From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 10 19:05:52 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CF04D34 for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:05:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from DStaal@usa.net) Received: from mail.magehandbook.com (173-8-4-45-WashingtonDC.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [173.8.4.45]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C83C13B for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:05:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.50] (Mac-Pro.magehandbook.com [192.168.1.50]) by mail.magehandbook.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3YhxW21ntjzCL for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:05:50 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:03:30 -0500 From: Daniel Staal To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Reading the handbook from console Message-ID: <92D98C8BEE6DEE8BBFCB0D20@[192.168.1.50]> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.8 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD Questions List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:05:52 -0000 --As of January 10, 2013 12:37:06 PM -0600, Scott Eberl is alleged to have said: > 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? --As for the rest, it is mine. You'd need to install a cli browser, for the standard install. (Or a PDF viewer, IIRC.) You can go back and change your options for the handbook port if you want as well - one of the other options is to install it in plain text format, either as well or instead. (Other formats there are options for include PDF, Postscript, and a couple of HTML options.) Daniel T. Staal --------------------------------------------------------------- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. ---------------------------------------------------------------