1      Information on Multics is stored in segments.  The various kinds of text
 2 that comprise information on Multics are placed in segments in several ways.
 3 By far the most common way is to enter text by way of a text editor.  Multics
 4 has a number of editors; the three most commonly used are listed in the menu
 5 above.
 6 
 7      An editor is a special environment in which you can write new text and
 8 edit existing text.  An editor is invoked simply by typing its name as a
 9 "command."  Some editor commands, of which emacs is one, accept "pathname"
10 "arguments" that enable you to select a segment for editing at the time you
11 invoke the editor.  For example, the command line:
12 
13 emacs my_segment
14 
15 will set up the emacs editor and display the segment named my_segment for
16 you to work on.  With the Qedx and Ted editors, you have to wait until the
17 editor is invoked to select a segment.  When you intend to create a new
18 segment, you just start typing once the editor is in place; you name the
19 segment when it is time to store it.