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