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1.19. The ASCII handbook isn't plain text!
True, the ASCII and Latin1 versions of the FAQ and Handbook aren't
strictly plaintext; they contain underlines and overprints that
assume the output is going directly to a dot matrix printer. If you
need to reformat them to be human-readable, run the file through col:
$ col -b < inputfile > outputfile
Frequently Asked Questions for FreeBSD 2.X
: Preface
: The ASCII handbook isn't plain text!
Previous: Where can I get ASCII/PostScript versions of the Handbook?
Next: I'd like to become a FreeBSD Web mirror!