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        !             3: .NH
        !             4: INTRODUCTION
        !             5: .PP
        !             6: Although
        !             7: .UX
        !             8: provides remarkably effective tools for text editing,
        !             9: that by itself is no guarantee
        !            10: that everyone will automatically
        !            11: make the most effective use of them.
        !            12: In particular, people who are not computer specialists _
        !            13: typists, secretaries, casual users _
        !            14: often use the system less effectively than they might.
        !            15: (There is a good argument that new users would better use their time
        !            16: learning a display editor, like 
        !            17: .ul
        !            18: vi,
        !            19: or perhaps a version of
        !            20: .ul
        !            21: emacs,
        !            22: like
        !            23: .ul
        !            24: jove,
        !            25: rather than an editor as ignorant of display terminals as 
        !            26: .ul
        !            27: ed.)
        !            28: .PP
        !            29: This document is intended as a sequel to
        !            30: .ul
        !            31: A Tutorial Introduction to the UNIX Text Editor
        !            32: [1],
        !            33: providing explanations and examples of how to edit using
        !            34: .ul
        !            35: ed
        !            36: with less effort.
        !            37: (You should also be familiar with the material in
        !            38: .ul
        !            39: UNIX For Beginners
        !            40: [2].)
        !            41: Further information on all commands discussed here can be found in
        !            42: section 1 of the 
        !            43: .ul
        !            44: The UNIX User's Manual
        !            45: [3].
        !            46: .PP
        !            47: Examples are based on observations
        !            48: of users
        !            49: and the difficulties they encounter.
        !            50: Topics covered include special characters in searches and substitute commands,
        !            51: line addressing, the global commands,
        !            52: and line moving and copying.
        !            53: There are also brief discussions of
        !            54: effective use
        !            55: of related tools, like those for file manipulation,
        !            56: and those based on
        !            57: .UL ed ,
        !            58: like
        !            59: .UL grep 
        !            60: and
        !            61: .UL sed .
        !            62: .PP
        !            63: A word of caution.
        !            64: There is only one way to learn to use something,
        !            65: and that is to
        !            66: .ul
        !            67: use
        !            68: it.
        !            69: Reading a description is no substitute
        !            70: for trying something.
        !            71: A paper like this one should
        !            72: give you ideas about what to try,
        !            73: but until you actually try something,
        !            74: you will not learn it.

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