I have run into this as well. `make config` used to offer text and HTML. Now it just offers PDF. I think HTML is standard, but I may be mistaken.
Having the format in a text-readable format is a good idea. -Henrich Feb 16, 2023, 22:01 by [email protected]: > I have installed very recently from what was probably: > https://download.freebsd.org/snapshots/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/13.2/FreeBSD-13.2-PRERELEASE-amd64-20230204-d07eb716f35d-254363-disc1.iso > > When I got at the end of installation I choosed to install the handbook. > > When I booted on the system, I first searched in my home directory, then in > /root, then after a while I saw the > link to it in motd (message of the day) after logging in. > > I navigated to said directory to find a handbook in pdf format. > > So I installed lynx, and read the handbook online. Was able to get to a > working well enough graphical system. > > Other people have remarked the oddity of the thing (to expect people on a > text system to read the pdf file that explain how to install the graphical > system). > > I am asking here because you are supposed to be interested in 13.2 > development at this time if I understood right. > But maybe I am suppose to ask to documentation team... unsure. > > My wish would be that the installer would install a text version of the > handbook. > >
