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authorAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-10-06 02:14:14 +0000
committerAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-10-06 02:14:14 +0000
commit991a59d64561c8bb2d13392af86e60e7cfc44773 (patch)
tree201c48a8d2cfb912bd2388b12028f21205613da2 /bin/ed/ed.1
parent24cc46ced482d20d21037ffe1ff47922fd9f2908 (diff)
- Fix numerous formatting glitches.
- Convert plain reference to an mdoc macro'd reference. - Get rid of some annoying short lines, which make the man src hard to read. - parenthesis -> parentheses
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diff --git a/bin/ed/ed.1 b/bin/ed/ed.1
index f8e154cb1bf..e9b283c138e 100644
--- a/bin/ed/ed.1
+++ b/bin/ed/ed.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: ed.1,v 1.25 2000/04/23 21:42:40 aaron Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ed.1,v 1.26 2000/10/06 02:14:13 aaron Exp $
.\"
.Dd May 2, 1993
.Dt ED 1
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is a line-oriented text editor.
-It is used to create, display, modify and otherwise manipulate text
-files.
+It is used to create, display, modify and otherwise manipulate text files.
If invoked with a
.Ar file
argument, then a copy of
@@ -268,19 +267,16 @@ g/string/
.Pp
prints all lines containing
.Em string .
-Regular expressions are also
-used by the
+Regular expressions are also used by the
.Em s
command for selecting old text to be replaced with new.
.Pp
In addition to a specifying string literals, regular expressions can
-represent
-classes of strings.
-Strings thus represented are said to be matched
-by the corresponding regular expression.
-If it is possible for a regular expression
-to match several strings in a line, then the leftmost longest match is
-the one selected.
+represent classes of strings.
+Strings thus represented are said to be matched by the
+corresponding regular expression.
+If it is possible for a regular expression to match several strings in
+a line, then the leftmost longest match is the one selected.
.Pp
The following symbols are used in constructing regular expressions:
.Bl -tag -width Dsasdfsd
@@ -417,7 +413,12 @@ the string
.Em bbb Ns No ),
since a null match
is the only leftmost match.
-.It Em \e{n,m\e} \e{n,\e} \e{n\e}
+.Sm off
+.It Xo Em \e{ No n,m
+.Em \e}\ \e{ No n, Em \e}\
+.Em \e{ No n Em \e}
+.Xc
+.Sm on
Matches the single character regular expression or subexpression
immediately preceding it at least
.Em n
@@ -443,8 +444,7 @@ All
.Nm
commands are single characters, though some require additional parameters.
If a command's parameters extend over several lines, then
-each line except for the last
-must be terminated with a backslash
+each line except for the last must be terminated with a backslash
.Pq Ql \e .
.Pp
In general, at most one command is allowed per line.
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ and returning the editor to command mode.
recognizes the following commands.
The commands are shown together with
the default address or address range supplied if none is
-specified (in parenthesis), and other possible arguments on the right.
+specified (in parentheses), and other possible arguments on the right.
.Bl -tag -width Dxxs
.It (.) Ns Em a
Appends text to the buffer after the addressed line.
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ Sets the default filename to
If
.Em file
is not specified, then the default unescaped filename is printed.
-.It (1,$) Ns Em g/re/command-list
+.It (1,$) Ns Em g Ns No /re/command-list
Applies
.Em command-list
to each of the addressed lines matching a regular expression
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ A newline alone in
is equivalent to a
.Em p
command.
-.It (1,$) Ns Em G/re/
+.It (1,$) Ns Em G Ns No /re/
Interactively edits the addressed lines matching a regular expression
.Em re Ns No .
For each matching line,
@@ -662,11 +662,13 @@ the standard output of
command below).
The default filename is unchanged.
The current address is set to the last line read.
-.It (.,.) Ns Em s Ns No /re/replacement/
-.It (.,.) Ns Em s Ns No /re/replacement/ Ns Em g
-.It (.,.) Ns Em s Ns No /re/replacement/ Ns Em n
-Replaces text in the addressed lines
-matching a regular expression
+.Sm off
+.It Xo (.,.) Em s No /re/replacement/ , \ (.,.)
+.Em s No /re/replacement/ Em g , No \ (.,.)
+.Em s No /re/replacement/ Em n
+.Xc
+.Sm on
+Replaces text in the addressed lines matching a regular expression
.Em re
with
.Em replacement Ns No .
@@ -720,7 +722,7 @@ Newlines may be embedded in
.Em replacement
if they are escaped with a backslash
.Pq Ql \e .
-.It Em (.,.) Ns Em s
+.It (.,.) Ns Em s
Repeats the last substitution.
This form of the
.Em s
@@ -865,7 +867,7 @@ The current line is unchanged.
.It Pa /tmp/ed.*
buffer file
.It Pa ed.hup
-file to which
+where
.Nm
attempts to write the buffer if the terminal hangs up
.El
@@ -878,9 +880,13 @@ attempts to write the buffer if the terminal hangs up
.Pp
USD:12-13
.Pp
-B. W. Kernighan and P. J. Plauger,
-.Em Software Tools in Pascal Ns No ,
-Addison-Wesley, 1981.
+.Rs
+.%A B. W. Kernighan
+.%A P. J. Plauger
+.%B Software Tools in Pascal
+.%O Addison-Wesley
+.%D 1981
+.Re
.Sh LIMITATIONS
.Nm
processes