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List:       freebsd-doc
Subject:    Re: Ascii version
From:       jfieber () grendel ! csc ! smith ! edu (John Fieber)
Date:       1995-07-17 13:33:57
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Jonathan M. Bresler writes:
> On Sun, 16 Jul 1995 jcassidy@proton.genesoft.com wrote:
> > Hello, where might I find an ascii version of the Handbook?
> > I'm at the cottage and would like to read through it, but
> > would rather read it offline due to long distance charges.
> > 
> > If you could provide me with an ftp site and path name, I
> > would be grateful.
> 
> 	if you have the sgml and a system running, you can use 'sgmlfmt 
> -ascii <file>' to get the ascii version.  it really does leave something 
> to be desired.

Or you can fetch
http://www.freebsd.org/How/handbook/handbook.txt.  Even better,
you can grab the HTML files
(http://www.freebsd.org/How/handbook/handbook-html.tar.gz) and
view them offline using your favorite HTML browser.  Just start
with the file handbook.html.  

And yes, the ASCII version leaves a LOT to be desired, like cross
references, decent formatting and the like.

-john

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