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- INTRODUCTION
- .PP
- Although
- .UX
- provides remarkably effective tools for text editing,
- that by itself is no guarantee
- that everyone will automatically
- make the most effective use of them.
- In particular, people who are not computer specialists _
- typists, secretaries, casual users _
- often use the system less effectively than they might.
- (There is a good argument that new users would better use their time
- learning a display editor, like
- .ul
- vi,
- or perhaps a version of
- .ul
- emacs,
- like
- .ul
- jove,
- rather than an editor as ignorant of display terminals as
- .ul
- ed.)
- .PP
- This document is intended as a sequel to
- .ul
- A Tutorial Introduction to the UNIX Text Editor
- [1],
- providing explanations and examples of how to edit using
- .ul
- ed
- with less effort.
- (You should also be familiar with the material in
- .ul
- UNIX For Beginners
- [2].)
- Further information on all commands discussed here can be found in
- section 1 of the
- .ul
- The UNIX User's Manual
- [3].
- .PP
- Examples are based on observations
- of users
- and the difficulties they encounter.
- Topics covered include special characters in searches and substitute commands,
- line addressing, the global commands,
- and line moving and copying.
- There are also brief discussions of
- effective use
- of related tools, like those for file manipulation,
- and those based on
- .UL ed ,
- like
- .UL grep
- and
- .UL sed .
- .PP
- A word of caution.
- There is only one way to learn to use something,
- and that is to
- .ul
- use
- it.
- Reading a description is no substitute
- for trying something.
- A paper like this one should
- give you ideas about what to try,
- but until you actually try something,
- you will not learn it.
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