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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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