XED User's Manual. Beginning Instruction

This manual is an introduction to the use of the editing program XED on the TENEX computer system. It is written primarily for the first time user. The manual describes the general operation of XED and a basic set of commands to do productive work. The document assumes a familiarity with basic capabilities of TENEX and how to use them. Reference is also made to a generally available TENEX program called SNDMSG which allows users to produce and deliver messages to other TENEX or ARPANET user directories.