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- .\" All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement
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- .OH '''USD Contents'
- .EH 'USD Contents'''
- .TL
- UNIX User's Supplementary Documents (USD)
- .sp
- \s-24.3 Berkeley Software Distribution, Virtual \s-2VAX\s+2\-11 Version\s+2
- .sp
- \fRFebruary, 1986\fR
- .PP
- This volume contains documents which supplement the manual pages in
- .I
- The Unix User's Reference Manual
- .R
- for the Virtual \s-2VAX\s0-11 version of the system as distributed by U.C.
- Berkeley, and Volumes 2a and 2b as provided by Bell Laboratories.
-
- .SH
- Getting Started
- .IP
- .tl 'Unix for Beginners \- Second Edition''USD:1'
- .QP
- An introduction to the most basic uses of the system.
- .IP
- .tl 'Learn \- Computer\-Aided Instruction on UNIX (Second Edition)''USD:2'
- .QP
- Describes a computer-aided instruction program that walks new users through
- the basics of files, the editor, and document prepararation software.
- .SH
- Basic Utilities
- .IP
- .tl 'An Introduction to the UNIX Shell''USD:3'
- .QP
- Steve Bourne's introduction to the capabilities of
- .I sh,
- a command interpreter especially popular for writing shell scripts.
- .IP
- .tl 'An Introduction to the C shell''USD:4'
- .QP
- This introduction to
- .I csh,
- (a command interpreter popular for interactive work) describes many
- commonly used UNIX commands, assumes little prior knowledge of UNIX,
- and has a glossary useful for beginners.
- .IP
- .tl 'DC \- An Interactive Desk Calculator''USD:5'
- .QP
- A super HP calculator, if you do not need floating point.
- .IP
- .tl 'BC \- An Arbitrary Precision Desk-Calculator Language''USD:6'
- .QP
- A front end for DC that provides infix notation, control flow, and
- built\-in functions.
- .SH
- Communicating with the World
- .IP
- .tl 'Mail Reference Manual''USD:7'
- .QP
- Complete details on one of the programs for sending and reading your mail.
- .IP
- .tl 'The Rand MH Message Handling System''USD:8'
- .QP
- This system for managing your computer mail uses lots of small programs,
- instead of one large one.
- .IP
- .tl 'How to Read the Network News''USD:9'
- .QP
- Describes how news works (generally) and some alternatives for reading it,
- .I readnews
- and
- .I vnews .
- .IP
- .tl 'How to Use USENET Effectively''USD:10'
- .QP
- Describes the customs, protocols, and etiquette of network news, plus answers
- to the questions most frequently asked by newcomers to the network.
- .IP
- .tl 'Notesfile Reference Manual''USD:11'
- .QP
- This feature-packed system for maintaining computer-aided discussion groups is
- also useful for reading netnews.
- .SH
- Text Editing
- .IP
- .tl 'A Tutorial Introduction to the Unix Text Editor''USD:12'
- .QP
- An easy way to get started with the line editor,
- .I ed.
- .IP
- .tl 'Advanced Editing on Unix''USD:13'
- .QP
- The next step.
- .IP
- .tl 'Edit: A Tutorial''USD:14'
- .QP
- An introduction to
- .I edit,
- a line\-oriented editor which is a version of
- .I ex,
- assuming no previous knowledge of UNIX or text editing.
- .IP
- .tl 'An Introduction to Display Editing with Vi''USD:15'
- .QP
- The document to learn to use the \fIvi\fR screen editor.
- .IP
- .tl 'Ex Reference Manual (Version 3.7)''USD:16'
- .QP
- The final reference for the \fIex\fR editor, which underlies both \fIedit\fR
- and \fIvi\fR.
- .IP
- .tl 'Jove Manual for UNIX Users''USD:17'
- .QP
- Jove is a small, self-documenting, customizable display editor, based on
- EMACS. A plausible alternative to
- .I vi.
- .IP
- .tl 'SED \- A Non-interactive Text Editor''USD:18'
- .QP
- Describes a one-pass variant of
- .I ed
- useful as a filter for processing large files.
- .IP
- .tl 'AWK \- A Pattern Scanning and Processing Language (Second Edition)''USD:19'
- .QP
- A program for data selection and transformation.
- .SH
- Document Preparation
- .IP
- .tl 'Typing Documents on UNIX: Using the \-ms Macros with Troff and Nroff''USD:20'
- .QP
- Describes and gives examples of the basic use of the typesetting tools and
- ``-ms'', a frequently used package of formatting requests that make it easier
- to lay out most documents.
- .IP
- .tl 'A Revised Version of \-ms''USD:21'
- .QP
- A brief description of the Berkeley revisions made to the \-ms formatting
- macros for nroff and troff.
- .IP
- .tl 'Writing Papers with \fInroff\fR using \-me''USD:22'
- .QP
- Another popular macro package for
- .I nroff.
- .IP
- .tl '\-me Reference Manual''USD:23'
- .QP
- The final word on \-me.
- .IP
- .tl 'NROFF/TROFF User\'s Manual''USD:24'
- .QP
- Extremely detailed information about these document formatting programs.
- .KS
- .IP
- .tl 'A TROFF Tutorial''USD:25'
- .QP
- An introduction to the most basic uses of
- .I troff
- for those who really want to know such things, or want to write their
- own macros.
- .KE
- .KS
- .IP
- .tl 'A System for Typesetting Mathematics''USD:26'
- .QP
- Describes
- .I eqn,
- an easy-to-learn language for high-quality mathematical typesetting.
- .IP
- .tl 'Typesetting Mathematics \- User\'s Guide (Second Edition)''USD:27'
- .QP
- More details about how to use
- .I eqn.
- .IP
- .KE
- .tl 'Tbl \- A Program to Format Tables''USD:28'
- .QP
- A program for easily typesetting tabular material.
- .IP
- .tl 'Refer \- A Bibliography System''USD:29'
- .QP
- An introduction to one set of tools used to maintain bibliographic databases.
- The major program,
- .I refer,
- is used to automatically retrieve and format the references
- based on document citations.
- .IP
- .tl 'Some Applications of Inverted Indexes on the UNIX System''USD:30'
- .QP
- Mike Lesk's paper describes the
- .I refer
- programs in a somewhat larger context.
- .IP
- .tl 'BIB \- A Program for Formatting Bibliographies''USD:31'
- .QP
- This is an alternative to
- .I refer
- for expanding citations in documents.
- .IP
- .tl 'Writing Tools \- The STYLE and DICTION Programs''USD:32'
- .QP
- These are programs which can help you understand and improve your
- writing style.
- .SH
- Amusements
- .IP
- .tl 'A Guide to the Dungeons of Doom''USD:33'
- .QP
- An introduction to the popular game of \fIrogue\fP, a fantasy game
- which is one of the biggest known users of VAX cycles.
- .IP
- .tl 'Star Trek''USD:34'
- .QP
- You are the Captain of the Starship Enterprise. Wipe out the
- Klingons and save the Federation.
- .IP
-