Re: glitch putting Xywrite on Windows XP

[Lynn Brenner lynn.brenner.nyc@xxxxxxxx]

Carl,

Am I right that in the second line of the BATch file, there's a space between "path" and %PATH%?

@echo off
path %PATH%;e:\xy
editor exe

If so, I wrote it correctly.

Any thoughts on what I should do differently before attempting your Option (1) solution? I'd like to exhaust the BATch file approach before I try the global solution.



Lynn



On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 5:53 PM, Lynn Brenner mailto:lynn.brenner.nyc@xxxxxxxx wrote:



I made an elementary error in describing what I did!

The file I wrote is:

@echo off
path %PATH%;e:\xy
editor.exe

But I did report its failure accurately...

Lynn







On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 5:50 PM, Lynn Brenner mailto:lynn.brenner.nyc@xxxxxxxx wrote:




I wrote a file called solve.bat:

@echo off
path %PATH%;e:\xy


I saved it in e:\xy and rebooted.

But it seems to have made no difference: Xywrite still doesn't give me access to the thesaurus or spell check.






Have I made an elementary error?

Lynn



On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 10:00 PM, Carl Distefano mailto:cld@xxxxxxxx wrote:







Reply to note from Lynn Brenner mailto:lynn.brenner.nyc@xxxxxxxx Tue, 2

Aug 2011 18:38:18 -0400



> Should I write this file at the Dos prompt? Alternatively, can

> I write it in Windows Notebook -- and if so, where do I save

> it?



The DOS prompt is fine. (I assume you're familiar with the COPY CON

command.) It's easier to use a text editor, though -- XyWrite, to

pull an example out of the air.



Save the file in any directory you choose (for example, your \XY

directory).



I don't know what three dots in the Path means. One dot and two dots

are used to indicate relative paths (".\" refers to the current

directory, and "..\" to the directory immediately above the current

directory). I'm guessing that "..." is just a placeholder, and can

safely be omitted.



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Carl Distefano

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