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1.1       root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1986 Regents of the University of California.
                      2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
                      3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
                      4: .\"
                      5: .\"    @(#)00.contents 5.1 (Berkeley) 4/15/86
                      6: .\"
                      7: .OH '''USD Contents'
                      8: .EH 'USD Contents'''
                      9: .TL
                     10: UNIX User's Supplementary Documents (USD)
                     11: .sp
                     12: \s-24.3 Berkeley Software Distribution, Virtual \s-2VAX\s+2\-11 Version\s+2
                     13: .sp
                     14: \fRFebruary, 1986\fR
                     15: .PP
                     16: This volume contains documents which supplement the manual pages in
                     17: .I
                     18: The Unix User's Reference Manual
                     19: .R
                     20: for the Virtual \s-2VAX\s0-11 version of the system as distributed by U.C.
                     21: Berkeley, and Volumes 2a and 2b as provided by Bell Laboratories.
                     22: 
                     23: .SH
                     24: Getting Started
                     25: .IP
                     26: .tl 'Unix for Beginners \- Second Edition''USD:1'
                     27: .QP
                     28: An introduction to the most basic uses of the system.
                     29: .IP
                     30: .tl 'Learn \- Computer\-Aided Instruction on UNIX (Second Edition)''USD:2'
                     31: .QP
                     32: Describes a computer-aided instruction program that walks new users through
                     33: the basics of files, the editor, and document prepararation software.
                     34: .SH
                     35: Basic Utilities
                     36: .IP
                     37: .tl 'An Introduction to the UNIX Shell''USD:3'
                     38: .QP
                     39: Steve Bourne's introduction to the capabilities of 
                     40: .I sh,
                     41: a command interpreter especially popular for writing shell scripts.
                     42: .IP
                     43: .tl 'An Introduction to the C shell''USD:4'
                     44: .QP
                     45: This introduction to
                     46: .I csh,
                     47: (a command interpreter popular for interactive work)  describes many 
                     48: commonly used UNIX commands, assumes little prior knowledge of UNIX,
                     49: and has a glossary useful for beginners.
                     50: .IP
                     51: .tl 'DC \- An Interactive Desk Calculator''USD:5'
                     52: .QP
                     53: A super HP calculator, if you do not need floating point.
                     54: .IP
                     55: .tl 'BC \- An Arbitrary Precision Desk-Calculator Language''USD:6'
                     56: .QP
                     57: A front end for DC that provides infix notation, control flow, and 
                     58: built\-in functions.
                     59: .SH
                     60: Communicating with the World
                     61: .IP
                     62: .tl 'Mail Reference Manual''USD:7'
                     63: .QP
                     64: Complete details on one of the programs for sending and reading your mail.
                     65: .IP
                     66: .tl 'The Rand MH Message Handling System''USD:8'
                     67: .QP
                     68: This system for managing your computer mail uses lots of small programs, 
                     69: instead of one large one.
                     70: .IP
                     71: .tl 'How to Read the Network News''USD:9'
                     72: .QP
                     73: Describes how news works (generally) and some alternatives for reading it,
                     74: .I readnews
                     75: and 
                     76: .I vnews .
                     77: .IP
                     78: .tl 'How to Use USENET Effectively''USD:10'
                     79: .QP
                     80: Describes the customs, protocols, and etiquette of network news, plus answers
                     81: to the questions most frequently asked by newcomers to the network.
                     82: .IP
                     83: .tl 'Notesfile Reference Manual''USD:11'
                     84: .QP
                     85: This feature-packed system for maintaining computer-aided discussion groups is
                     86: also useful for reading netnews.
                     87: .SH
                     88: Text Editing
                     89: .IP
                     90: .tl 'A Tutorial Introduction to the Unix Text Editor''USD:12'
                     91: .QP
                     92: An easy way to get started with the line editor, 
                     93: .I ed.
                     94: .IP
                     95: .tl 'Advanced Editing on Unix''USD:13'
                     96: .QP
                     97: The next step.
                     98: .IP
                     99: .tl 'Edit: A Tutorial''USD:14'
                    100: .QP
                    101: An introduction to 
                    102: .I edit, 
                    103: a line\-oriented editor which is a version of 
                    104: .I ex, 
                    105: assuming no previous knowledge of UNIX or text editing.
                    106: .IP
                    107: .tl 'An Introduction to Display Editing with Vi''USD:15'
                    108: .QP
                    109: The document to learn to use the \fIvi\fR screen editor.
                    110: .IP
                    111: .tl 'Ex Reference Manual (Version 3.7)''USD:16'
                    112: .QP
                    113: The final reference for the \fIex\fR editor, which underlies both \fIedit\fR
                    114: and \fIvi\fR. 
                    115: .IP
                    116: .tl 'Jove Manual for UNIX Users''USD:17'
                    117: .QP
                    118: Jove is a small, self-documenting, customizable display editor, based on
                    119: EMACS.  A plausible alternative to 
                    120: .I vi.
                    121: .IP
                    122: .tl 'SED \- A Non-interactive Text Editor''USD:18'
                    123: .QP
                    124: Describes a one-pass variant of 
                    125: .I ed
                    126: useful as a filter for processing large files.
                    127: .IP
                    128: .tl 'AWK \- A Pattern Scanning and Processing Language (Second Edition)''USD:19'
                    129: .QP
                    130: A program for data selection and transformation.
                    131: .SH
                    132: Document Preparation
                    133: .IP
                    134: .tl 'Typing Documents on UNIX: Using the \-ms Macros with Troff and Nroff''USD:20'
                    135: .QP
                    136: Describes and gives examples of the basic use of the typesetting tools and 
                    137: ``-ms'', a frequently used package of formatting requests that make it easier 
                    138: to lay out most documents.
                    139: .IP
                    140: .tl 'A Revised Version of \-ms''USD:21'
                    141: .QP
                    142: A brief description of the Berkeley revisions made to the \-ms formatting
                    143: macros for nroff and troff.
                    144: .IP
                    145: .tl 'Writing Papers with \fInroff\fR using \-me''USD:22'
                    146: .QP
                    147: Another popular macro package for
                    148: .I nroff.
                    149: .IP
                    150: .tl '\-me Reference Manual''USD:23'
                    151: .QP
                    152: The final word on \-me.
                    153: .IP
                    154: .tl 'NROFF/TROFF User\'s Manual''USD:24'
                    155: .QP
                    156: Extremely detailed information about these document formatting programs.
                    157: .KS
                    158: .IP
                    159: .tl 'A TROFF Tutorial''USD:25'
                    160: .QP
                    161: An introduction to the most basic uses of
                    162: .I troff 
                    163: for those who really want to know such things, or want to write their 
                    164: own macros.
                    165: .KE
                    166: .KS
                    167: .IP
                    168: .tl 'A System for Typesetting Mathematics''USD:26'
                    169: .QP
                    170: Describes 
                    171: .I eqn, 
                    172: an easy-to-learn language for high-quality mathematical typesetting.
                    173: .IP
                    174: .tl 'Typesetting Mathematics \- User\'s Guide (Second Edition)''USD:27'
                    175: .QP
                    176: More details about how to use 
                    177: .I eqn.
                    178: .IP
                    179: .KE
                    180: .tl 'Tbl \- A Program to Format Tables''USD:28'
                    181: .QP
                    182: A program for easily typesetting tabular material.
                    183: .IP
                    184: .tl 'Refer \- A Bibliography System''USD:29'
                    185: .QP
                    186: An introduction to one set of tools used to maintain bibliographic databases. 
                    187: The major program, 
                    188: .I refer,
                    189: is used to automatically retrieve and format the references 
                    190: based on document citations.
                    191: .IP
                    192: .tl 'Some Applications of Inverted Indexes on the UNIX System''USD:30'
                    193: .QP
                    194: Mike Lesk's paper describes the
                    195: .I refer 
                    196: programs in a somewhat larger context.
                    197: .IP
                    198: .tl 'BIB \- A Program for Formatting Bibliographies''USD:31'
                    199: .QP
                    200: This is an alternative to
                    201: .I refer
                    202: for expanding citations in documents.
                    203: .IP
                    204: .tl 'Writing Tools \- The STYLE and DICTION Programs''USD:32'
                    205: .QP
                    206: These are programs which can help you understand and improve your 
                    207: writing style.
                    208: .SH 
                    209: Amusements
                    210: .IP
                    211: .tl 'A Guide to the Dungeons of Doom''USD:33'
                    212: .QP
                    213: An introduction to the popular game of \fIrogue\fP, a fantasy game
                    214: which is one of the biggest known users of VAX cycles.
                    215: .IP
                    216: .tl 'Star Trek''USD:34'
                    217: .QP
                    218: You are the Captain of the Starship Enterprise.  Wipe out the
                    219: Klingons and save the Federation.
                    220: .IP

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