Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 18:42:47 +0100 From: Wolfram Schneider <wosch@panke.de.freebsd.org> To: Timothy J Luoma <public+FreeBSD@fdt.net>, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Several documentation questioons (all short) Message-ID: <19981228184247.E8797@panke.de.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <199812250645.BAA11174@ocalhost>; from Timothy J Luoma on Fri, Dec 25, 1998 at 01:45:47AM -0500 References: <199812250645.BAA11174@ocalhost>
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On 1998-12-25 01:45:47 -0500, Timothy J Luoma wrote: > 1) Is there a reason why there can't be gzipped versions of the handbook > offered in addition to the non-gzipped ones? No - except lack of time of the FreeBSD developers. > I saved 15% on the PDF version and XX% on the .ps version > > 2) Why is the PDF version on the FTP site but not linked to the webpage, and > the PS version isn't on the FTP site (at least, not where the PDF version > is). The PDF version is for windows users which does not have postscript readers and gzip archiver. It should not be gzip'ed. > 3) The webpage says the handbook is for 2.2.8, but the handbook says it is > for 2.2.6 -- which is the most up-to-date version of the handbook -- > html/ascii/ps/pdf ? The html, asci and ps versions are updated daily at the Web server www.freebsd.org The pdf version at the FTP server will be randomly updated by hand every quarter or so ... -- Wolfram Schneider <wosch@freebsd.org> http://freebsd.org/~w/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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