From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 5 17:41:06 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA21559 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 5 Jan 1999 17:41:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from onair.silk.net (onair.silk.net [206.12.206.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA21544 for ; Tue, 5 Jan 1999 17:41:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eddie@silk.net) Received: from Support3 (support3.silk.net [204.244.106.70]) by onair.silk.net (8.8.5/8.6.11) with SMTP id RAA08546; Tue, 5 Jan 1999 17:40:21 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19990105174116.006b8694@silk.net> X-Sender: eddie@silk.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1999 17:41:16 -0800 To: Greg Lehey , David Kelly From: Eddie Lawhead Subject: Re: Printed man pages (was: Looking for the best webmaster.) Cc: James Moore , questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <19990106120352.M78349@freebie.lemis.com> References: <199901060108.TAA36354@nospam.hiwaay.net> <199901060108.TAA36354@nospam.hiwaay.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 12:03 PM 1/6/99 +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: >On Tuesday, 5 January 1999 at 19:08:31 -0600, David Kelly wrote: >> Wolfram Schneider writes: >>> On 1999-01-05 14:32:27 -0600, James Moore wrote: >> [...] >>> You need a postscript printer to print the manpages. >>> >>> FreeBSD has more than 1400 manpages. If you print them all >>> you need more than 3000-4000 pages paper. >>> >>> You can download the FreeBSD manpages from >>> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.8-RELEASE/manpages/ >> >> Most of the manpages are printed in Greg Lehey's book, "The Complete >> FreeBSD". Book is cheaper than the paper and toner required to print >> the manpages. See http://www.cdrom.com/ > >The general consensus is that the man pages are a waste of space, and >they make the book too heavy. The next edition won't have them. If >anybody has strong feelings about this, please let me know. > I think the man pages are great in the book. It is nice to have something easier to read than a screen when we want docs. Eddie H. Lawhead eddie@silk.NOSPAM.net >Greg >-- >See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers >finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message