From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Jun 22 07:24:19 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id HAA03550 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 22 Jun 1997 07:24:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from awfulhak.demon.co.uk (awfulhak.demon.co.uk [158.152.17.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA03544; Sun, 22 Jun 1997 07:24:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from awfulhak.demon.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.demon.co.uk (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA18944; Sun, 22 Jun 1997 14:58:33 +0100 (BST) Message-Id: <199706221358.OAA18944@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.9 8/22/96 To: Annelise Anderson cc: Brian Somers , kleon@bellsouth.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Handbook - ascii form?? In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 21 Jun 1997 22:42:18 PDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 22 Jun 1997 14:58:33 +0100 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Has anyone any objections (cc'd to freebsd-hackers) to me adding a .txt version of the handbook & FAQ ? > > On Sun, 22 Jun 1997, Brian Somers wrote: > > > This looks more like a suggested way of removing overstrikes > > to me. That was certainly the intention. > > My point was that users ought not to have to process the handbook > with tools that they may not have or may not know how to use. If > it's such a piece of cake, why not do it and get the results on > the server? > > I may be in danger of losing my sense of humor. Especially on this > Saturday night. :) > > What I suspect is that these docs have been sgml'd, html'd, troff'd, > groff'd, roff'd, and ps'd, and it's no longer possible to produce > just plain old text..... > > Wanted! Converter to plain text! > > Annelise > -- Brian , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....