Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 15:27:06 -0700 From: Jay O'Brien <jayobrien@att.net> To: FreeBSD - questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: how to view .ascii file? Message-ID: <412A6F3A.4050103@att.net> In-Reply-To: <41298C0F.3070600@att.net> References: <41298C0F.3070600@att.net>
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Jay O'Brien wrote: > I'm trying to read the 'paper.ascii' file contained in > /usr/share/doc/psd/12.make/paper.ascii.gz and it is > a mess. This is a tutorial on "make". I've unzipped > the file in a WinXP machine and I can't find a display > tool that will not show the formatting stuff in the file. Thanks to all for the fixes; they all work except lynx, apparently because lynx isn't present. I didn't realize there's such a difference in "plain ascii" between FreeBSD and Windows. Now that I can read the file, I see that it isn't what I thought it would be; it is referred to at the end of MAN MAKE and I thought it would be useful, as it was called a "tutorial". It reads like a foreign language to me, however, as I don't (yet) have the basic understanding of "MAKE" that it expects. This all started as follows: I did a make install clean of XFree86, hoping to start over and take another shot at LCD display parameters. The message I received said it was already installed, and "You may wish to 'make deinstall' and install this port again by 'make reinstall' to upgrade it properly. I want to know how 'make deinstall' and 'make reinstall' operate before I use them. But that's another subject. Jay O'Brien
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