Why not just include a txt version of the documentation, then mention
the url for a full featured version of the manual in pdf format. That
would help those that can't get to the pdf, but allow those wanting the
formatting/colorization/so on to grab the documentation in pdf format.
The text documentation won't be nearly as large as the pdf, so it won't
take up 3MB in the archive.
On 10/26/2024 4:55 AM, Jerome Shidel via Freedos-user wrote:
Hi Mike,
On Oct 24, 2024, at 6:36 PM, jer...@shidel.net wrote:
On Oct 23, 2024, at 9:08 PM, Michael Brutman via Freedos-user
<freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
I'd like to ensure that you get it for the next test releases, but
yes, I'd like to have some way to gauge interest too ...
Another potential discussion point is the PDF documentation - it's
large. Would shipping a text file that says "find the full
documentation at this location" be a problem? I feel bad shipping a
3MB PDF file on FreeDOS knowing that most people are not going to
open it under FreeDOS. (If they are so bold I can even include the
command line for the HTGET program to fetch the PDF.)
Well, I guess since there is not a good way to view it under DOS, it
won’t matter if the PDF is not included.
I have not looked at the latest release yet. But, it would be nice if
there was at least some subset or partial manual included that
covered the more common things. Which could point to the online PDF
for more detailed or additional information. But, it is probably
simpler and safer to just include a note that says “go here” to read
the manual.
:-)
I was working on updating the mTCP package for the next FreeDOS
Interim Test Build (T2411) and I noticed a small issue.
While it includes the NetDrive binaries, there are no NetDrive sources
in the sources zip file. I could not find a separate sources file for
NetDrive on your site.
I know in previous discussions you mentioned that eventually you would
make the sources for NetDrive available. But at that time, you were
not ready to do that.
Since we need to include sources in the package for FreeDOS, I can
simple remove NetDrive from our package until you are ready to provide
the sources for it.
Since the previous package for mTCP include the PDF documentation,
I’ve will included it for now in the new package. But, I think it is
of limited use under DOS. Plus as you mentioned, it is large and a
note with the URL or a batch to download it may be a far better choice.
:-)
Jerome
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