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      1 ed is an 8-bit-clean, POSIX-compliant line editor.  It should work with
      2 any regular expression package that conforms to the POSIX interface
      3 standard, such as 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
      9 BACKWARDS	- use for backwards compatibility
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     11 The file `POSIX' describes extensions to and deviations from the POSIX
     12 standard.
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     14 The ./test directory contains regression tests for ed. The README
     15 file in that directory explains how to run these.
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     17 For a description of the ed algorithm, see Kernighan and Plauger's book
     18 "Software Tools in Pascal," Addison-Wesley, 1981.
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