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diff --git a/text_cmds/ed/README b/text_cmds/ed/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1f50f10 --- /dev/null +++ b/text_cmds/ed/README @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +$FreeBSD: src/bin/ed/README,v 1.7 1999/08/27 23:14:12 peter Exp $ + +ed is an 8-bit-clean, POSIX-compliant line editor. It should work with +any regular expression package that conforms to the POSIX interface +standard, such as GNU regex(3). + +If reliable signals are supported (e.g., POSIX sigaction(2)), it should +compile with little trouble. Otherwise, the macros SPL1() and SPL0() +should be redefined to disable interrupts. + +The following compiler directives are recognized: +DES - to add encryption support (requires crypt(3)) +NO_REALLOC_NULL - if realloc(3) does not accept a NULL pointer +BACKWARDS - for backwards compatibility +NEED_INSQUE - if insque(3) is missing + +The file `POSIX' describes extensions to and deviations from the POSIX +standard. + +The ./test directory contains regression tests for ed. The README +file in that directory explains how to run these. + +For a description of the ed algorithm, see Kernighan and Plauger's book +"Software Tools in Pascal," Addison-Wesley, 1981. |