Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 18:50:51 +0400 (DST) From: "Sergei S. Laskavy" <laskavy@cs.msu.su> To: brian_thurston@rocketship.com Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ASCII? Message-ID: <199707231450.SAA11585@ns.cs.msu.su> In-Reply-To: <199707231302.GAA25484@hummer.intergate.bc.ca> (briand@intergate.bc.ca)
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>>>>> "Brian" == Brian <briand@intergate.bc.ca> writes:
Brian> Hi: I have succeeded in downloading both the FreeBSD
Brian> Handbook and FAQ is ascii format. My question is exactly
Brian> what flavour of ascii are we talking about?
You can read this wich "more" (standard pager) or "less" (GNU pager,
from packages/ports) and print it with printer.
Brian> The downloaded versions I have are loaded with obscure
Brian> formatting information that refusese to be decoded by the
Brian> many editors I have.
If you want to delete this, I can post you one-line sed script :)
Brian> example:
Brian> Welcome to FreeBSD! This handbook covers the installation
Brian> and day to day use of FFrreeeeBBSSDD
Brian> RReelleeaassee 22..22..22. This
Brian> manual is a wwoorrkk iinn
Brian> pprrooggrreessss and is the work of many
Brian> individuals.
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