Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 08:23:37 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: Steve Howe <un_x@anchorage.net> Cc: freebsd-questions <questions@freebsd.org>, freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Handbook - ascii form?? Message-ID: <199706230723.IAA07988@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 22 Jun 1997 16:22:07 -0800." <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970622161257.15540D-100000@aak.anchorage.net>
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Download http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook.ascii The only thing that's missing here is a link from http://www.freebsd.org/docs.html freebsd-doc has been cc'd. Can we make the link ? > i think everyone is missing the point! > no one is looking for instructions on how-to > generate an ASCII Handbook on a BSD machine! > > some of us wish an ASCII version was available > > 1. for DOS users that can't "col -b" and > "more" with highlights they don't have, etc. > > 2. for people they don't like clicking around > HTML pages for little bits (hard to print also). > > 3. for people that aren't doing postscript. > > i think it is rude when people are FORCED to make do > with proprietary/non-ASCII formats. the government, > for example forces you to have MS Word to read > their docs or apply for some things. > > ASCII can be read by any computer/OS, > and i think all docs should contain at > least one ASCII version. > ------------------------------------------------- > FingerPrint BA09868C 1B995204 58410FD3 A5E7B2DA > http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/way/7747 > ------------------------------------------------- >
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