From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 11 04:52:15 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7925635 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2013 04:52:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carlj@peak.org) Received: from redcondor2.peak.org (redcondor2.peak.org [69.59.192.56]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A71A9E77 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2013 04:52:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from zmail-mta01.peak.org ([207.55.16.111]) by redcondor2.peak.org ({6c724cae-de34-4c5f-b615-3072b86419fa}) via TCP (outbound) with ESMTP id 20130111045209716 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2013 04:52:09 +0000 X-RC-FROM: X-RC-RCPT: Received: from bonsai.localnet (rad0.peak.org [69.59.192.40]) by zmail-mta01.peak.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 453754929DF for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:52:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from oak.localnet (oak.localnet [192.168.193.34]) by bonsai.localnet (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0330F3DAFD for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:52:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from oak.localnet (localhost.localnet [127.0.0.1]) by oak.localnet (Postfix) with ESMTP id C19F5CC24 for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:52:07 -0800 (PST) Received: (from carlj@localhost) by oak.localnet (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id r0B4q7q5011666; Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:52:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from carlj@peak.org) X-Authentication-Warning: oak.localnet: carlj set sender to carlj@peak.org using -f From: Carl Johnson To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Reading the handbook from console References: <50EF0F2B.1030801@a1poweruser.com> <20130110233325.783e1d42.freebsd@edvax.de> <06da01cdef84$9f327ca0$dd9775e0$@freebsd.org> <20130111004126.8abe07ce.freebsd@edvax.de> <06ff01cdef8e$1990b1c0$4cb21540$@freebsd.org> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:52:07 -0800 In-Reply-To: <06ff01cdef8e$1990b1c0$4cb21540$@freebsd.org> (dteske@freebsd.org's message of "Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:56:24 -0800") Message-ID: <87a9sgnwy0.fsf@oak.localnet> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-MAG-OUTBOUND: peakinternet.redcondor.net@207.55.16/22 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: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 04:52:16 -0000 writes: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Polytropon [mailto:freebsd@edvax.de] >> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 3:41 PM >> To: dteske@freebsd.org >> Cc: 'Fbsd8'; scotteberl@gmail.com; questions@freebsd.org >> Subject: Re: Reading the handbook from console >> >> On Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:48:33 -0800, dteske@freebsd.org wrote: >> > >> > >> > > -----Original Message----- >> > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- >> > > questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Polytropon >> > > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 2:33 PM >> > > To: Fbsd8 >> > > Cc: scotteberl@gmail.com; questions@freebsd.org >> > > Subject: Re: Reading the handbook from console >> > > >> > > On Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:57:47 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote: >> > > > 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. >> > > >> > > There is no text mode web browser in the base system. >> > > Installing one is easy: As the HTML files generated >> > > for the Handbook are good quality, they display nicely >> > > in lynx, links, and w3m (probably the most prominent >> > > three text mode web browsers). >> > > >> > > >> > >> > I must know... >> > >> > What is Polytropon's favorite of those listed? (and perhaps also "elinks" ?) >> >> Hard to say, now that X is everywhere... :-) >> >> In the past, I've started using lynx because it was "the >> default". Somehow I even tend to remember that it was part >> of the default installation in around FreeBSD 4 or so... >> but that could be wrong. >> >> Later on I tried w3m and also found it usable. >> >> Today I'd say I prefer links for interactive text mode >> browsing. Still "lynx -dump" is a welcome tool in some >> of my scripts, and never change a running system. :-) >> > > Ok, the reason I ask is actually because I have this insane (?) idea of shoving > one of the aforementioned solutions onto the installation media so that (gasp) > we can have that functionality back like we had in the days of sysinstall. > > So naturally, my first question is "which one?" > > Thoughts? I just looked at the DVD install disk and it has firefox, links1, links, and w3m. That should take care of most needs, but I don't know about the CD disks. -- Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org