From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Jan 21 07:24:31 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id HAA20048 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 21 Jan 1996 07:24:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu (Fieber-John.campusview.indiana.edu [149.159.1.34]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id HAA20043 Sun, 21 Jan 1996 07:24:28 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jfieber@localhost) by fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id KAA05360; Sun, 21 Jan 1996 10:24:24 -0500 Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 10:24:23 -0500 (EST) From: John Fieber X-Sender: jfieber@fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu To: Greg Lehey cc: FreeBSD Hackers , FreeBSD Documenters Subject: Re: What printed documentation do we need? In-Reply-To: <199601201712.SAA20327@allegro.lemis.de> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 20 Jan 1996, Greg Lehey wrote: > So, the question: which other documentation should be in paper form? > For a gut feel, I'd say we could handle another 1500 to 2000 pages. *Personally* (and many have differing opinions), I like printed documentation for * installation * dump and restore * fsck * disklabel * newfs * maybe a couple others Or, more generally, for things you rarely use and consequently forget how to use and, almost by definition, online documentation is unavailable when you need them. I've got a couple other manual pages printed out, but on the whole, I prefer to keep it online. Since its birth, I've only printed out the Handbook once. As I said, others will have different opinions and I won't argue against them. -john == jfieber@indiana.edu =========================================== == http://fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu/~jfieber ============