Date: Sun, 22 Jun 1997 23:49:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Joseph Stein <joes@spiritone.com> To: andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu Cc: chuckr@glue.umd.edu, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Handbook - ascii form?? Message-ID: <199706230649.XAA01232@joes.users.spiritone.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970622214919.18837A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> from Annelise Anderson at "Jun 22, 97 10:49:59 pm"
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> There aren't any ^H characters in the file, as far as I can tell. > A hex dump shows all the duplicate letters. > > Have you tried downloading handbook.ascii and applying these suggestions? > >From the web/ftp site, which is where people interested in installing > FreeBSD get it? Yes, I've tried. And it works: Here is the output of 'hd' (HexDump) on the first fifty lines of handbook.ascii that is linked to from http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook by way of ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/docs/handbook/handbook.ascii: 00000000 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 09 09 09 20 20 20 20 |............ | 00000010 20 20 20 46 08 46 72 08 72 65 08 65 65 08 65 42 | F.Fr.re.ee.eB| ^^ ^^ ^^ ^H ^H ^H 00000020 08 42 53 08 53 44 08 44 20 48 08 48 61 08 61 6e |.BS.SD.D H.Ha.an| 00000030 08 6e 64 08 64 62 08 62 6f 08 6f 6f 08 6f 6b 08 |.nd.db.bo.oo.ok.| 00000040 6b 0a 0a 09 09 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 54 68 65 20 |k.... The | 00000050 46 72 65 65 42 53 44 20 44 6f 63 75 6d 65 6e 74 |FreeBSD Document| 00000060 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 50 72 6f 6a 65 63 74 0a 0a 09 |ation Project...| 00000070 09 09 09 20 20 20 4d 61 79 20 31 39 39 37 0a 0a |... May 1997..| 00000080 0a 0a 09 09 09 09 20 20 20 41 08 41 62 08 62 73 |...... A.Ab.bs| 00000090 08 73 74 08 74 72 08 72 61 08 61 63 08 63 74 08 |.st.tr.ra.ac.ct.| 000000a0 74 0a 0a 20 20 20 20 20 57 65 6c 63 6f 6d 65 20 |t.. Welcome | 000000b0 74 6f 20 46 72 65 65 42 53 44 21 20 20 54 68 69 |to FreeBSD! Thi| 000000c0 73 20 68 61 6e 64 62 6f 6f 6b 20 63 6f 76 65 72 |s handbook cover| 000000d0 73 20 74 68 65 20 69 6e 73 74 61 6c 6c 61 74 69 |s the installati| 000000e0 6f 6e 20 61 6e 64 20 64 61 79 20 74 6f 0a 20 20 |on and day to. | 000000f0 20 20 20 64 61 79 20 75 73 65 20 6f 66 20 46 08 | day use of F.| 00000100 46 72 08 72 65 08 65 65 08 65 42 08 42 53 08 53 |Fr.re.ee.eB.BS.S| 00000110 44 08 44 20 52 08 52 65 08 65 6c 08 6c 65 08 65 |D.D R.Re.el.le.e| 00000120 61 08 61 73 08 73 65 08 65 20 32 08 32 2e 08 2e |a.as.se.e 2.2...| 00000130 32 08 32 2e 08 2e 32 08 32 2e 20 54 68 69 73 20 |2.2...2.2. This | 00000140 6d 61 6e 75 61 6c 20 69 73 20 61 20 77 08 77 6f |manual is a w.wo| 00000150 08 6f 72 08 72 6b 08 6b 20 69 08 69 6e 08 6e 20 |.or.rk.k i.in.n | 00000160 70 08 70 72 08 72 6f 08 6f 67 08 67 72 08 72 65 |p.pr.ro.og.gr.re| 00000170 08 65 73 08 73 73 08 73 0a 20 20 20 20 20 61 6e |.es.ss.s. an| 00000180 64 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 6f 66 |d is the work of| 00000190 20 6d 61 6e 79 20 69 6e 64 69 76 69 64 75 61 6c | many individual| 000001a0 73 2e 20 20 4d 61 6e 79 20 73 65 63 74 69 6f 6e |s. Many section| 000001b0 73 20 64 6f 20 6e 6f 74 20 79 65 74 20 65 78 69 |s do not yet exi| 000001c0 73 74 0a 20 20 20 20 20 61 6e 64 20 73 6f 6d 65 |st. and some| 000001d0 20 6f 66 20 74 68 6f 73 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 64 | of those that d| 000001e0 6f 20 65 78 69 73 74 20 6e 65 65 64 20 74 6f 20 |o exist need to | 000001f0 62 65 20 75 70 64 61 74 65 64 2e 20 20 49 66 20 |be updated. If | 00000200 79 6f 75 20 61 72 65 0a 20 20 20 20 20 69 6e 74 |you are. int| 00000210 65 72 65 73 74 65 64 20 69 6e 20 68 65 6c 70 69 |erested in helpi| 00000220 6e 67 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 69 73 20 70 72 6f |ng with this pro| 00000230 6a 65 63 74 2c 20 73 65 6e 64 20 65 6d 61 69 6c |ject, send email| 00000240 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 46 72 65 65 42 53 44 0a | to the FreeBSD.| 00000250 20 20 20 20 20 64 6f 63 75 6d 65 6e 74 61 74 69 | documentati| 00000260 6f 6e 20 70 72 6f 6a 65 63 74 20 6d 61 69 6c 69 |on project maili| 00000270 6e 67 20 6c 69 73 74 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 3c |ng list. <| 00000280 66 72 65 65 62 73 64 2d 64 6f 63 40 46 72 65 65 |freebsd-doc@Free| 00000290 42 53 44 2e 4f 52 47 3e 20 54 68 65 20 6c 61 74 |BSD.ORG> The lat| 000002a0 65 73 74 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 74 |est version of t| 000002b0 68 69 73 20 64 6f 63 75 6d 65 6e 74 20 69 73 0a |his document is.| 000002c0 20 20 20 20 20 61 6c 77 61 79 73 20 61 76 61 69 | always avai| 000002d0 6c 61 62 6c 65 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 46 |lable from the F| 000002e0 72 65 65 42 53 44 20 57 6f 72 6c 64 20 57 69 64 |reeBSD World Wid| 000002f0 65 20 57 65 62 20 73 65 72 76 65 72 31 20 2e 20 |e Web server1 . | 00000300 20 49 74 20 6d 61 79 0a 20 20 20 20 20 61 6c 73 | It may. als| 00000310 6f 20 62 65 20 64 6f 77 6e 6c 6f 61 64 65 64 20 |o be downloaded | 00000320 69 6e 20 70 6c 61 69 6e 20 74 65 78 74 2c 20 70 |in plain text, p| 00000330 6f 73 74 73 63 72 69 70 74 20 6f 72 20 48 54 4d |ostscript or HTM| 00000340 4c 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 46 72 65 65 42 |L from the FreeB| 00000350 53 44 0a 20 20 20 20 20 46 54 50 20 73 65 72 76 |SD. FTP serv| 00000360 65 72 32 20 20 6f 72 20 6f 6e 65 20 6f 66 20 74 |er2 or one of t| 00000370 68 65 20 6e 75 6d 65 72 6f 75 73 20 5f 08 6d 5f |he numerous _.m_| 00000380 08 69 5f 08 72 5f 08 72 5f 08 6f 5f 08 72 20 5f |.i_.r_.r_.o_.r _| ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^H ^H ^H ^H ^H 00000390 08 73 5f 08 69 5f 08 74 5f 08 65 5f 08 73 20 28 |.s_.i_.t_.e_.s (| 000003a0 73 65 63 74 69 6f 6e 20 32 33 2e 32 2c 20 70 61 |section 23.2, pa| 000003b0 67 65 0a 20 20 20 20 20 33 39 31 29 2e 20 20 59 |ge. 391). Y| 000003c0 6f 75 20 6d 61 79 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 77 61 6e 74 |ou may also want| 000003d0 20 74 6f 20 53 65 61 72 63 68 20 74 68 65 20 48 | to Search the H| 000003e0 61 6e 64 62 6f 6f 6b 33 20 2e 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a |andbook3 .......| 000003f0 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a |...............| 000003ff Here is the same text after being put through "sed -e 's/.^V^H//g'": 00000000 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 09 09 09 20 20 20 20 |............ | 00000010 20 20 20 46 72 65 65 42 53 44 20 48 61 6e 64 62 | FreeBSD Handb| 00000020 6f 6f 6b 0a 0a 09 09 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 54 68 |ook.... Th| 00000030 65 20 46 72 65 65 42 53 44 20 44 6f 63 75 6d 65 |e FreeBSD Docume| 00000040 6e 74 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 50 72 6f 6a 65 63 74 0a |ntation Project.| 00000050 0a 09 09 09 09 20 20 20 4d 61 79 20 31 39 39 37 |..... May 1997| 00000060 0a 0a 0a 0a 09 09 09 09 20 20 20 41 62 73 74 72 |........ Abstr| 00000070 61 63 74 0a 0a 20 20 20 20 20 57 65 6c 63 6f 6d |act.. Welcom| 00000080 65 20 74 6f 20 46 72 65 65 42 53 44 21 20 20 54 |e to FreeBSD! T| 00000090 68 69 73 20 68 61 6e 64 62 6f 6f 6b 20 63 6f 76 |his handbook cov| 000000a0 65 72 73 20 74 68 65 20 69 6e 73 74 61 6c 6c 61 |ers the installa| 000000b0 74 69 6f 6e 20 61 6e 64 20 64 61 79 20 74 6f 0a |tion and day to.| 000000c0 20 20 20 20 20 64 61 79 20 75 73 65 20 6f 66 20 | day use of | 000000d0 46 72 65 65 42 53 44 20 52 65 6c 65 61 73 65 20 |FreeBSD Release | 000000e0 32 2e 32 2e 32 2e 20 54 68 69 73 20 6d 61 6e 75 |2.2.2. This manu| 000000f0 61 6c 20 69 73 20 61 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 69 6e 20 |al is a work in | 00000100 70 72 6f 67 72 65 73 73 0a 20 20 20 20 20 61 6e |progress. an| 00000110 64 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 6f 66 |d is the work of| 00000120 20 6d 61 6e 79 20 69 6e 64 69 76 69 64 75 61 6c | many individual| 00000130 73 2e 20 20 4d 61 6e 79 20 73 65 63 74 69 6f 6e |s. Many section| 00000140 73 20 64 6f 20 6e 6f 74 20 79 65 74 20 65 78 69 |s do not yet exi| 00000150 73 74 0a 20 20 20 20 20 61 6e 64 20 73 6f 6d 65 |st. and some| 00000160 20 6f 66 20 74 68 6f 73 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 64 | of those that d| 00000170 6f 20 65 78 69 73 74 20 6e 65 65 64 20 74 6f 20 |o exist need to | 00000180 62 65 20 75 70 64 61 74 65 64 2e 20 20 49 66 20 |be updated. If | 00000190 79 6f 75 20 61 72 65 0a 20 20 20 20 20 69 6e 74 |you are. int| 000001a0 65 72 65 73 74 65 64 20 69 6e 20 68 65 6c 70 69 |erested in helpi| 000001b0 6e 67 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 69 73 20 70 72 6f |ng with this pro| 000001c0 6a 65 63 74 2c 20 73 65 6e 64 20 65 6d 61 69 6c |ject, send email| 000001d0 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 46 72 65 65 42 53 44 0a | to the FreeBSD.| 000001e0 20 20 20 20 20 64 6f 63 75 6d 65 6e 74 61 74 69 | documentati| 000001f0 6f 6e 20 70 72 6f 6a 65 63 74 20 6d 61 69 6c 69 |on project maili| 00000200 6e 67 20 6c 69 73 74 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 3c |ng list. <| 00000210 66 72 65 65 62 73 64 2d 64 6f 63 40 46 72 65 65 |freebsd-doc@Free| 00000220 42 53 44 2e 4f 52 47 3e 20 54 68 65 20 6c 61 74 |BSD.ORG> The lat| 00000230 65 73 74 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 74 |est version of t| 00000240 68 69 73 20 64 6f 63 75 6d 65 6e 74 20 69 73 0a |his document is.| 00000250 20 20 20 20 20 61 6c 77 61 79 73 20 61 76 61 69 | always avai| 00000260 6c 61 62 6c 65 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 46 |lable from the F| 00000270 72 65 65 42 53 44 20 57 6f 72 6c 64 20 57 69 64 |reeBSD World Wid| 00000280 65 20 57 65 62 20 73 65 72 76 65 72 31 20 2e 20 |e Web server1 . | 00000290 20 49 74 20 6d 61 79 0a 20 20 20 20 20 61 6c 73 | It may. als| 000002a0 6f 20 62 65 20 64 6f 77 6e 6c 6f 61 64 65 64 20 |o be downloaded | 000002b0 69 6e 20 70 6c 61 69 6e 20 74 65 78 74 2c 20 70 |in plain text, p| 000002c0 6f 73 74 73 63 72 69 70 74 20 6f 72 20 48 54 4d |ostscript or HTM| 000002d0 4c 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 46 72 65 65 42 |L from the FreeB| 000002e0 53 44 0a 20 20 20 20 20 46 54 50 20 73 65 72 76 |SD. FTP serv| 000002f0 65 72 32 20 20 6f 72 20 6f 6e 65 20 6f 66 20 74 |er2 or one of t| 00000300 68 65 20 6e 75 6d 65 72 6f 75 73 20 6d 69 72 72 |he numerous mirr| 00000310 6f 72 20 73 69 74 65 73 20 28 73 65 63 74 69 6f |or sites (sectio| 00000320 6e 20 32 33 2e 32 2c 20 70 61 67 65 0a 20 20 20 |n 23.2, page. | 00000330 20 20 33 39 31 29 2e 20 20 59 6f 75 20 6d 61 79 | 391). You may| 00000340 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 77 61 6e 74 20 74 6f 20 53 65 | also want to Se| 00000350 61 72 63 68 20 74 68 65 20 48 61 6e 64 62 6f 6f |arch the Handboo| 00000360 6b 33 20 2e 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a |k3 .............| 00000370 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a |.........| 00000379 Still not convinced? Sorry. I don't mean to have the 'snotty tone', and I just realized that it's there. But, you've got to remember that the unix system utilities are written to be used on the old-fashioned 'teletype' printers. That's why the output is the way it is. The fact that modern day systems are attached to things like high-speed modems and laser-jet printers just hasn't come home to unix yet, unless you have something like 'ghostscript' to run pinch-hitter for you. If you'd like me to, I'll be more than happy to run a conversion on the handbook and post it at ftp://ftp.spiritone.com/pub/users/joes/handbook.zip (a dos zip file) for you. In fact, it's already there. joe
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