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1$OpenBSD: README,v 1.5 2018/06/15 08:46:24 martijn Exp $
2$NetBSD: README,v 1.9 1995/03/21 09:04:33 cgd Exp $
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4ed is an 8-bit-clean, POSIX-compliant line editor.  It should work with
5any regular expression package that conforms to the POSIX interface
6standard, such as GNU regex(3).
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8If reliable signals are supported (e.g., POSIX sigaction(2)), it should
9compile with little trouble.  Otherwise, the macros SPL1() and SPL0()
10should be redefined to disable interrupts.
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12The file `POSIX' describes extensions to and deviations from the POSIX
13standard.
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15The ./test directory contains regression tests for ed. The README
16file in that directory explains how to run these.
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18For a description of the ed algorithm, see Kernighan and Plauger's book
19"Software Tools in Pascal," Addison-Wesley, 1981.
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