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      1  1.1  cgd ed is a POSIX-compliant line editor.  It should work with any regular
      2  1.1  cgd expression package that conforms to the POSIX interface standard, such as
      3  1.1  cgd GNU regex(3).
      4  1.1  cgd 
      5  1.1  cgd The following compiler directives are recognized:
      6  1.1  cgd GNU_REGEX	- use with GNU regex(3)
      7  1.1  cgd DES		- use to add encryption support (requires crypt(3))
      8  1.1  cgd NO_REALLOC_NULL	- use if realloc(3) does not accept a NULL pointer
      9  1.1  cgd 
     10  1.1  cgd The file `ed-1003.2' in the ./doc directory describes POSIX ed.  Extensions
     11  1.1  cgd to the POSIX standard are described in the file `extensions.'
     12  1.1  cgd 
     13  1.1  cgd The ./test directory contains regression tests for ed. The README
     14  1.1  cgd file in that directory explains how to run these.
     15  1.1  cgd 
     16  1.1  cgd For a description of the ed algorithm, see Kernighan and Pike's book
     17  1.1  cgd "Software Tools in Pascal," Addison-Wesley, 1981.
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