Re: Misc. Questions: vDosXy | NB

[Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx]

Since XyWrite is ASCII with mode tags added, I would assume that a search
and replace to remove them would solve the problem:


ci /≪MD[W]≫//


where "≪" and "≫" are the guillemets
and "[W]" is the string wildcard.


Since you don't want to lose your italics and so forth, a safer way to
see what's happening would be to change the guillemets to some safe
character pair, like the braces:


ci /≪/{/

ci /≫/}/


But switch to eXPanded mode before doing it.


--Harry


Thanks for your help, John.  Much appreciated. 


I can try to attach a snapshot
of what I was seeing in NB later when I get a chance.




   Jordan






From: John Paines



To: "xywrite@xxxxxxxx"



Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2015 8:19 PM


Subject: Re: Misc. Questions: vDosXy | NB




NB9 (and NB10, in my limited testing) opens xy3 documents without
difficulty, though formatting code incompatibilities between the two
programs may require updating some or all xywrite format commands in NB,
which could make importing documents for the sole purpose of printing
cumbersome.  In any case,  perhaps NB is defaulting to a small
point size or is misreading a xywrite formatting command?  I haven't
seen what you're describing in NB9 when opening xy3 documents.



The command



USE C: C:\



has a space between the colon and the 2nd "C".  You'll
need another line for the "J" drive.



Though it *can* print, with limited functionality, to Laser Jet
printers, DOSPRINTER can't make use HP LJ drivers and has a number of
other limitations.  If you want to use HP LJ drivers and PCL6, try
the following:



1) download pcl6.exe from Edward Mendelson's WP reference pages, put
it in the vDos directory, load a xywrite HPLJ driver and print.  A
pdf of your printer output will print to the screen, which can in turn be
sent to any Windows printer, whether or not it's a HP LJ, and/or saved to
disk; or



2) same as 1) above, but follow Edward Mendelson's additional
instructions, available on the vDos discussion site, for printing
directly to the printer, bypassing the need to generate a PDF on
screen.



In both cases, the default font with will be HP's "Dark
Courier".  You can also use any of the internal scalable PCL6
fonts, with "PT" codes or embedded "PI"
codes.








From: J R FOX



To: XyWrite List 


Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2015 3:16 PM


Subject: Misc. Questions: vDosXy | NB




1) The last time I checked (some time ago), XySearch for the list was
offline, so please excuse the fact that I probably inquired about this at
some time in the past.  It was my impression that NB could import,
further edit, and then print Xy files: at least for Xy-4, not at all sure
about Xy-3.  I'm pretty sure that I must have printed out a few Xy-4
files with NB, as that was one of the main reasons why I bought Nota Bene
at all -- to be able to print with contemporary and USB printers. 
Well, I just saw something that I know I've seen before: trying to open a
Xy-3 file, at which point what I see on screen looks like very tiny
gibberish that would need magnification times around a factor of 20,
before I could have any idea what it might be.  So, either I can't
do this at all with Xy-3 documents, or I am missing something important
here.  A wild guess would be that it may have something to do with
the Xy-3 documents being formatted with PT tables for -- in this case --
an early HP-LJ printer, and that NB is trying to render it as Arial 12,
or whatever its default happens to be.  Is there some simple way to
compensate for this ?



I seem to recall NB-Win being able to convert To or From various
formats, or that it would ask you what the format was of a document you
were trying to open or import.  But that was many versions ago,
perhaps predating the 64-bit compatibility, and I'm not seeing that
option now.



2) I'm trying to get some VDosXy syntax right in the Autoexec
file. 



quoting from the example file:



    rem Set other shared directories as desired;


    rem Examples:


    rem Note: Trailing "\" is required!


    rem -----------


    rem  USE X: X:\


    rem  USE X: C:\Xy4\


    rem  USE Y: C:\XyDocs\



    USE C:C:\



Is there or is there not supposed to be a space after the first
"C:", as in the rem lines ? 


Or does it not matter ? 


I also want to reference several directories on a J:, so would I add
this 



    USE J: J:\



But this can't be done in a single, compound USE line ?



I'm also confused a bit in regard to the %path% thing in the PATH
line.


(Too much basic stuff we too easily forget . . . . )



3) I will probably have to read up through a bunch of past List
messages, in regard to just what this DOSPRINTER thing can or cannot do,
and how.  I'd like to be able to connect a printer that at least
emulates HP-LJ and to print through this VDosXy setup -- even if I get a
viable answer to question 1 above.





  Jordan