<start paste message> From: Thomas Spahni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 6:24 AM Subject: Re: MySQL 3.23 Manual - PDF To: "A. Clausen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: MySQL Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, A. Clausen wrote: [deleted] ... 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 <end paste message> it's all there! Etienne "A. Clausen" wrote: > > 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 -- Etienne Marcotte Specifications Management - Quality Control Imperial Tobacco Ltd. - Montreal (Qc) Canada 514.932.6161 x.4001 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
