SPAWN

 Spawns a subprocess, suspending, but not ending, your current editing
 session.  This is useful for running another utility, such as MAIL, or
 executing a series of DCL commands without ending your editing session.

 Examples:

    Command         Purpose or effects
    ---------------------------------------------------------------------
    SPAWN mail      Spawns a subprocess, invoking MAIL.  Exiting from MAIL
                    ends the subprocess and resumes your editing session.

    SPAWN           If you do NOT specify a command string, EVE spawns a
                    subprocess for DCL.  To end the subprocess and resume
                    editing, log out.

 o  Using SPAWN and ATTACH commands, you can keep an editing session active
    throughout your entire VMS session (or login) -- effectively making EVE
    a "kept" editor.  This makes it faster to resume editing, but uses more
    system resources.

 o  To execute a single DCL command, use the EVE command DCL.  For example,
    DCL DIRECTORY/COLUMN=4 *.TXT spawns a subprocess for the DIRECTORY
    command and puts its output (the directory list of files) in a buffer
    in a second window.  You can remove or copy the directory list and
    insert it in another buffer.

 Key:  The WPS keypad defines GOLD/$ as SPAWN.

 Related topics:

    ATTACH    DCL    SPELL