From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 5 20:53:52 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA12757 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 5 Jan 1999 20:53:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from goodall1.u.washington.edu (goodall1.u.washington.edu [140.142.12.163]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA12752 for ; Tue, 5 Jan 1999 20:53:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from durang@u.washington.edu) Received: from localhost (durang@localhost) by goodall1.u.washington.edu (8.9.1+UW98.09/8.9.1+UW98.09) with ESMTP id UAA116170; Tue, 5 Jan 1999 20:53:11 -0800 Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 20:53:11 -0800 (PST) From: "K. Marsh" To: Greg Lehey cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Printed man pages In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > Greg Lehey wrote: > > > 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. > > > > I love 'em - great for reading in bed or on public transport! > > Personally, I'm ambivalent. I like manuals in hardcopy, and regularly > print them out. I didn't buy the latest edition of the book simply because it is so bulky. If making it look beefy is a goal, I'd prefer the handbook or faq in print. However, my first choice is not to have anything in the book that I can print myself. How much extra would it cost to include man pages, handbook, and/or faq as a separate volume? (I actually did consider ripping the binding down the middle, but then I'd have lost the index too. Also it seemed sacriligous) Kenneth J. Marsh University of Washington durang@u.washington.edu Chemical Engineering To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message