Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Sat, 21 Apr 2012 06:15:34 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@gmail.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: find sources to build Handbook and FAQ for FreeBSD?
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1204210607150.57298@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAJ5UdcP5yHqwLWkOHv=hbDu8jAg21F%2B7j6BvV=yuv9tgY-=nCQ@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <CAJ5UdcOfKT0A2zNDZFqxVyG9wU%2B5MSgDF6WoB1BPx3zHdfYc1Q@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1204201935460.54561@wonkity.com> <CAJ5UdcP5yHqwLWkOHv=hbDu8jAg21F%2B7j6BvV=yuv9tgY-=nCQ@mail.gmail.com>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
  This message is in MIME format.  The first part should be readable text,
  while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools.

---902635197-1474131433-1335010534=:57298
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT

On Sat, 21 Apr 2012, Antonio Olivares wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 8:45 PM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, 20 Apr 2012, Antonio Olivares wrote:
>>
>>> Does anyone know where the source(s) for the FreeBSD Handbook and
>>> FreeBSD FAQ are found?
>>
>>
>> SGML source is in /usr/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ and
>> /usr/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/, or other subdirectories under /usr/doc
>> for other languages.  There's build infrastructure in /usr/doc/share.
>
> [olivares@tricorehome ~]$ cd /usr/doc/share
> bash: cd: /usr/doc/share: No such file or directory
> [olivares@tricorehome ~]$ cd /usr/doc/
> bash: cd: /usr/doc/: No such file or directory

You'll have to csup them.  See /usr/share/examples/cvsup/doc-supfile.

>> Some description about the doc tools is in the FreeBSD Documentation Project
>> Primer at
>> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/index.html
>
> Thanks, but I am looking for \TeX{}/\LaTeX{} source files that are
> used to build the *.pdf versions of HANDBOOK, & FAQ.  If one does a
> properties on a PDF, we can see maker dvips + ghostscript 8.71.  This
> is what I am looking for, the files to produce that document[sources
> in tex/latex form] and see if I can produce it with what is readily
> available in kertex now.

The SGML source can be rendered several ways.  One of those ways uses
Jade to render a TeX version that is then used to render the PDF.

# cd /usr/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/
# make book.tex
---902635197-1474131433-1335010534=:57298--



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?alpine.BSF.2.00.1204210607150.57298>