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	I have used Epoch for some time, and I have been quite happy with it.
	However, I decided I should take a look a Lucid Emacs since I had
	heard good things about it and it seems to have more capabilities
	and better integration with X (e.g. popup menus, menu bars, etc.).
	The final point that convinced me was the section of the Lucid
	posting:

> Work has begun on a merger of Epoch and Lucid Emacs.  It seems likely that 
> the next release of Epoch will be based on Lucid Emacs instead of GNU Emacs
> from the FSF.

	However, one thing bothers me about Lucid Emacs. I haven't found
	how one can separate the minibuffer from the screens as Epoch
	allows. Is this possible? I have found this "factoring" out
	of the minibuffer quite useful, and I'd hate to loose it.
	Does anyone know how to do this in Lucid Emacs?? Does anyone
	else like this feature of Epoch??

	The question of the menu bar arises pretty naturally from this point.
	Should one be able to separate the menu bar from the screen also, 
	in a style similar to Frame Maker(R)?? Or should one be able to 
	"factor" it out attached to the minibuffer. I REALLY like the ability
	to have several minimal screens each with a different file or 
	different views of the same file.

	If anyone could tell me how to separate the minibuffer in Lucid
	Emacs, I'd be most grateful or if someone has a patch to allow this,
	that would be great too. And you Epoch Developers what is the
	merged version of Epoch and Lucid Emacs going to look like???
	What sort of time span is the merger likely to take?? etc. etc.


						thanks for any comments,
						Darrell Schiebel