Re: XYWRITE DEVEL

[Matt Clark clark@xxxxxxxx]

No, XyWrite doesn't run better but Windows sure does.

On Sun, 9 Apr 1995 LESLIE319@xxxxxxxx wrote:

> CHET: > > > > As far as colors or other configuration options go, you can run
> > > > different instances of Xywrite or different instances of
> > > > Windows itself depending on what you want when. It's only a
> > > > question of time-value.
> > > > > > > > Windows may make it easier for dumber people to do dumber things,
> > > > but there's a hell of a lot to learn to use it efficiently.
> > > > > > LESLIE:
> > > > > > 1. On colors: Sorry, but XyWin is totally inflexible about colors. I have
> > > > configured my Windoze basic colors to maroon on grey, which is of course
> > > what XyWin defaults to. My Dos is your basic boring light grey on blue,
> > > but my italics are grey on violet, my bold white on green, my superscripts
> > > grey on red, my inserts are black on green, my deletes are black in red.
> > > If you know a way to duplicate that in Windoze, I would like to hear it.
> > > > > > 2. If I were working in the programs you mention I would use a Mac.
> For
> > > Graphics you can't beat 'em. For text, you can't beat a PC running Dos.
> > > If you're gonna do GUI, then do it right. Boot up Windoze and you see icons
> > > > and toolbars and squiggles and this is supposed to be easy to use????
> Boot
> > > up a Mac and a six year old can get into a graphics program. I just
> wish
> > > they would make a 2-button mouse.
> > > > > > Reader warning: I am dyslexic and have severe problems with right and left
> > > and figuring out, on those tests, which shape is the same rotated into a
> > > different position.
> > > > > > --Leslie-- > > > > MATT:
> > > PMJI, but with Norton Desktop I've found that I can practically eliminate
> > the use of a mouse and save system resources by doing away with icons.
> > It's almost like DOS, but slower.
> > > Matt,
> > So if it's almost like DOS, but slower, why bother? What are the benefits?
> Does XyWrite run better?
> > --Leslie--
>