External Program Execution

Stedi allows the execution of external programs from within the editor. This can be useful if you are working on a program and then would like to compile the program and run it for testing. To execute an external program, you enter the command line, type `!' and then the name of the program.

You may also pass a command tail to the program if it can accept one. To facilitate repetitive calls to the same program, a program name and a command tail can be stored in buffers set aside for this purpose and then executed using abbreviated commands. If you are using stedi with a shell that allows interaction with the editor you may also execute shell commands from within the editor. These features are fully explained in the section on `Executing External Programs'.