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Date:      Sun, 3 Sep 1995 13:09:58 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Morgan Davis <root@io.cts.com>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Cc:        wollman@lcs.mit.edu, current@freefall.FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: lynx in /usr/src/usr.bin/lynx; any objections?
Message-ID:  <199509032009.NAA18839@io.cts.com>
In-Reply-To: <732.810156945@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Sep 3, 95 12:35:45 pm

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Jordan K. Hubbard writes:
> 
> Given that:
> 	A) HTML is very likely to become the documentation format of
> 	   choice in the next 3 years.
> 
> 	B) One should always be able to read the system's documentation
> 	   using the base tools provided with that system.

Lynx comes pre-installed with BSDI BSD/OS (as well as a number other
tools, like 'elm', etc.).  However, for every feature that BSD/OS has,
FreeBSD has three more.  Not having a web browser in FreeBSD seems as
gaping a hole as not having an FTP client.



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