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Subject: Re: Updating local copy of documentation
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On Saturday 07 August 2004 07:44, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> You can build it from source (see the Documentation Project Handbook),
> but it would be a lot less work to just download the prebuilt ones.
> It should be a pretty simple matter to do that in a script that you
> can add to your "normal maintenance tasks."
>
> Note that building the documentation requires you to install quite a
> bit of software.  There's a port for it, of course, but if you're not
> going to use jadetex (as one obvious example) for anything else, it's
> overkill.  Especially if you're not going to try modifying the docs,
> but just build them occasionally.

Thanks to all who replied - this list is SO helpful.

Tom