From c7f326f4ff250eaf98a101b4406976c7a11c0063 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Levine Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:49:28 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Removed the sources to the historical documents just added, they're in the mh-6.8.5 tarball. --- docs/historical/README | 108 ------------------------------------------------ 1 file changed, 108 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 docs/historical/README diff --git a/docs/historical/README b/docs/historical/README deleted file mode 100644 index 5fdb663..0000000 --- a/docs/historical/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,108 +0,0 @@ -The most recent versions of the documents in this directory were -downloaded from ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/mail/mh/doc/ - -These older versions: - ADMIN-19910201.txt - MH-19910201.txt - MH-19921214.pdf - MH-19921214.txt -were downloaded from ftp://munnari.oz.au/pub/mh/doc/ - -designOfMH.pdf was downloaded from -http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA257836 - -The README below is retained in its original form for posterity. All -of the txt (.doc and .tty) files have been renamed to .txt. All of -the postscript (.ps) files have been converted to pdf using ps2pdf. - -D. Levine 28 Feb 2012 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -mh/doc/README - -These are formatted versions of the major MH documents (written -using the troff "-ms" and "-me" macro packages). The ".doc" files -are formatted for 66 lines/page: - - ADMIN.doc - The MH Administrator's Manual - how to configure MH - MH.doc - The MH User's Manual - changes.doc - Changes from MH 6.6 to MH 6.8 - mh-gen.doc - The "READ-ME" file - how to generate MH (aka mh-gen(8)) - -Postscript versions are also available: - - ADMIN.ps - The MH Administrator's Manual - how to configure MH - MH.ps - The MH User's Manual - changes.ps - Changes from MH 6.6 to MH 6.8 - mh-gen.ps - The "READ-ME" file - how to generate MH (aka mh-gen(8)) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -These are postscript conversions of the MH papers which were written -using the TeX typesetting language: - - bboards.ps - The UCI BBoards Facility - beginners.ps - UCI MH for Beginners - mh4mm.ps - MH for MM users - mh6.ps - Changes from MH 6.0 to MH 6.5 for 4.3BSD - multifarious.ps - MH: A Multifarious User Agen - mznet.ps - MZnet - Mail Service for Personal Micro Comp. Sys. - realwork.ps - MH.5 - How to process 200 messages... - trusted.ps - Design of the TTI Prototype Trusted Mail Agent - tutorial.ps - The MH Tutorial - -These conversions have been provided because they may be of use to some -sites who retrieved MH using FTP, and who do not have TeX to typeset -the papers themselves. Of course, all recipients of an MH distribution -tape receive a complete set of laser-printed manuals. - -These conversions were generated with the "dvips" program. I have -printed them on an Imagen 5320 w/ Turboscript, and the output is -identical to the original "dvi" versions of these papers. - -As yet, I have had no success downloading the postscript files to a Mac- -intosh, and printing them on a Laserwriter. If you are able to generate -copies of these papers which will print (identically to the originals or -otherwise) on a Laserwriter, please contact "Bug-MH@ICS.UCI.EDU". - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -These files are tty-readable conversions of the MH papers which were -written using the TeX typesetting language: - - bboards.tty - The UCI BBoards Facility - beginners.tty - UCI MH for Beginners - mh4mm.tty - MH for MM users - mh6.tty - Changes from MH 6.0 to MH 6.5 for 4.3BSD - multifarious.tty - MH: A Multifarious User Agen - mznet.tty - MZnet - Mail Service for Personal Micro Comp. Sys. - realwork.tty - MH.5 - How to process 200 messages... - trusted.tty - Design of the TTI Prototype Trusted Mail Agent - tutorial.tty - The MH Tutorial - -These conversions have been provided because they may be of use to some -sites who retrieved MH using FTP, and who do not have TeX or a laser -printer on which to print the papers. If you have a Postscript -printer, you may want to retrieve the Postscript conversion of these -papers, available in a different tar archive. - -Of course, all recipients of an MH distribution tape receive a complete -set of laser-printed manuals, and these conversions are not a -substitute for properly-formatted copies of the originals. - -The conversion was generated by the "dvi2tty" program. As full use of -TeX's rich typesetting environment was used in writing many of these -papers, and since the output is intended for a line printer, it is -necessarily quite primitive. - -Font changes and special character representations are lost entirely. -White-space between words may be deleted or expanded, especially near -punctuation characters. Blank lines may be added or deleted. - -Since typeset lines are typically longer than 80 tty characters, the -output has been generated for 132-colunm output devices. A typical -page has about 76 lines. Pages are separated by a formfeed character. - -/JLR -- 1.7.10.4