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- Version 1.1 changes October 1987.
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- - Added "VIPATH" environment variable.
- - Fixed bug with argument lists that exceeded ARG_CHARS chars in multiple().
- - Added #ifdef statements to enable compilation on a SUN.
- - Put #defines etc into e.h as they were getting in the way.
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- Version 1.2 changes December 1987.
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- - Made the numbering on "e -" the same as for "e .".
- - System V port (thanks to Simon Brown).
- - Added man page (thanks to Phil Oldiges).
- - Fixed handling of the VIPATH variable so that it doesn't screw up
- when there is more than one delimiter. Added new delimiters.
- - Cleaned up terminal handling to use ioctl().
- - Cleaned up error handling.
- - Fixed (for sure this time) the bug with long argument lists.
- - Made returns consistent in check().
- - Flagged suspected unsatisfied symbolic link in check().
- - Added #define called E_PATH which contains the name of the environment
- variable containing the PATH for cross directory stuff. (set to "VIPATH").
- - Added E_MODE #define for the protection mode for .e (set to 0644).
- - Fixed spelling correction to offer all likely targets in a directory, not
- just the first encountered. Added 'N' option to say "I meant what I said,
- don't give me more possible corrections."
- - Comments!
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- - Allow backspacing on a select line.
- - Make .exrc files be inherited when e'ing across directories.
- - Spelling corrections across directories.
- - Plenty of fancy things.
- - Keep a single .e file in $HOME and then it's easy to use the history in
- unwriteable directories etc. do this nicely with hashing/binary search etc.
- (suggested by ian! allen)
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- Terry Jones, Department Of Computer Science, University Of Waterloo
- Waterloo Ontario Canada N2L 3G1
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