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UNIX® Text Processing

Publisher: SAMS, 1987 , 665 pages

ISBN: 0-672-46291-5

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Today, writers not only work with words, they work with computers and the software programs, printers, and terminals that are part of a computer system.

UNIX Text Processing reveals how computers can be used effectively in the preparation of written documents, particularly major book-length projects. The useful tools and techniques featured in UNIX Text Processing can help you unlock the resources and power of a computer system to tackle such writing projects as technical manuals, reports, and proposals.

In these pages, you'll learn:

What's in the UNIX toolbox for writers, including format design, printing, and editing.
How to make the computer do most of the work, using shell scripts and editing scripts.
How to make use of the awk programming language for managing information.
How to create simple line drawings, tables, and equations.
How troff helps you take advantage of the capabilities of laser printers and typesetters.
How to customize macros for document formatting.

From Typewriters to Word Processors
- A Workspace
- Tools for Editing
- Document Formatting
- Printing
- Other UNIX Text-Processing Tools
UNIX Fundamentals
- The UNIX Shell
- Output Redirection
- Special Characters
- Environment Variables
- Pipes and Filters
- Shell Scripts
Learning vi
- Session 1: Basic Commands
- Opening a File
- Moving the Cursor
- Simple Edits
- Session 2: Moving Around in a Hurry
- Movement by Screens
- Movement by Text Blocks
- Movement by Searches
- Movement by Line Numbers
- Session 3: Beyond the Basics
- Command-Line Options
- Customizing vi
- Edits and Movement
- More Ways to Insert Text
- Using Buffers
- Marking Your Place
- Other Advanced Edits
nroff and troff
- What the Formatter Does
- Using nroff
- Using troff
- The Markup Language
- Turning Filling On and Off
- Controlling Justification
- Hyphenation
- Page Layout
- Page Transitions
- Changing Fonts
- A First Look at Macros
The ms Macros
- Formatting a Text File with ms
- Page Layout
- Paragraphs
- Changing Font and Point Size
- Displays
- Headings
- Cover Sheet Macros
- Miscellaneous Features
- Page Headers and Footers
- Problems on the First Page
- Extensions to ms
The mm Macros
- Formatting a Text File
- Page Layout
- Justification
- Word Hyphenation
- Displays
- Changing Font and Point Size
- More about Displays
- Forcing a Page Break
- Formatting Lists
- Headings
- Table of Contents
- Footnotes and References
- Extensions to mm
Advanced Editing
- The ex Editor
- Using ex Commands in vi
- Write Locally, Edit Globally
- Pattern Matching
- Writing and Quitting Files
- Reading In a File
- Executing UNIX Commands
- Editing Multiple Files
- Word Abbreviation
- Saving Commands with map
Formatting with tbl
- Using tbl
- Specifying Tables
- A Simple Table Example
- Laying Out a Table
- Describing Column Formats
- Changing the Format within a Table
- Putting Text Blocks in a Column
- Breaking Up Long Tables
- Putting Titles on Tables
- A tbl Checklist
- Some Complex Tables
Typesetting Equations with eqn
- A Simple eqn Example
- Using eqn
- Specifying Equations
- Spaces in Equations
- Using Braces for Grouping
- Special Character Names
- Special Symbols
- Other Positional Notation
- Diacritical Marks
- Defining Terms
- Quoted Text
- Fine-Tuning the Document
- Keywords and Precedence
- Problem Checklist
Drawing Pictures
- The pic Preprocessor
- From Describing to Programming Drawings
- pic Enhancements
A Miscellany of UNIX Commands
- Managing Your Files
- Viewing the Contents of a File
- Searching for Information in a File
- Proofing Documents
- Comparing Versions of the Same Document
- Manipulating Data
- Cleaning Up and Backing Up
- Compressing Files
- Communications
- Scripts of UNIX Sessions
Let the Computer Do the Dirty Work
- Shell Programming
- ex Scripts
- Stream Editing (sed)
- A Proofreading Tool You Can Build
The awk Programming Language
- Invoking awk
- Records and Fields
- Testing Fields
- Passing Parameters from a Shell Script
- Changing the Field Separator
- System Variables
- Looping
- awk Applications
- Testing Programs
Writing nroff and troff Macros
- Comments
- Defining Macros
- Macro Names
- Macro Arguments
- Nested Macro Definitions
- Conditional Execution
- Interrupted Lines
- Number Registers
- Defining Strings
- Diversions
- Environment Switching
- Redefining Control and Escape Characters
- Debugging Your Macros
- Error Handling
- Macro Style
Figures and Special Effects
- Formatter Escape Sequences
- Local Vertical Motions
- Local Horizontal Motions
- Absolute Motions
- Line Drawing
- Talking Directly to the Printer
- Marking a Vertical Position
- Overstriking Words or Characters
- Tabs, Leaders, and Fields
- Constant Spacing
- Pseudo-Fonts
- Character Output Translations
- Output Line Numbering
- Change Bars
- Form Letters
- Reading in Other Files or Program Output
What's in a Macro Package?
- Just What Is a Macro Package, Revisited
- Building a Consistent Framework
- Page Transitions
- Page Transitions in ms
- Some Extensions to the Basic Package
- Other Exercises in Page Transition
An Extended ms Macro Package
- Creating a Custom Macro Package
- Structured Technical Documents
- Figure and Table Headings
- Lists, Lists, and More Lists
- Source Code and Other Examples
- Notes, Cautions, and Warnings
- Table of Contents, Index, and Other End Lists
Putting It All Together
- Saving an External Table of Contents
- Index Processing
- Let make Remember the Details
- Where to Go from Here

Editor Command Summary
- Pattern-Matching Syntax
- The vi Editor
- The ex Editor
- The sed Editor
- awk
Formatter Command Summary
- nroff/troff Command-Line Syntax
- nroff/troff Requests
- Escape sequences
- Predefined Number Registers
- Special Characters
- The ms macros
- The mm Macros
- tbl Command Characters and Words
- eqn Command Characters
- The pic Preprocessor
Shell Command Summary
Format of troff Width Tables
- The DESC File
- Font Description Files
- Compiling Font Files
- Font Usage Limitations
Comparing mm and ms
- Paragraphs
- Justification
- Displays
- Formatting Lists
- Change Font
- Change Point Size
- Headers and Footers
- Section Headings
- Footnotes
The format Macros
- Summary of the Macros
Selected Readings
- Introductory UNIX Texts
- Advanced Topics

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