com (8.8.3/8.8.3) with ESMTP id UAA01109; Sun, 19 Jan 1997 20:41:48 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <32E2DC24.37E2@futuresouth.com> Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 20:44:52 -0600 From: Tim Tsai X-Sender: Tim Tsai (Unverified) X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.0b1 (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: commercial vendors - software X-Priority: Normal Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----------21521E3764280" Sender: owner-doc@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk ------------21521E3764280 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii We'd appreciate it if you would include this in the commercial vendors listing: Boardtown Software is proud to offer Platypus, a billing software for Internet Service Providers. Platypus is a native Windows 95/NT program utilizing a powerful SQL backend that incorporates billing, accounts payable/receivable, reporting, inventory/equipment management, point of sale, powerful contact management, vendor/customer/staff management, and a host of other features. The reports are written using Crystal Reports, so they can be easily customized in-house. There is no user/customer limit built into the software. Platypus also has an Unix (including FreeBSD) interface that provides seamless integration for customer maintenance and log/report management. ------------21521E3764280 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii

We'd appreciate it if you would include this in the commercial vendors listing:

<http://www.boardtown.com> Boardtown Software is proud to offer Platypus, a billing software for Internet Service Providers. Platypus is a native Windows 95/NT program utilizing a powerful SQL backend that incorporates billing, accounts payable/receivable, reporting, inventory/equipment management, point of sale, powerful contact management, vendor/customer/staff management, and a host of other features. The reports are written using Crystal Reports, so they can be easily customized in-house. There is no user/customer limit built into the software. Platypus also has an Unix (including FreeBSD) interface that provides seamless integration for customer maintenance and log/report management.

------------21521E3764280-- From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Jan 20 15:30:37 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id PAA09641 for doc-outgoing; Mon, 20 Jan 1997 15:30:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.toronto.istar.net (Mail.Toronto.iSTAR.net [204.191.136.9]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id PAA09636 for ; Mon, 20 Jan 1997 15:30:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from istar.ca (iSTAR.ca [204.191.136.4]) by mail.toronto.istar.net (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id SAA07680 for ; Mon, 20 Jan 1997 18:15:17 -0500 (EST) Received: from byron-sonne (ts19-13.tor.iSTAR.ca [204.191.138.193]) by istar.ca (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id SAA25629 for ; Mon, 20 Jan 1997 18:29:13 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <32E36561.18CC@istar.ca> Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 07:30:25 -0500 From: firesign Reply-To: firesign@istar.ca X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: joining Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-doc@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I am interested in joing the Documentation project, but I'm curious as to what it entails. Do I become a contributor, or am I emailed information ? Thanks, firesign@istar.ca From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Jan 20 16:08:05 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id QAA11852 for doc-outgoing; Mon, 20 Jan 1997 16:08:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from uofport.edu (wally.uofport.edu [192.220.208.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id QAA11844 for ; Mon, 20 Jan 1997 16:08:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from labuser.uofport.edu ([192.220.210.139]) by uofport.edu (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA04941; Mon, 20 Jan 97 16:08:55 PST Message-Id: <32E16422.402F@uofport.edu> Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 16:00:34 -0800 From: labuser@uofport.edu Reply-To: labuser@uofport.edu X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; I) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: handbook and faq Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-doc@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Can you compress the whole handbook and faq so we can download the whole thing. thanks (refer .zip file) binh lai From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Jan 21 11:51:14 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id LAA08689 for doc-outgoing; Tue, 21 Jan 1997 11:51:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id LAA08684 for ; Tue, 21 Jan 1997 11:51:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.4/8.6.12) with SMTP id LAA25410; Tue, 21 Jan 1997 11:51:10 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 11:51:10 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: mark verna cc: "doc@freebsd.org doc@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: help In-Reply-To: <199701161109_MC2-F58-1030@compuserve.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-doc@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 16 Jan 1997, mark verna wrote: > how do i get free bse See: http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/install.html Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major From owner-freebsd-doc Wed Jan 22 06:46:26 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id GAA07476 for doc-outgoing; Wed, 22 Jan 1997 06:46:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from ami.tom.computerworks.net (root@AMI.RES.CMU.EDU [128.2.95.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id GAA07470 for ; Wed, 22 Jan 1997 06:46:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from bonkers.taronga.com by ami.tom.computerworks.net with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #1) id m0vn3wF-0021VnC; Wed, 22 Jan 97 09:46 EST Received: (from peter@localhost) by bonkers.taronga.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id IAA10759; Wed, 22 Jan 1997 08:39:44 -0600 Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 08:39:44 -0600 From: peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva) Message-Id: <199701221439.IAA10759@bonkers.taronga.com> To: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Typographic conventions Newsgroups: taronga.freebsd.doc In-Reply-To: <32D2D2C5.700C@fsl.noaa.gov> References: Organization: none Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk The convention I try to use is that computer text is typewriter font, with bold for emphasis and oblique for variable material. For example, using HTML markup because I'm not that familiar with the SGML yet: Usage: ls [-options] [filename...] In an example, I have user input bold, computer output plain:

prompt% ftp site
Username: (site:yourname): CR
Password: your-email-address
ftp> binary
Type set to I
...

In article <32D2D2C5.700C@fsl.noaa.gov> you write: >> Command- Executable program, or the entry a user makes to execute a command >Urg. Good question. Typewriter font, possibly boldface. >> ComputerOutput- Data presented to the user by a computer >Fixed width font. Typewriter font, distinguishable from input. >> Function- Subroutine in a program or external library >Body copy font. Typewriter font. >> GUIButton- Text on a button in a graphical user interface >Body copy font, but with capitalization verbatim from the UI. If the copy font is serif (which it should be) I'd make GUI elements san-serif, since most GUI text is san-serif. It's a handy visual cue. From owner-freebsd-doc Wed Jan 22 16:32:48 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA12107 for doc-outgoing; Wed, 22 Jan 1997 16:32:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from enteract.com (babel.enteract.com [206.54.252.9]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id QAA12094 for ; Wed, 22 Jan 1997 16:32:41 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 14966 invoked from network); 23 Jan 1997 00:32:31 -0000 Received: from beelzebub-47.d.enteract.com (HELO jcbyrnes.enteract.com) (207.112.154.151) by babel.enteract.com with SMTP; 23 Jan 1997 00:32:31 -0000 Message-ID: <32E6B1FD.1600@enteract.com> Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 18:34:05 -0600 From: jcbyrnes X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: subscribe Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-doc@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I wish to subscribe to this mailing list. From owner-freebsd-doc Wed Jan 22 17:36:23 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA18327 for doc-outgoing; Wed, 22 Jan 1997 17:36:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from wafu.netgate.net (wafu.netgate.net [204.145.147.80]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA18320 for ; Wed, 22 Jan 1997 17:36:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from chiota.signet.or.jp (ppp906c.pppp.ap.so-net.or.jp [210.132.144.108]) by wafu.netgate.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA14075; Wed, 22 Jan 1997 17:35:39 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by chiota.signet.or.jp (8.7.5/) with SMTP id KAA01175; Thu, 23 Jan 1997 10:36:35 +0900 (JST) Message-Id: <199701230136.KAA01175@chiota.signet.or.jp> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: shigio@wafu.netgate.net Subject: freebsd kernel source hypertext Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 10:36:34 +0900 From: Shigio Yamaguchi Sender: owner-doc@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hello, this is Yamaguchi. I made a hypertext of freebsd 2.1.5R kernel source. Would you please link that to your www? This is the url. normal version: http://wafu.netgate.net/freebsd/index.html frame version: http://wafu.netgate.net/freebsd/frame.html Thank you in advance. -- Shigio Yamaguchi E-Mail: shigio@wafu.netgate.net Home Page: http://wafu.netgate.net/tama/ From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Jan 23 04:52:17 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id EAA17798 for doc-outgoing; Thu, 23 Jan 1997 04:52:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from coconut.blueberry.co.uk ([194.70.52.66]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id EAA17793 for ; Thu, 23 Jan 1997 04:52:11 -0800 (PST) Received: (from nik@localhost) by coconut.blueberry.co.uk (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA17386; Thu, 23 Jan 1997 12:51:52 GMT Message-ID: Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 12:51:52 +0000 From: nik@blueberry.co.uk (Nik Clayton) To: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Tutorials for docbook/instant et al? X-Mailer: Mutt 0.51 Mime-Version: 1.0 Organization: Blueberry New Media Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi, I'm just getting started with the Docbook DTD and the various related tools (instant, et al) for manipulating them. Can anyone recommend any good tutorials for getting the most out of Docbook, style guides, or examples of well written (and short (!)) documents that use Docbook? The mailing lists include this message: > Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 11:41:14 -0500 (EST) > From: John Fieber > To: Hiroyuki Hanai > Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: New conversion scheme in place. > > On Tue, 10 Sep 1996, Hiroyuki Hanai wrote: > > > One or two weeks before, I found the 'tutorial' on the FreeBSD Web and > > I searched the source tree to find the source(SGML) files of 'tutorial' > > but I could not. > > Are they available? > > Yes, from the web server. For each > http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/foo/foo.html, there is an > http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/foo/foo.sgml. but they don't seem to be there -- there's no http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/fonts/fonts.sgml for http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/fonts/fonts.html for example (also tested 'multios' and 'ppp'). I've got a lot of internal documentation (how to setup Kernel PPP, how to run CAP, adding a user, using the Amanda backup system with FreeBSD and so on) which I'd like to re-mark up in Docbook (so it's more portable) and then donate to the project. But I really need a 'Users guide to Docbook' so I can get up to speed with it fairly quickly. I've hunted through the Davenport group stuff, but there doesn't seem to be a step-by-step tutorial anywhere. Cheers, N -- --+=[ Blueberry Hill Blueberry New Media ]=+-- --+=[ http://www.blueberry.co.uk/ 1/9 Chelsea Harbour Design Centre, ]=+-- --+=[ WebMaster@blueberry.co.uk London, England, SW10 0XE ]=+-- --+=[ .out => Compiled program; .obj => Object code; .c => Documentation ]ENTP From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Jan 23 09:36:50 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA01409 for doc-outgoing; Thu, 23 Jan 1997 09:36:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.inforamp.net (Mail.InfoRamp.Net [204.191.136.66]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA01404 for ; Thu, 23 Jan 1997 09:36:47 -0800 (PST) From: tommylee@inforamp.net Received: from enterprise (ts61-05.tor.iSTAR.ca [204.191.142.205]) by mail.inforamp.net (8.7.3/8.7) with SMTP id MAA17495 for ; Thu, 23 Jan 1997 12:30:29 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199701231730.MAA17495@mail.inforamp.net> Comments: Authenticated sender is To: doc@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 12:35:53 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: unsubscribe Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v2.42) Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk unsubscribe From owner-freebsd-doc Fri Jan 24 12:37:23 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA18034 for doc-outgoing; Fri, 24 Jan 1997 12:37:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from coconut.blueberry.co.uk ([194.70.52.66]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA18025 for ; Fri, 24 Jan 1997 12:36:42 -0800 (PST) Received: (from nik@localhost) by coconut.blueberry.co.uk (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA24724; Fri, 24 Jan 1997 20:36:18 GMT Message-ID: Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 20:36:18 +0000 From: nik@blueberry.co.uk (Nik Clayton) To: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Fwd: Tutorials for docbook/instant et al? X-Mailer: Mutt 0.51 Mime-Version: 1.0 Organization: Blueberry New Media Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi, I sent this to doc@freebsd.org and didn't get anything back. OTOH, my mail feed's had a touch of the shakes, and I didn't see it come back to me (as my other posts do) so I'm re-sending it. Apologies if people have seen it before. -----Forwarded message from nik@blueberry.co.uk (Nik Clayton)----- Message-ID: Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 12:51:52 +0000 From: nik@blueberry.co.uk (Nik Clayton) To: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Tutorials for docbook/instant et al? X-Mailer: Mutt 0.51 Mime-Version: 1.0 Organization: Blueberry New Media Hi, I'm just getting started with the Docbook DTD and the various related tools (instant, et al) for manipulating them. Can anyone recommend any good tutorials for getting the most out of Docbook, style guides, or examples of well written (and short (!)) documents that use Docbook? The mailing lists include this message: > Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 11:41:14 -0500 (EST) > From: John Fieber > To: Hiroyuki Hanai > Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: New conversion scheme in place. > > On Tue, 10 Sep 1996, Hiroyuki Hanai wrote: > > > One or two weeks before, I found the 'tutorial' on the FreeBSD Web and > > I searched the source tree to find the source(SGML) files of 'tutorial' > > but I could not. > > Are they available? > > Yes, from the web server. For each > http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/foo/foo.html, there is an > http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/foo/foo.sgml. but they don't seem to be there -- there's no http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/fonts/fonts.sgml for http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/fonts/fonts.html for example (also tested 'multios' and 'ppp'). I've got a lot of internal documentation (how to setup Kernel PPP, how to run CAP, adding a user, using the Amanda backup system with FreeBSD and so on) which I'd like to re-mark up in Docbook (so it's more portable) and then donate to the project. But I really need a 'Users guide to Docbook' so I can get up to speed with it fairly quickly. I've hunted through the Davenport group stuff, but there doesn't seem to be a step-by-step tutorial anywhere. Cheers, N -----End of forwarded message----- -- --+=[ Blueberry Hill Blueberry New Media ]=+-- --+=[ http://www.blueberry.co.uk/ 1/9 Chelsea Harbour Design Centre, ]=+-- --+=[ WebMaster@blueberry.co.uk London, England, SW10 0XE ]=+-- --+=[ .out => Compiled program; .obj => Object code; .c => Documentation ]ENTP From owner-freebsd-doc Sat Jan 25 12:35:36 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA16332 for doc-outgoing; Sat, 25 Jan 1997 12:35:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from ami.tom.computerworks.net (root@AMI.RES.CMU.EDU [128.2.95.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id MAA16326 for ; Sat, 25 Jan 1997 12:35:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from bonkers.taronga.com by ami.tom.computerworks.net with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #1) id m0voEos-0021VnC; Sat, 25 Jan 97 15:35 EST Received: (from peter@localhost) by bonkers.taronga.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id OAA00471; Sat, 25 Jan 1997 14:30:08 -0600 Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 14:30:08 -0600 From: peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva) Message-Id: <199701252030.OAA00471@bonkers.taronga.com> To: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FAQ Section 2.15... Newsgroups: taronga.freebsd.doc In-Reply-To: <32D51998.40C@ipro.com> Organization: none Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In article <32D51998.40C@ipro.com> you write: >This section is rather badly written. I still don't understand what to >do since I still have a problem getting disklabel to properly recognize >my disk. I haven't touched this section. I'm not sure what to put here myself. Feedback would be appreciated.