Msg: Re: Beginner .kbd syntax question

44=DZ,BX,(,S,A,D,/,N,V, ,L,P,T,4,) works fine when exactly cut-and-pasted to CTRL-z and CTRL-SHFT-z (key 44) and CRTL-v (key 47).

In some oddity, though, it has no effect when assigned to CTRL-c (key 46). I wonder if Windows 10 is doing something peculiar with that key.

Not that it matters. I've got a one-stroke CLIP again, so thanks, Carl.

Jon Pareles

From: "Carl Distefano" mailto:cld@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Beginner .kbd syntax question
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 17:19:48 -0400

Reply to note from "Carl Distefano" mailto:cld@xxxxxxxx Wed, 30 Mar 2016
17:16:20 -0400

> You were off by one function. You want BX (Blind Execute) instead
> of JM:
>
> 44=XH,BX,(,S,A,D,/,N,V, ,L,P,T,4,)

Better still:

44=DZ,BX,(,S,A,D,/,N,V, ,L,P,T,4,)

Func DZ closes the DeFine (like the second press of the DF key).

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Carl Distefano
mailto:cld@xxxxxxxx

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Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 10:06:02 -0400
From: Harry Binswanger mailto:hb@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Big ci frame for Tame users

Thanks, Carl.

Per usual, I can't quite figure out from the docs how to get it to work on
my (uniquely fussy) system.

But I have no real need for anything other than BCI.

Regards,
Harry

>Reply to note from Harry Binswanger mailto:hb@xxxxxxxx Mon, 28 Mar 2016
>12:56:23 -0400
>
>Harry,
>
>Take a look at U2 routines CML and U2L. They accept commands and
>framenames, respectively, that don't fit on the CMline.
>
>--
>Carl Distefano
>mailto:cld@xxxxxxxx

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Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 17:38:00 -0400
From: Harry Binswanger mailto:hb@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: xywrite Digest V8 #36

I put all my data files inside the Dropbox folder. I often go back to find
an earlier version of a many-times overwritten file.
BTW, it's wonderful to get the feature on Dropbox that used to be called
"packrat." It saves every verion of every file, forever. I have thousands of
versions going back years of some files that I reuse under the same name.

I think "packrat" (or whatever it's now called) costs about $35 a year.

From: Bill Troop mailto:billtroop@xxxxxxxx[1]>
I can also report that so far, the simple method of saving to two drives
C:,D:
is working well for me - -

Bill, I have been saving to two drives with c:,d: like, forever. Now I
assignone of those drives to Dropbox, so no matter where I am (in the house,
on the globe) I have access to a copy of my most recent files. Handy when
one's hard drive dies, which mine did recently.

I'm using Boxer on a Mac (actually several), which has the ability to assign
drive letters to any folder(s) I choose. Can put Xy4 in a folder in Dropbox,
Goggledrive, et., and work directly from it as well.

Lisa

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From: "Carl Distefano" mailto:cld@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: xywrite Digest V8 #36
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 18:32:51 -0400

Reply to note from "Lisa Kleinholz" mailto:dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxx
(Redacted sender "lkleinholz" for DMARC) Wed, 30 Mar 2016 12:10:11
+0000 (UTC)

> I'm using Boxer on a Mac (actually several), which has the ability
> to assign drive letters to any folder(s) I choose. Can put Xy4 in
> a folder in Dropbox, Goggledrive, et., and work directly from it
> as well.

Windows has this ability, too (as did DOS): the SUBST command. I assign
my Dropbox folder to drive X: on all of my machines, so it's in the
same virtual place, if not in the same physical drive, on each machine.

I've kept XyWrite on Dropbox for years. Works a charm, and my
customizations stay in sync on all machines. This has been discussed
here before, but Dropbox's version-control feature is a godsend. It's
saved my bacon more than once.

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Carl Distefano
mailto:cld@xxxxxxxx

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From: "Carl Distefano" mailto:cld@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Big ci frame for Tame users
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 23:02:31 -0400

Reply to note from Harry Binswanger mailto:hb@xxxxxxxx Wed, 30 Mar 2016
10:06:02 -0400

Harry,

> Per usual, I can't quite figure out from the docs how to get it to
> work on my (uniquely fussy) system.

The way it should work is this. Issue CML or U2L --
doesn't matter which. It opens a text window. Compose your command line
in the window, then issue CML or U2L, depending on
whether your command line is a native command or U2 framename (with or
without arguments). That's it.

> But I have no real need for anything other than BCI.

Maybe. But your needs may change. One really long d:\path\filename
could be the tipping point.

--
Carl Distefano
mailto:cld@xxxxxxxx

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