Printed manuals for usenet software

Conor P. Cahill cpcahil at virtech.uucp
Thu Dec 28 02:59:17 AEST 1989


I am putting together the documentation for many of the software
packages distributed via usenet.  I would like to know who else
would be interested in it.  It will be a printed double sided on
6 1/4 x 8 1/2 loose leaf paper in a binder (not sure if I can
get slip cases at an appropriate price).

Rough estimates are around $10.00 per copy.  As the quantity
increases the price will drop (Note: I wll not be making any
money off of this venture, I just want the manuals for my company
and since it is cheaper to do it in quantity, I thought to ask
if anybody else wanted the stuff).

Currently the following documentation will be included:

	bnews
	cnews
	elm
	gnu-grep
	gcc
	gdb
	less
	mcc
	perl
	sz (sy,sx,rz,ry,rx)
	where
	texi2roff
	afio
	btoa,atob,compress,uncompress
	undump
	hdiff
	procomm
	rn
	vi.clone

Note: I did not include gnu-emacs because you can get a perfectly
acceptable copy directly from the FSF.

If you are interested send a message to me indicating the number
of copies you will probably want.  Once I get a feel for the number
of copies needed I will send mail indicating a more accurate price.

You will then be asked to pay the price for each copy or we can
send it UPS cod (you pay the cod charges).

The time frame for all this to happen "is" (may be adjusted) as follows:

	Dec 27	- post this message
	Jan 15	- accumulate all responses and calculate price
		  You should get a message from me around this time.
	Jan 30	- go to print
	Feb  9  - ship em out

Note that all this is just in a preliminary stage.  If there is little
or no response to this message the project will die a sudden death.
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