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- From: toma@sail.LABS.TEK.COM (Tom Almy)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
- Subject: Re: Want history/command editing facilities in free Lisps
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- Date: 15 Dec 92 15:24:30 GMT
- References: <1992Dec8.150654.6516@st-andrews.ac.uk> <HANCHE.92Dec9104214@ptolemy.ams.sunysb.edu> <1992Dec15.034053.10061@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec15.034053.10061@midway.uchicago.edu> ab2r@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
- >(Xlisp-Plus 2.1 does allow you to use DOS command line
- >facilities. So if you've got something set up in DOS to give you
- >history/editing, you get it for free in Xlisp-Plus. It's nice.
- >(Thanks, Tom Almy.)
-
- You're welcome!
-
- >It's also possible to use small
- >Lisps within the Epsilon editor, which I've done sometimes with
- >Xlisp, XScheme, and SCM (I think), but it's messy. The Lisp often
- >gets confused about what you've typed in.
-
- I've never lost keystrokes, but command line editing doesn't work properly
- unless you set *dos-input* non-nil. You can also use the 80386 protected mode
- compiled Xlisp in the process window, you aren't limited to the real mode
- version.
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- Tom Almy
- toma@sail.labs.tek.com
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