README revision 1.4 
1ed is an 8-bit-clean, POSIX-compliant line editor.  It should work with
2any regular expression package that conforms to the POSIX interface
3standard, such as GNU regex(3).
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5The following compiler directives are recognized:
6GNU_REGEX	- use with GNU regex(3)
7DES		- use to add encryption support (requires crypt(3))
8NO_REALLOC_NULL	- use if realloc(3) does not accept a NULL pointer
9BACKWARDS	- use for backwards compatibility
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11The file `POSIX' describes extensions to and deviations from the POSIX
12standard.
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14The ./test directory contains regression tests for ed. The README
15file in that directory explains how to run these.
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17For a description of the ed algorithm, see Kernighan and Plauger's book
18"Software Tools in Pascal," Addison-Wesley, 1981.
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