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15: <h1>4.4BSD User's Supplementary Documents (USD)</h1>
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17: <h2>Getting Started</h2>
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19: <h3>Unix for Beginners - Second Edition</h3>
20:
21: An introduction to the most basic uses of the system.
22:
23: <h3>Learn - Computer-Aided Instruction on UNIX (Second Edition)</h3>
24:
25: Describes a computer-aided instruction program that walks new users through
1.4 miod 26: the basics of files, the editor, and document preparation software.
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28: <h2>Basic Utilities</h2>
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30: <h3>An Introduction to the UNIX Shell</h3>
31:
32: Steve Bourne's introduction to the capabilities of
33: <B>sh</B> a command interpreter especially popular for writing shell scripts.
34:
35: <h3>An Introduction to the C shell</h3>
36:
37: This introduction to <B>csh</B> (a command interpreter popular for interactive work) describes many
38: commonly used UNIX commands, assumes little prior knowledge of UNIX,
39: and has a glossary useful for beginners.
40:
41: <h3>DC - An Interactive Desk Calculator</h3>
42:
43: A super HP calculator, if you do not need floating point.
44:
45: <h3>BC - An Arbitrary Precision Desk-Calculator Language</h3>
46:
47: A front end for DC that provides infix notation, control flow, and
48: built-in functions.
49:
50: <h2>Communicating with the World</h2>
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52: <h3>Mail Reference Manual</h3>
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54: Complete details on one of the programs for sending and reading your mail.
55:
56: <h3>The Rand MH Message Handling System</h3>
57:
58: This system for managing your computer mail uses lots of small programs,
59: instead of one large one.
60:
61: <h2>Text Editing</h2>
62:
63: <h3>A Tutorial Introduction to the Unix Text Editor</h3>
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65: An easy way to get started with the line editor,
66: <b>ed</b>.
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68: <h3>Advanced Editing on Unix</h3>
69:
70: The next step.
71:
72: <h3>An Introduction to Display Editing with Vi</h3>
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74: The document to learn to use the <b>vi</b> screen editor.
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76: <h3>Ex Reference Manual (Version 3.7)</h3>
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78: The final reference for the <b>ex</b> editor.
79:
80: <h3>Vi Reference Manual</h3>
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82: The definitive reference for the <b>nvi</b> editor.
83:
84: <h3>Jove Manual for UNIX Users</h3>
85:
86: Jove is a small, self-documenting, customizable display editor, based on EMACS.
87: A plausible alternative to
88: <b>vi</b>.
89:
90: <h3>SED - A Non-interactive Text Editor</h3>
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92: Describes a one-pass variant of
93: <b>ed</b>
94: useful as a filter for processing large files.
95:
96: <h3>AWK - A Pattern Scanning and Processing Language (Second Edition)</h3>
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98: A program for data selection and transformation.
99:
100: <h2>Document Preparation</h2>
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102: <h3>Typing Documents on UNIX: Using the -ms Macros with Troff and Nroff</h3>
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104: Describes and gives examples of the basic use of the typesetting tools and
105: ``-ms'', a frequently used package of formatting requests that make it easier
106: to lay out most documents.
107:
108: <h3>A Revised Version of -ms</h3>
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110: A brief description of the Berkeley revisions made to the -ms formatting
111: macros for nroff and troff.
112:
113: <h3>Writing Papers with <b>nroff</b> using -me</h3>
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115: Another popular macro package for
116: <b>nroff</b>.
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118: <h3>-me Reference Manual</h3>
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120: The final word on -me.
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122: <h3>NROFF/TROFF User's Manual</h3>
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124: Extremely detailed information about these document formatting programs.
125:
126: <h3>A TROFF Tutorial</h3>
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128: An introduction to the most basic uses of
129: <b>troff</b>
130: for those who really want to know such things, or want to write their
131: own macros.
132:
133: <h3>A System for Typesetting Mathematics</h3>
134:
135: Describes
136: <b>eqn</b>,
137: an easy-to-learn language for high-quality mathematical typesetting.
138:
139: <h3>Typesetting Mathematics - User's Guide (Second Edition)</h3>
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141: More details about how to use
142: <b>eqn</b>.
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144: <h3>Tbl - A Program to Format Tables</h3>
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146: A program for easily typesetting tabular material.
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148: <h3>Refer - A Bibliography System</h3>
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150: An introduction to one set of tools used to maintain bibliographic databases.
151: The major program,
152: <b>refer</b>,
153: is used to automatically retrieve and format the references
154: based on document citations.
155:
156: <h3>Some Applications of Inverted Indexes on the UNIX System</h3>
157:
158: Mike Lesk's paper describes the
159: <b>refer</b>
160: programs in a somewhat larger context.
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162: <h3>BIB - A Program for Formatting Bibliographies</h3>
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164: This is an alternative to
165: <b>refer</b>
166: for expanding citations in documents.
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168: <h3>Writing Tools - The STYLE and DICTION Programs</h3>
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170: These are programs which can help you understand and improve your
171: writing style.
172:
173: <h2>Amusements</h2>
174:
175: <h3>A Guide to the Dungeons of Doom</h3>
176:
177: An introduction to the popular game of <b>rogue</b>, a fantasy game
178: which is one of the biggest known users of VAX cycles.
179:
180: <h3>Star Trek</h3>
181:
182: You are the Captain of the Starship Enterprise.
183: Wipe out the Klingons and save the Federation.
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