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Behavioral Aspects of Text Editors
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Volume 13 ,  Issue 1  (March 1981) table of contents
Pages: 33 - 70  
Year of Publication: 1981
ISSN:0360-0300
Authors
David W. Embley  University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
George Nagy  University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
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ACM  New York, NY, USA
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