From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 6 02:07:26 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA18189 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 6 Jan 1999 02:07:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dart.sr.se (dart.SR.SE [193.12.91.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA18177 for ; Wed, 6 Jan 1999 02:07:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gunnar@pluto.sr.se) Received: from honken.sr.se ([134.25.128.27]) by dart.sr.se (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id LAA13581; Wed, 6 Jan 1999 11:06:43 +0100 (MET) Received: from pluto.sr.se (pluto.SR.SE [134.25.193.91]) by honken.sr.se (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id LAA19702; Wed, 6 Jan 1999 11:06:42 +0100 (MET) Received: (from gunnar@localhost) by pluto.sr.se (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA19313; Wed, 6 Jan 1999 11:06:42 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from gunnar) Message-ID: <19990106110641.A19258@sr.se> Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 11:06:41 +0100 From: Gunnar Flygt To: Greg Lehey Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Printed man pages (was: Looking for the best webmaster.) Reply-To: flygt@sr.se References: <199901060108.TAA36354@nospam.hiwaay.net> <19990106120352.M78349@freebie.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <19990106120352.M78349@freebie.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Wed, Jan 06, 1999 at 12:03:53PM +1030 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Jan 06, 1999 at 12:03:53PM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: > > Most of the manpages are printed in Greg Lehey's book, "The Complete > > FreeBSD". Book is cheaper than the paper and toner required to print > > the manpages. See http://www.cdrom.com/ > > The general consensus is that the man pages are a waste of space, and > they make the book too heavy. The next edition won't have them. If > anybody has strong feelings about this, please let me know. > > Greg Since I already got the second edition WITH the manpages, I could certainly do without them in a new edition. And there is always the possibility to print man pages that are interesting. I print them with a2ps to fit two pages on each A4-paper to save paper. -- __o regards, Gunnar ---_ \<,_ email: flygt@sr.se ---- (_)/ (_) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message