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EN+ 2.1 wishlist?

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From: Mr U.A.W. Wilson
Date: Fri, 02 Sep 1994 09:47
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	I suspect (hope) it is too late to make suggestions for EN v2, but
is it hasn't already been addressed, is it possible to enable searches of
EN libraries using the 'find' command to run in the back ground?  There
are often times when I am trying to compose that all important sentence
that is going to rock the scientific community, and know some of the
supporting references that I will cite but carry out a search to bring
up others that are related.  Ideally, this search could be carrying on
in the background while I wrestle with semantics, rather than my having
to stare at the wristwatch after finishing the sentence.

	I know there are problems with the lack of true multi-tasking
on the Mac (sorry forgot to mention: MS Word, PIM, Mac, Sys 7.0.1+, 
PB100) but could the co-operative multi-tasking not be utilised.
For example, Compact Pro can happily compress away in the background
while I do other things.  This works well even on my lowly 16 MHz 680000
machine.  Could EN not do the same?

All discussion and technical enlightenment welcome.

Ulli

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