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From: darrylo@sr.hp.com (Darryl Okahata)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Slight flame from Linux user
Date: 6 Jun 1995 00:13:09 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard / Center for Primal Scream Therapy
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Terry Lambert (terry@cs.weber.edu) wrote:
> tim@maths.tcd.ie (Timothy Murphy) wrote:
>
> ] Why not in /pub/FreeBSD/docs ?
>
> It's not done yet, and someone would have to install over 15M of
> LaTEX to do the conversion, but nobody likes LaTEX?
Once it's "done", how about making a postscript or PCL version of
the manual available? This way, people don't have to install LaTeX.
When futzing with a system, it's so nice to be able to fondle
something that doesn't require additional hardware, power, or a LAN/WWW
connection. ;-)
-- Darryl Okahata
Internet: darrylo@sr.hp.com
DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not
constitute the support, opinion or policy of Hewlett-Packard or of the
little green men that have been following him all day.