From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 10 19:24:15 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 DA0DB921 for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:24:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from baerks@t-online.de) Received: from mailout04.t-online.de (mailout04.t-online.de [194.25.134.18]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B6E72F9 for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:24:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fwd15.aul.t-online.de (fwd15.aul.t-online.de ) by mailout04.t-online.de with smtp id 1TtNUl-0005aO-5Y; Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:08:55 +0100 Received: from amd.mersam.homelinux.org (GMEGrOZUrhXVJnyDmF7fqaVKHW-XEgLhjkyy-N1x5AM4KS8zZRMBP37JUDIak3tQnW@[91.59.75.203]) by fwd15.aul.t-online.de with esmtp id 1TtNUX-0bqQKG0; Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:08:41 +0100 Received: from amd.catfish.ddns.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by amd.mersam.homelinux.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id r0AJ8thR089454; Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:08:55 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from monkel@amd.catfish.ddns.org) Received: (from monkel@localhost) by amd.catfish.ddns.org (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id r0AJ8tYc089453; Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:08:55 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from monkel) Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:08:53 +0100 From: Sabine Baer To: Scott Eberl Subject: Re: Reading the handbook from console Message-ID: <20130110190853.GP52577@amd.catfish.ddns.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-ID: GMEGrOZUrhXVJnyDmF7fqaVKHW-XEgLhjkyy-N1x5AM4KS8zZRMBP37JUDIak3tQnW X-TOI-MSGID: 49eec30a-12d3-423a-966e-78e4182bd211 Cc: questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:24:15 -0000 On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 12:37:06PM -0600, 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? Why won't you install one of the text-browsers? portmaster www/lynx (or another one) ist not a big thing and if you install a terminal multiplexer as well you can change between the handbook and the applying in a very simple way. Sabine -- Good fences make good neighbours. (N.N.)