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I see the bitmap and true type option when I click on the
shortcut, but I see the Lucinda/raster options when I click on the top bar,
after xywrite is open.
As I said before I don't actually run xywrite in windows --
it's in a root directory, under windows, and that may make a
difference.
You might be able to check this by clicking 'start', then
'run' and type 'cmd' -- then type the address of your xywrite. If that doesn't
give you the option you can load xywrite onto a usb key and run it from the key
in the cmd program. I've done this lots of times, to see how a new computer
would run xywrite.
I usually run xy on a laptop, with lcd screen, and it works
fine. My wife runs it on a desktop with lcd screen, and it still works fine.
CRT? maybe -- but I don't think there would be any advantage.
andy t
----- Original Message -----
Subject: Re: New monitor/bad
resolution
Well, a bit of progress on both the Xywrite and monitor fronts, but still
major legibility problems. Thanks to Andy's and Flash's suggestions, I
have made my Xywrite window much larger, with larger type. I switched from
Bitmap to TrueType (I don't have Lucinda Console or raster that you
mentioned), and it's now in 13x22 (that's lines, I suppose). But it's
confusing: Last night, none of the improvements I'd made in the Xy window
would show up on the full screen. Today, however, I turned on the computer,
and the full screen was quite changed--into tiny squeezed type that's
unreadable. I'm not totally opposed to writing in Xy window now,
but two problems there: 1) I can't get a righthand margin--the type goes right
up against the vertical border of the window, and 2) the new TrueType typeface
is sans serif, which isn't the worst thing, I know, but I sure did like the
serifed font of Xywrite in full screen--I guess that's the Bitmap. Bitmap
still shows up in full screen--I'm unable to change the font there--but, as I
said, it's shrunken and squeezed, and still blurry. It seems that the full
screen either doesn't respond at all or responds weirdly to the changes I make
in the Xy window. Does this have anything to with anything? In
Editor Properties, under Screen, I've tried changing the number of
lines--from default to 25 to 50. I've changed back to 25, and again,
whatever I do in the Xy window, doesn't seem to translate in the full
screen. (I've tried restarting the computer several times to see if this
effects it, and it doesn't seem to.) Or is this a problem? Of all the
icons at the top of the Xy window--copy, font, properties, font, etc., the
only one that doesn't respond to clicking it, is "background." Anyone know
what that's for? As for the new LCD monitor itself: I somehow found how
to make the font 125% the size. The list of email, the address
bar, and the toolbar at the top (or is that the taskbar?) are easier to
ready now simply because the letters are larger. But the underlying legibility
problems remain: white ghosts behind some letters (especially in
black-on-gray), other letters blurred; broken, unsolid letters, and thin
and thick renditions of the same letter, sometimes in the same line. (As I
wrote that last sentence, I got a thin "t" in thin, and a thick "t" in
thick!). That is, the legibility problems I described in my first
message below are making me think that (whether or not I solve the Xywrite
problem) an LCD widescreen is just a bad match for my old ME computer. I saw
in some 2005 archived messages that Jordan seemed pleased enough with a 19"
Planar LCD and Irene Silverman even more pleased with a Samsung
SyncMaster 570 V flat LCD screen.
http://p70-144.acedsl.com/xywrite/2005/msg00157.htm
If either of you see this message, can you tell me how are those monitors
working now? Or can anyone else suggest an LCD monitor more compatible with an
ME? Or should I go CRT?
Thanks for any help
beforehand!
Leslie
----- Original Message -----
Subject: Re: New monitor/bad
resolution
I think I've had the problem, and this was the
solution.
The screen I'm talking about is not actually an xy screen
-- it's part of the windows command line (cmd) screen. the grey bar above
the actual xy screen where, (on mine) you see the words "editor.exe" and the
windows ikons to minimize, close or full screen the window.
I'm doing this on windows xp (I think) but it has also
worked on older ones -- 95 and 98.
'bitmap' and 'true type' I think are windows things. This
may be connected with the way xy is loaded into your machine. Apparently the
way I have it -- below windows, in directory \xy -- is not kosher, but it
seems to work.
andy t
----- Original Message -----
Subject: Re: New monitor/bad
resolution
Andy,
Not sure which Xywrite
screen, or bar above it, you mean. If I right-click on the desktop
and click "properties," then "settings," I can
choose colors and the screen area, which I've already done but
to no avail.
Do you mean the Xywrite screen
that you get when you're in Xywrite and do alt-enter to get the
smaller xywrite window? There I've clicked "Font"
and the choices I get aren't Lucinda console or raster but
Bitmap or True Type. In any case, when I switch back to the full screen,
only the Bitmap shows up. Same with the font size: I can make it smaller,
but on full screen it remains the same size as ever.
Is there a Xywrite screen
I'm missing? I'd like to try changing the font and size, but so far
it doesn't work.
In any case, I'm wondering if
anyone else out there has had similar resolution problems when pairing a
new monitor with Xywrite and/or with an old computer that supports
Xywrite.
----- Original Message -----
Subject: Re: New monitor/bad
resolution
might be your choice of type.
right click on the bar above the xywrite screen,
choose defaults, then fonts.
you get two choices -- Lucinda console and raster
fonts, (and choice of sizes -- but that can come later)
whatever you have, choose the other and see if that
works better.
beyond that -- others seem to have a lot of high tech
solutions and type choices, but this is the easy one if it
works.
andy t
----- Original Message -----
Subject: New monitor/bad
resolution
I hope someone can help on
this (and Hi, Jon Pareles!)
My new flat-panel monitor
has terrible resolution for print. The video and
graphics work fine, but text is difficult to read in Windows and
even worse in Xywrite, where the widescreen seems to pull the letters
till they're fat and fuzzy and, regardless of adjustments
in brightness etc., dull.
Some
specs:
I'm using Xywrite III Plus,
version 3.56.
My computer is the horrid
Windows ME (Dell Dimension 1400), which I keep solely for
Xywrite.
The monitor I just retired
came with the ME and the screen is 13" wide, 9 1/2" high, and 16" diagonal.
The new monitor is a Dell
1908WFP, 16" wide, 10" high, 19" diagonal.
Windows
problems: Except for most headlines and subheads, the letters
themselves aren't quite solid; sometimes I'll get a thin "t," a word
later, a thicker "t." The same word may contain both wispy and
solid letters. Some letters blur, though they'll be unblurry a
line away. The words in the address bar are harder to read, and when
highlighted, in reverse type, still harder. They and the black-on-gray
letters at the top of an email (those that spell "Edit," "Format,"
etc.) sometimes come with little halos, and when they don't, the
letters tend to blur, the black of the letter spilling
into the white of the halo, resulting in dark gray
fuzz.
The screen slumps in
the middle, most at the top, where the straight lines and bars
make the sagging more apparent. This occurs on websites, email,
and Xywrite.
Xywrite
problems:
The letters are too
fat and blurry. I expect them to be larger, but as I said, the
widescreen seems to bloat them. Also, the command field and about
the top 10th of the screen are darker than the
rest.
My previous monitor handled
Xywrite beautifully: I bought a new one only because the tiny
type on Windows was straining my eyes. By
comparison, the old monitor's white-on-black screen was
a relief. Now, the new monitor is a strain in both Win and Xy.
Fiddling while eyes burn:
Both on Xy and Win, I've
fiddled with brightness, contrast, sharpness, pixels, and "phase"
(though the online manual doesn't explain what that is). While some
combinations of those seem to improve Windows' resolution, it's
not quite enough. No combination of adjustments improves the type on
Xywrite. (Well, lowering the pixels is better than expanding
them.)
On "Display Properties," I
have the color set at Tru Color (32 bit) and the Screen Area at 1280
by 800 pixels. The online instructions advise 1400 x 900 pixels, but
my computer doesn't get there. Again, I've tried different combos
of pixels and color, but these two are the best.
So what to do? More
adjustments? Are there adjustments within Xywrite I should
try? (Please be aware, if you aren't by now, I'm not tech savvy.)
Is the widescreen and/or LCD the problem, and should I try
to find a square and/or CRT monitor instead? Do they even make 'em
square anymore? I purchased this thing from Staples less than 30
days ago, and so a return or exchange is possible.
Any advice is most
welcome.
Thanks!
Leslie
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