From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jun 22 04:03:02 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id EAA26700 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 22 Jun 1997 04:03:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from eac.iafrica.com (196-31-98-60.iafrica.com [196.31.98.60]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id EAA26689 for ; Sun, 22 Jun 1997 04:02:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from rnordier@localhost) by eac.iafrica.com (8.8.5/8.6.12) id MAA04859 for questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 22 Jun 1997 12:57:32 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier Message-Id: <199706221057.MAA04859@eac.iafrica.com> Subject: Re: Handbook - ascii form?? To: questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 22 Jun 1997 12:57:31 +0200 (SAT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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