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Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org> writes:

> On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 09:48:13AM -0500, Dru wrote:
> > 
> > What's the easiest way for an end-user to view the SGML articles in
> > /usr/doc? Is there a viewer, or do they have to be converted to say, html
> > first? I know they're mirrored online, but it would be nice to have the
> > ability to read off-line.
> 
> Install the textproc/docproj-nojadetex port and run
> "cd /usr/doc;make install clean".
> 
> The formatted docs will then be in /usr/share/doc.

Or even just download the pre-built documentation from the FreeBSD FTP
sites.  Instructions for doing that are at the top of all of the
pieces of documentation.