Annotation of 42BSD/usr.lib/learn/editor/L43.2a, revision 1.1

1.1     ! root        1: #print
        !             2: Note that there is quite a list of characters that
        !             3: are special to the editor:
        !             4:  . [ * ^ $ & /
        !             5: What do you do when you want to use one of these
        !             6: characters as itself, rather than for its special meaning?
        !             7: You must precede it by a backlash.  For example, how
        !             8: would you turn
        !             9:  ".
        !            10: into
        !            11:  ."
        !            12: Try the following sequence:
        !            13: 
        !            14: ex test
        !            15: 1,3p
        !            16: 1,3s/"\./."/p
        !            17: wq
        !            18: ready
        !            19: #create Ref
        !            20: This is a "quoted word."
        !            21: Here is "another."
        !            22: Be "careful."  Especially with dots.
        !            23: #create test
        !            24: This is a "quoted word".
        !            25: Here is "another".
        !            26: Be "careful".  Especially with dots.
        !            27: #user
        !            28: #cmp test Ref
        !            29: #log
        !            30: #next
        !            31: 43.2b 5

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