RE: xy windows

["Tom Robertson" t-r@xxxxxxxx]

Folks:

For what its worth, I shove large files back and forth between XyWrite and
Windows all the time.

To take a large bunch of XyWrite stuff and put it into Windows, take what
you want and put it into an easy-to-find file. Then in Word for Windows for
example, use file attach and pull the file in as text. (You have that option
on the attachment screen.)

To take a bunch of stuff from Windows (any program though the formatting can
go wonky at times,) have what you want on the screen with the cursor in it,
go Ctrl-A to define it and Ctrl-C to stuff it into the Clipboard

Then go to XyWrite, go Alt-Enter to move XyWrite into a Windows Window, find
or create the XyWrite document you want the text to go to and with the
cursor in the text section of the XyWrite window, go Alt-Space, E, (for
Edit)and P (for Paste.)

To get back to full screen XyWrite and out of Windows, go Alt-Enter again.

It could be easier but at least it works. I have moved really large bunches
of text both ways.

TR...

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-xywrite@xxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-xywrite@xxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Peter Evans
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 1998 10:45 AM
To: xywrite@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: xy windows


Nathan Sivin:

>You can use XYWin to copy *into* the Windows clipboard (e.g.,
>to then paste into an email message) but, at least in my
>setup, you can't go the other way.

In mine, I can. But either way around (copying or pasting), what's clipped
has to be *short*.

If I want to shunt medium-length (let alone long) chunks between XyWin and
conventional Windoze programs, I either do so via TSR or I use TSR instead
of XyWin.

The Technology Group knows about the clipboard limits. After all, George
Bushman said of it on this very mailing list (on 23 September 1997):

> Xywrite's clipboard limit seems to be tied to the page size of your
> document.
> If you set the page length to CUSTOM and a length of 500 MM (approx 20
> inches) at the beginning of the document, then you can cut a larger
> number of words to the clipboard.
>
> I know this is a sloppy work around, but that is the only known
> solution.

But good news: TTG is working on it! According to the company's own web
page http://www.tgrp.com/support/ :

>If you use any of our products and encounter something
>you think is a programming bug, we want to know about
>it! We constantly work to improve our products and
>assure they provide reliable, consistent service you
>can count on.

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Peter Evans