Well there is a 4.x manual, and I know from a few months ago that there was a 3.23 manual on the site which I foolishly decided I didn't need. Do the developers of MySQL just delete all copies of manuals for previous version when they move to new software? I mean, what is a 3 or 4mb file nowadays?
---- A. Clausen [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Spahni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "A. Clausen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "MySQL Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 03:24 Subject: Re: MySQL 3.23 Manual - PDF > On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, A. Clausen wrote: > > > That is the MySQL 4.x manual, I'm looking for the 3.23.x PDF-formatted > > manual. The HTML and text versions supplied with the 3.23 distributions are > > way too unwieldly, and I'm not going to upgrade my mission critical app to > > what is apparently alpha software, just so I can have an up-to-date manual. > > The very fine manual is not distributed in PDF format, because it's much > too big in this format. However, you may get your copy without upgrading > your software. Just get the latest mysql-3.23.45.tar.gz, unzip, untar, go > to the mysql-3.23.45 directory and type: > > me@host:~/mysql-3.23.45> ./configure > > to create the Makefiles. Then go to the Docs/ directory and > > me@host:~/mysql-3.23.45/Docs> make manual.pdf > > ... and have a cup of coffee. You need the GNU TeX-info and pdftex > (available from the teTeX package). In case all else fails I put a copy of > the manual in PDF format on: > > http://www.polyreg.ch/ssl/misc/mysqlmanual/ > > To use the manual on the screen without printing I recommend the > pinfo viewer (ver 6.3) and mysql.info > This provides for the ease of lynx and the speed of light. > > Regards, > Thomas > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
