New in Epsilon 9.0

Epsilon 9.0 was released on 15 October 1997. This document shows some of the features we added in that version. You can also see the features we added in other versions. Here's how to order your update.

This release includes a 32-bit native Windows executable for Windows 95 and Windows NT, a 16-bit Windows version designed for Windows 3.1, and an updated DOS version of Epsilon. All versions share most customization files.

New Features

Some features are only available under certain operating system versions of Epsilon.

indicates a feature is available in both the 16-bit and 32-bit Windows versions of Epsilon.

indicates a feature is only available under Windows NT or Windows 95.

Internet support. Type an ftp file name at a file prompt and watch Epsilon asynchronously retrieve the file from a computer on the Internet. Also edit remote directories using dired, save files, run a Telnet session, retrieve HTML documents, and more. All operations run in the background; no need to wait for an operation to finish.
Auto ID of file types (Binary, Unix and Macintosh).
Epsilon now supports a concurrent process under Windows NT.
The concurrent process buffer now keeps a command history in all environments. Prompts and input appear in different colors.

New modes for HTML and TeX.
Syntax highlighting for HTML, TeX, dired, grep, process, diff, and more.
C Mode enhancements like smart paste, preprocessor conditionals matching, and more.
Integrated EEL compiler.
Set colors interactively under Windows using a new dialog.

Automatically show matching delimiters in C, TeX, and HTML.
DOS/OEM character set translation.
Set the font for dialogs or printing.
Create file associations for Epsilon; add files to an Epsilon session via DDE.
Case preserving replace.
Support for the Microsoft IntelliMouse and other three-button mice.

There are also many other minor improvements throughout the editor.

Here's how to order your update.

Last Updated: 1 October 2009