Msg: RE: A radical idea: a new XyWrite

I suspect the problem may be the lack of translation between the XY3 "PT" (Print Type) commands, which were largely user-definable other than PT1=10--pitch, PT2=12-pitch, and PT3=Proportional. There is no cognate in XY4 or NB: You would need to invent a program to translate any customized or noncustomized typefaces into the current font, size, and style commands.

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From: xywrite-bounce@xxxxxxxx [mailto:xywrite-bounce@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Myron Gochnauer
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2018 2:52 PM
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Subject: Re: A radical idea: a new XyWrite

... In our office, we regularly draw upon a huge library of legal documents that were written in Xy 3+, and which are heavily and precisely formatted with Xy deltas. In testing that at home, I have found NB to be a total non-starter. Attempts to import any of these documents yields apparent gibberish, in a typesize so tiny that you would need a microscope to read it.

Interesting. One of the things I've always valued about any version of Xy is that its formatting codes are fairly intuitive, and are hidden by only two non-standard characters.

I don't recall any brick-wall problems reading Xy4 files into NB. What Xy3 codes produce problems when read by NB? Since NB reads and 'understands' basic Xy formatting, why can't the incompatibilities be corrected by search-and-replace? I'm guessing that there many have been an evolution in page layout, line spacing, margin changes and similar things.

NB did not preserve XPL, so U2 and many other nifty Xy additions won't work, of course, but these are not necessary for text and its embedded formatting codes. What is missing or broken?

Myron