Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 10:23:39 -0500 (EST) From: Dru <dlavigne6@sympatico.ca> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: viewing sgml articles Message-ID: <20040105102119.H596@genisis.domain.org> In-Reply-To: <44oetiig55.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <20040105094348.J596@genisis.domain.org> <20040105150420.GR33404@submonkey.net> <44oetiig55.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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On Mon, 5 Jan 2004, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org> writes: > > > On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 09:48:13AM -0500, Dru wrote: > > > > > > What's the easiest way for an end-user to view the SGML articles in > > > /usr/doc? Is there a viewer, or do they have to be converted to say, html > > > first? I know they're mirrored online, but it would be nice to have the > > > ability to read off-line. > > > > Install the textproc/docproj-nojadetex port and run > > "cd /usr/doc;make install clean". > > > > The formatted docs will then be in /usr/share/doc. > > Or even just download the pre-built documentation from the FreeBSD FTP > sites. Instructions for doing that are at the top of all of the > pieces of documentation. Thanks to you both. I think the mist is clearing, let's see if I have this straight. The contents of /usr/share/doc come with the system, and any cvsup'd changes go instead into /usr/doc. If I want to merge the two, I use Ceri's suggestion. Otherwise, I can download direct as per Lowell's suggestion. Dru
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