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Re: Pdf vesion of the doumentation.
- From: Dave Korn <dave dot korn dot cygwin at gmail dot com>
- To: Alexey Zaytsev <alexey dot zaytsev at gmail dot com>
- Cc: binutils at sourceware dot org
- Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:03:48 +0100
- Subject: Re: Pdf vesion of the doumentation.
- References: <AANLkTinz4v-KQpewthw9isrBEon+4FjOGcnqz+XRhpMZ@mail.gmail.com>
On 09/09/2010 00:51, Alexey Zaytsev wrote:
> Hello.
>
> Is there a reason the pdf version, nor the single file html one is
> available for download?
> I surely can generate them myself, which I did, probably for the third
> time now, but would it be possible to just have them online to save
> everyone's time?
> Or, if there is a strong reason not to generate pfds, maybe it would
> be possible to switch to single-file htmls? The bandwidth is hardly a
> problem now, and it is a lot easier to search in a single html file.
I'm sure the only reason is lack of volunteer time to update the scripts
related to the website, not any policy reason. Other GNU projects have the
manuals available in the various forms you describe; but it's a non-negligible
effort to set it all up.
cheers,
DaveK