Re: XyWin sounds

[Robert Holmgren holmgren@xxxxxxxx]

** Reply to note from rrr@xxxxxxxx (Rene v. Rentzell ) Sun, 19 Jan 1997 20:48:16 +0900 (JST)

> While I am at it, here is the next XY4 beginners question: The autoexpand
> behaves differently than before. Before, it could distinguish between
> capital and lower case, i.e. where one entry in the personal.spl
> file is: "btt batteriefach", then
> 
> "btt" would expand to "batteriefach",
> "Btt" would expand to "Batteriefach", and
> "BTT" would expand to "BATTERIEFACH".
> 
> In XY4, this option has disappeared. If there is just one capital letter,
> everything expands to "BATTERIEFACH".

Well, that's peculiar; on my system I get the behavior you want. I have,
for example, this line in PERS.SPL:

batikkerrij batikkerij

(I also just put in "btt batteriefach".)

They both expand precisely as you desire, preserving case. You realize, I
assume, that there are _two_ functions involved in Xy4, not just the
single function of 3+: either the old AR (which expands just one word at a
time, and has to be keyed manually each time you want to expand an
abbreviation), or else new func AZ, which toggles auto-expand
(a.k.a. auto-replace) on or off semi-permanently (and restores the `real`
auto-replace which was removed from Xy3+ in v3.56). Apart from
duration, the two functions act identically.

Start from scratch again; you've got something wrong somewhere.
Make sure PERSONAL.SPL (or whatever it's called) is LOADed
(command "va/nv $SP" on the CMline). You realize, I'm sure, that
auto-expand only works while you're typing (i.e. not when you're editing,
or manually changing the spelling).


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Robert Holmgren
holmgren@xxxxxxxx
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