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Scott Eberl wrote:
> I went ahead and installed the FreeBSD handbook onto my system and I was
> able to find it on disk per the motd notes but I'm wondering if there is a
> preferred method for reading these since they are in html format. I tried
> w3m and lynx and it looks like they are both not installed. Is there
> something i'm missing for reading these or do I just need to install a cli
> browser?
> 
> 
Viewing html takes some form of browser.
All most all browsers need a desktop to function.
I install the links port and select the vga option
before doing make install on it.
You can launch it from the command line and once started
point it to the HD path where the handbook html is and wala.