From owner-freebsd-doc Sun Dec 15 11:25:25 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E71337B401; Sun, 15 Dec 2002 11:25:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from rhadamanth.submonkey.net (pc1-cdif2-5-cust47.cdif.cable.ntl.com [81.101.150.47]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D13D43EA9; Sun, 15 Dec 2002 11:25:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from setantae@submonkey.net) Received: from setantae by rhadamanth.submonkey.net with local (Exim 4.10) id 18NeO4-00013j-00; Sun, 15 Dec 2002 19:25:16 +0000 Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 19:25:16 +0000 From: Ceri Davies To: Giorgos Keramidas Cc: Joseph King , doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: issues with fdp-primer book Message-ID: <20021215192516.GC3902@submonkey.net> Mail-Followup-To: Ceri Davies , Giorgos Keramidas , Joseph King , doc@freebsd.org References: <20021212233646.GA44211@v2project.com> <20021213080259.GA49067@v2project.com> <20021215001826.GA5083@gothmog.gr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021215001826.GA5083@gothmog.gr> X-message-flag: All your linuxconf-configured redhat are belong to us. X-message-flag-attribution: suresh, sdm. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, Dec 15, 2002 at 02:18:26AM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2002-12-13 09:02, Joseph King wrote: > > Ok, forget the jadetext issue, i follow the quickstart method that give > > the execution of "make JADETEX=no" for the docproc environment, > > > > this method not say that pdf output are not possible without jadetex > > package, will be good a short description explain this issue because > > quick method its the firts thing that a impatient reader tend to look > > for starting to write a doc. > > i think. > > Perhaps a note like this? Something like this should be enough to > avoid foot shooting, when picking JADETEX=no. The FDP Primer does actually say that JADETEX=no will render you unable to build the PDF format already: See the Optional Tools section. However, I agree that perhaps this could be mentioned elsewhere. Ceri -- Face the might of a 250 pound woman! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message