Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 01:17:17 -0500 From: "Norman C. Rice" <nrice@emu.sourcee.com> To: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> Cc: Kent Foster <kfoster1@gte.net>, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Handbook? Message-ID: <19981117011717.A6142@emu.sourcee.com> In-Reply-To: <19981117154535.21328@welearn.com.au>; from Sue Blake on Tue, Nov 17, 1998 at 03:45:36PM %2B1100 References: <001901be11db$7c31c8a0$94ca2599@clark> <19981116224541.A5680@emu.sourcee.com> <19981117154535.21328@welearn.com.au>
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On Tue, Nov 17, 1998 at 03:45:36PM +1100, Sue Blake wrote: > On Mon, Nov 16, 1998 at 10:45:41PM -0500, Norman C. Rice wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 16, 1998 at 09:36:32PM -0600, Kent Foster wrote: > > > I can't seem to find a downloadable copy of the handbook. Any suggestions > > > or links? I want something that I can open with MS Word and print up. I > > > suppose plain text is the best. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > kent@seductive.com > > > > Go to http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook.html and read > > the first paragraph -- it contains several links. > > Trouble is, he wants something he can just print out from windows, > with no fooling around. Not much trouble here -- just download the file as text, open a DOS window, and type copy handbook.latin1 lpt1 -- Regards, Norman C. Rice, Jr. > The "plain text" version looks like it would be in unix text format, > maybe requiring 'col -b' under unix (which is hard if you haven't > installed it yet). Someone correct me if I'm wrong. > > The alternative would be to use the nice PDF version of the Handbook, > though the PDF reader is a pretty hefty download from adobe.com. > The postscript version of any *.gz probably won't be very usable under > microsoft. > > Now I seem to remember we discussed this before, and that there was a > microsoft-friendly text version somewhere. Why can't I see it?? Maybe > another docs person will give the exact URL. > > > -- > > Regards, > -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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