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- Version 4.0 of Epoch, GNU Emacs for the X windowing system has now
- been formally released. Epoch is based on GNU Emacs version 18.58,
- and adds the following functionality:
-
- o Multiple X-Window support.
- o Marked and attributed regions of text
- o Support for proportional and variably-sized fonts
- o Support for display of 8-bit clean fonts (ISO, etc.)
- o Asynchronous communication with other X Clients
- o Mouse-dragging with hilighting to support cut & paste using Selections
- o Access to raw X-Window objects
- o Support for restoring attributed regions following undo operations
-
- Changes from Epoch 3.2
- ----------------------
- Details on all of these changes are discussed in the file
- `README-Epoch4.0' in the distribution, including comments on
- converting 3.2 Elisp code to run under 4.0.
-
- o Based on 18.58 rather than 18.55
- o Multiple minibuffer modes
- o Epoch "buttons" have been renamed to "zones"
- o Epoch 4.0 supports a fully style-based display
- o Proportional font support
- o Mouse support based on extensions to 3.2 mouse handling
- o Selections rather than cut-buffers are used for cut & paste.
- o "Ascii" support equivalent to running ASCII GNU Emacs
- o Support for sharing directories between Epoch and GNU Emacs 18.58
- installed elsewhere.
- o $HOME/.Xdefaults is not read upon startup for ICCCM compliance.
-
- Getting Epoch
- -------------
- Epoch is available by anonymous ftp from cs.uiuc.edu (128.174.252.1)
- in the directory pub/epoch-files/epoch, either as a full distribution
- or as patches from the most recent Beta release (Epoch 4.0b1).
- Epoch is available in the UK from uk.ac.ic.doc.src (00000510200001) in
- the directory /gnu/epoch. Epoch is also available from
- aix370.rrz.uni-koeln.de (134.95.132.2) in /gnu/emacs/epoch. No
- patches are available from the 3.2 release because of size constraints
- (too much has changed).
-
- Epoch is available on tape: The cost at the time of creating version
- 4.0 was $175.00 for cartridge tapes. We can currently make 1600 BPI
- reel tapes and cartridge tapes for SUN and HP 9000 series machines.
- The price covers the cost of purchasing, making and shipping the
- tapes. You should contact the epoch-request mailing list to confirm
- these rates. Payment should be by cheque made payable to the
- University of Illinois, and sent to:
-
- Epoch Distribution, attn: R. Canaday
- Department of Computer Science
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- 1304 W. Springfield Avenue, Urbana
- Illinois 61801, USA
-
- The files available via ftp are:
-
- ANNOUNCE4.0 this file
- epoch-4.0p0.tar.Z the entire release
- epoch-4.0.epoch-man.tar.Z just the manual
- epoch-4.0.epoch-man.ps.Z postscript version of manual
- epoch-4.0.epoch-man.dvi.Z dvi version of manual
-
- epoch-4.0-update6.tar.Z 4.0p0 in patch form from 4.0b1
-
- Installing Epoch
- ----------------
- Because of the added ascii support and potential lisp directory
- sharing, please refer to the file `INSTALL', which fully discusses the
- steps to get Epoch 4.0 up and running.
-
- Ideas and Support
- -----------------
- There is a newsgroup and gatewayed mailing list for discussing ideas
- about Epoch applications as well as reporting bugs. Submissions can
- be posted directly the group gnu.epoch.misc, or send via mail to
- `epoch@cs.uiuc.edu' (alternatively `uunet!uiucdcs!epoch' or
- `epoch%cs.uiuc.edu@uiucvmd.bitnet'). Mailing list requests (additions or
- deletions from the list) should be sent to `epoch-request'.
-
- Announcements regarding official (i.e. supported) patches and any
- subsequent releases will be made through this channel; patches will be
- available via ftp and email upon request.
-
- Many common questions are answered in the Epoch FAQ (Frequently Asked
- Questions) file, which may be found in `etc/EPOCH-FAQ' in the
- distribution. The manual also is available in info format, by
- pressing C-h i.
-
- At this time, many thanks are due to members of the `epoch-design'
- mailing list and to all Alpha/Beta users; they have contributed much
- to the utility and stability of Epoch 4.0.
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