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From: cramer@kontron.UUCP (Clayton Cramer)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: Epsilon misinformation
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Date: Fri, 17-May-85 15:38:10 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 17 15:38:10 1985
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> In view of the misinformation about Epsilon recently posted to this
> newsgroup, I am posting this reply as a courtesy to Todd Doucet of
> Lugaru Software Ltd.  Mr. Doucet is a personal friend, but I have
> no affiliation with his company, except as an Epsilon user.
> 
> William Maddox
> {decwrl, seismo, ucbvax}!whm@cmu-cs-spice.arpa
> 
> -----------
> 
> Dear Mr. Cramer:
> 
> You keep repeating that Epsilon does not allow compiling or shell interaction
> in a window.  Several people have told you that it does indeed, yet you
> remain unconvinced.  I believe you are confused because Epsilon has more
> than one process command.
> 
> There is a command named PUSH, which is bound to C-X C-E.  That works as you
> said:  it fires up an inferior program, and returns to Epsilon when that
> program exits.
> 
> There is another process command called START-PROCESS, which is bound to
> C-XC-M (not C-X<Enter>).  That command indeed fires up a shell, or compiler,
> etc, and CONCURRENTLY executes it while you continue to use Epsilon.
> 
> These commands are extensively documented in the Epsilon Reference Manual,
> which every owner of a copy of Epsilon should have received when he purchased
> Epsilon.
> 
> If you have any other problems, we at Lugaru Software Ltd. are proud of our
> customer support offered to Epsilon users:  simply call us and give your
> serial number, and we'll answer all of your questions.
> 
> Todd Doucet
> Lugaru Software Ltd.
> PO Box 110037
> Pittsburgh, PA  15232
> 412-621-5911

It is entirely possible that I have misunderstood the manual for Epsilon;
because it is so similar to EMACS, it is very easy to assume that it works
identically.  I will assume that I have misunderstood the manual.  Thanks
for the explanation.