All, Referring to the following:
On Fri, Dec 02, 2016 at 04:08:55PM -0600, Benjamin Kaduk wrote: > On Fri, Dec 02, 2016 at 10:56:19PM +0100, John W. Kitz wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I was wondering; most books on FreeBSD that are on the market at any one > > time are typically based on a release that is quite a bit older than the > > most recent GA'd one. Obviously there is the HTML version online, > > but I > > prefer to use a book or a printed manual. > > > > > > > > Is there a possibility to obtain the most recent FreeBSD > > documentation in > > .pdf format, either by means of downloading it or by e.g. using some tool to > > generate it from the HTML version? > > https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/fdp-primer/ has instructions for building > the FreeBSD documentation; the extremely abridged version is roughly: > > pkg install docproj > svn co https://svn.freebsd.org/doc/head doc cd doc make FORMATS=pdf > ENGLISH_ONLY=yes > They're also available on the FTP mirrors: http://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/doc/ I'd like to make a suggestion. Given that I prefer hardcopy (books, manuals, etc.) over softcopy I tend to send .pdf manuals to a print shop to have them printed and bound. One drawback to this is that anything above 200-300 pages tends to be difficult to handle physically. So, assuming there are others that do as I do, please consider that it might be worthwhile and certainly appreciated by people like me if future releases of the FreeBSD handbook (currently nearly 750 in total) were produced in separate volumes (each consisting of some 200 to 250 pages), each with their own table of contents, lists, glossary, index and what not. Please cc any reactions to me, since I'm not subscribed to this list. Regards, Jk. _______________________________________________ freebsd-doc@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-doc To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-doc-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
