Date: Sun, 22 Jun 1997 12:57:31 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@iafrica.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Handbook - ascii form?? Message-ID: <199706221057.MAA04859@eac.iafrica.com>
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Annelise Anderson wrote: > My point was that users ought not to have to process the handbook > with tools that they may not have or may not know how to use. If > it's such a piece of cake, why not do it and get the results on > the server? > > I may be in danger of losing my sense of humor. Especially on this > Saturday night. :) > > 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! You're quite right that an ascii-format copy of the handbook is needed. Instructions to generate a handbook in ascii are actually back in the source tree, though, and have been for some months. So the problem really applies only to some already-released versions of FreeBSD. If anyone wants an ascii copy, I don't mind generating one from the sgml sources and sending it along (specify version required). This is just an offer for the sake of humor, Saturday nights, etc: I'm not part of the FreeBSD documentation team. -- Robert Nordier
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