Date: Sun, 22 Jun 1997 10:51:28 -0500 (EST) From: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> To: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> Cc: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu>, kleon@bellsouth.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Handbook - ascii form?? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970622104746.313H-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu> In-Reply-To: <199706221358.OAA18944@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
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On Sun, 22 Jun 1997, Brian Somers wrote: > Has anyone any objections (cc'd to freebsd-hackers) to me adding > a .txt version of the handbook & FAQ ? > > > What I suspect is that these docs have been sgml'd, html'd, troff'd, > > groff'd, roff'd, and ps'd, and it's no longer possible to produce > > just plain old text..... > > > > Wanted! Converter to plain text! $ col -b < inputfile > outputfile At one time in history the sgmlfmt script did that automatically for text output. I suppose it could be brought back in as an option. -john
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