xyW3.56+ autoreplace idiosyncrasies

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≪ 	[Re autoexpand,] don't forget:
	iv I've
	and
	im I'm
	[...]
	xxxp is used for possessive
	[...] ≫ ... TR

Hmmm. Good advice no doubt for users of several
other xyWrite releases, Tom, but xyWrite 3.56+ make
contractions and possessives unnecessary in *.SP3. These
releases enable func AR only in kbd files, and with

*.KB3:
	40=AR,'
+
*.SP3:
	i I
	wedd Wednesday

..... i' = I'[any contraction] and wedd's = Wednesday's.

Punctuation is transparent: Typing a space or newline
autoexpands the preceding abbreviation if it's in *.SP3
and only punctuation separates it from the space or
newline. But alphanumerics often follow ', /, and -,
so xyWrite 3.56+ *.KB3 needs to AR these chars (of course
if the preceding word isn't in *.SP3, AR does nothing):
	57=AR,[*space*]
	28=AR,[*ascii 13*]  hard "return"
	28=AR,[*ascii 17*]  soft "return"
	12=AR,-
	40=AR,'
	53=AR,/

Although the kbd autoexpand strategy was a compromise
prompted by a lawsuit, given the lamentable hit *.SP
files make on memory, I'd argue that by allowing smaller
*.SP3 files the strategy--even if less tidy--improves
on the xyWrite 3.55 AR integration that is like that
of xyWrite 4, where memory isn't the pressing issue
it is in xyW3.

I add nothing to MY.SP3 casually, and was able to cut its
size considerably when I deleted all cap-this-entire-word
entries except i after I wrote a pgm that links kbd
sequences to xpl to perform any of six operations
involving caps/lower case:
	* insert a space and CAP the preceding word
	* insert a newline and CAP the preceding paragraph
	* make a text block lc except cap initial chars
		of most words longer than two chars
	* cap a block
	* lc a block
	* reverse the case of all chars in a block.

The pgm is available as a !xyWiz module or freestanding
xyW3 utility at the URL in my sig (XyWrite | PostScript).
The freestanding pgm #CLC seems to run ok in xyWin under
win95 (I no longer have xyDos4 installed). With #CLC,
tapping --
	57=GTAR, ,GHELSI,r,u,n, ,#,c,l,c, ,^, , ,XC
--after typing ttg, e.g., transforms it to TTG, in most
cases preserving the CMline string. ... Ciao. 	--a

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