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Date:      Wed, 23 Jul 1997 18:50:51 +0400 (DST)
From:      "Sergei S. Laskavy" <laskavy@cs.msu.su>
To:        brian_thurston@rocketship.com
Cc:        freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ASCII?
Message-ID:  <199707231450.SAA11585@ns.cs.msu.su>
In-Reply-To: <199707231302.GAA25484@hummer.intergate.bc.ca> (briand@intergate.bc.ca)

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>>>>> "Brian" == Brian  <briand@intergate.bc.ca> writes:

    Brian> Hi: I have succeeded in downloading both the FreeBSD
    Brian> Handbook and FAQ is ascii format. My question is exactly
    Brian> what flavour of ascii are we talking about?

You can read this wich "more" (standard pager) or "less" (GNU pager,
from packages/ports) and print it with printer.

    Brian> The downloaded versions I have are loaded with obscure
    Brian> formatting information that refusese to be decoded by the
    Brian> many editors I have.

If you want to delete this, I can post you one-line sed script :)

    Brian> example:

    Brian> Welcome to FreeBSD!  This handbook covers the installation
    Brian> and day to day use of FFrreeeeBBSSDD
    Brian> RReelleeaassee 22..22..22. This
    Brian> manual is a wwoorrkk iinn
    Brian> pprrooggrreessss and is the work of many
    Brian> individuals.



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