README revision 1.2 1 ed is a POSIX-compliant line editor. It should work with any regular
2 expression package that conforms to the POSIX interface standard, such as
3 GNU regex(3).
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5 The following compiler directives are recognized:
6 GNU_REGEX - use with GNU regex(3)
7 DES - use to add encryption support (requires crypt(3))
8 NO_REALLOC_NULL - use if realloc(3) does not accept a NULL pointer
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10 The file `POSIX' describes extensions to and deviations from the POSIX
11 standard.
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13 The ./test directory contains regression tests for ed. The README
14 file in that directory explains how to run these.
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16 For a description of the ed algorithm, see Kernighan and Plauger's book
17 "Software Tools in Pascal," Addison-Wesley, 1981.
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