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7: <h1>4.4BSD User's Supplementary Documents (USD)</h1>
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9: <h2>Getting Started</h2>
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11: <h3>Unix for Beginners - Second Edition</h3>
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13: An introduction to the most basic uses of the system.
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15: <h3>Learn - Computer-Aided Instruction on UNIX (Second Edition)</h3>
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17: Describes a computer-aided instruction program that walks new users through
1.4 ! miod 18: the basics of files, the editor, and document preparation software.
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20: <h2>Basic Utilities</h2>
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22: <h3>An Introduction to the UNIX Shell</h3>
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24: Steve Bourne's introduction to the capabilities of
25: <B>sh</B> a command interpreter especially popular for writing shell scripts.
26:
27: <h3>An Introduction to the C shell</h3>
28:
29: This introduction to <B>csh</B> (a command interpreter popular for interactive work) describes many
30: commonly used UNIX commands, assumes little prior knowledge of UNIX,
31: and has a glossary useful for beginners.
32:
33: <h3>DC - An Interactive Desk Calculator</h3>
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35: A super HP calculator, if you do not need floating point.
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37: <h3>BC - An Arbitrary Precision Desk-Calculator Language</h3>
38:
39: A front end for DC that provides infix notation, control flow, and
40: built-in functions.
41:
42: <h2>Communicating with the World</h2>
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44: <h3>Mail Reference Manual</h3>
45:
46: Complete details on one of the programs for sending and reading your mail.
47:
48: <h3>The Rand MH Message Handling System</h3>
49:
50: This system for managing your computer mail uses lots of small programs,
51: instead of one large one.
52:
53: <h2>Text Editing</h2>
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55: <h3>A Tutorial Introduction to the Unix Text Editor</h3>
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57: An easy way to get started with the line editor,
58: <b>ed</b>.
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60: <h3>Advanced Editing on Unix</h3>
61:
62: The next step.
63:
64: <h3>An Introduction to Display Editing with Vi</h3>
65:
66: The document to learn to use the <b>vi</b> screen editor.
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68: <h3>Ex Reference Manual (Version 3.7)</h3>
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70: The final reference for the <b>ex</b> editor.
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72: <h3>Vi Reference Manual</h3>
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74: The definitive reference for the <b>nvi</b> editor.
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76: <h3>Jove Manual for UNIX Users</h3>
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78: Jove is a small, self-documenting, customizable display editor, based on EMACS.
79: A plausible alternative to
80: <b>vi</b>.
81:
82: <h3>SED - A Non-interactive Text Editor</h3>
83:
84: Describes a one-pass variant of
85: <b>ed</b>
86: useful as a filter for processing large files.
87:
88: <h3>AWK - A Pattern Scanning and Processing Language (Second Edition)</h3>
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90: A program for data selection and transformation.
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92: <h2>Document Preparation</h2>
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94: <h3>Typing Documents on UNIX: Using the -ms Macros with Troff and Nroff</h3>
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96: Describes and gives examples of the basic use of the typesetting tools and
97: ``-ms'', a frequently used package of formatting requests that make it easier
98: to lay out most documents.
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100: <h3>A Revised Version of -ms</h3>
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102: A brief description of the Berkeley revisions made to the -ms formatting
103: macros for nroff and troff.
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105: <h3>Writing Papers with <b>nroff</b> using -me</h3>
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107: Another popular macro package for
108: <b>nroff</b>.
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110: <h3>-me Reference Manual</h3>
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112: The final word on -me.
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114: <h3>NROFF/TROFF User's Manual</h3>
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116: Extremely detailed information about these document formatting programs.
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118: <h3>A TROFF Tutorial</h3>
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120: An introduction to the most basic uses of
121: <b>troff</b>
122: for those who really want to know such things, or want to write their
123: own macros.
124:
125: <h3>A System for Typesetting Mathematics</h3>
126:
127: Describes
128: <b>eqn</b>,
129: an easy-to-learn language for high-quality mathematical typesetting.
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131: <h3>Typesetting Mathematics - User's Guide (Second Edition)</h3>
132:
133: More details about how to use
134: <b>eqn</b>.
135:
136: <h3>Tbl - A Program to Format Tables</h3>
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138: A program for easily typesetting tabular material.
139:
140: <h3>Refer - A Bibliography System</h3>
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142: An introduction to one set of tools used to maintain bibliographic databases.
143: The major program,
144: <b>refer</b>,
145: is used to automatically retrieve and format the references
146: based on document citations.
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148: <h3>Some Applications of Inverted Indexes on the UNIX System</h3>
149:
150: Mike Lesk's paper describes the
151: <b>refer</b>
152: programs in a somewhat larger context.
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154: <h3>BIB - A Program for Formatting Bibliographies</h3>
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156: This is an alternative to
157: <b>refer</b>
158: for expanding citations in documents.
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160: <h3>Writing Tools - The STYLE and DICTION Programs</h3>
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162: These are programs which can help you understand and improve your
163: writing style.
164:
165: <h2>Amusements</h2>
166:
167: <h3>A Guide to the Dungeons of Doom</h3>
168:
169: An introduction to the popular game of <b>rogue</b>, a fantasy game
170: which is one of the biggest known users of VAX cycles.
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172: <h3>Star Trek</h3>
173:
174: You are the Captain of the Starship Enterprise.
175: Wipe out the Klingons and save the Federation.
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