Date: Mon, 24 Nov 1997 11:46:36 -0800 (PST) From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> To: Sean Kelly <kelly@fsl.noaa.gov> Cc: Justin Lundy <dblundy@ibm.net>, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: REQ: Entire FreeBSD handbook in a Archive Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971124113943.8887C-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <3476EFAC.11EC5EA4@fsl.noaa.gov>
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On Sat, 22 Nov 1997, Sean Kelly wrote: > > If the entire FreeBSD handbook was available in an Archive--both Html and > > plain ascii text, I feel that a larger quantity of people would be passed a > > copy to read, or either print it out. > > This is a good idea. Sometimes when you're after some specific bit of > information, there's nothing quite like a grep through the entire handbook, > and without having to be online to use the web search. It is available, on the hard drive in /usr/share/docs or wherever, and on ftp.cdrom.com/pub/FreeBSD/docs in latin1, ascii, and ps, as a single document. However, the ftp site docs are dated May 1997, so I guess they are not kept up to date. > > Actually, something that would help FreeBSD's professional presence is a PDF > version of the handbook. Has anyone made the latex version, used some nice > fonts, cleaned it up here and there, and tried running a free PDF creator? > (This is something I definitely could've used yesterday while preparing a > portfolio of work I've done (I wanted to include the printing chapter from the > handbook).) > > --Sean Annelise
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