Annotation of 42BSD/usr.lib/learn/editor/L43.2a, revision 1.1.1.1

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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