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Apart from Nota Bene’s evolving lack of features that reflect XyWrite functionality, it there any way to jump from XyWrite was to what a customized LaTeX might be? It is already in the public domain, and has a VERY loyal following among academics. Not to mention that it was originally conceived by one of the most hallowed figures in programing. (Who also penned and article in Mad Magazine many years ago. 😊 )
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Sent: Friday, April 20, 2018 1:38:48 AM To: xywrite@xxxxxxxx Subject: Re: A radical idea: a new XyWrite This is in fact how LaTeX works: there is an editing screen with visible formatting commands, and a separate non-editable WYSIWYG screen which is refreshed by a keyboard shortcut.
We have several times discussed upgrading to NB and every time those who did reported back that a) NB was buggy and b) supported with each new iteration fewer and fewer of the Xy-specific functions we know and treasure. It is highly unlikely that NB is
going to invest any programming effort in making a retro-compatible version for us. They have repeatedly offered us a discount to upgrade to whatever NB version is current and that is all we can reasonably expect from them.
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One of the big problems I see is the current (and most likely) WYSIWYG concept. The XyWrite screen really doesn’t satisfy that modern need. However, that said, there is nothing to prevent the addition of a non-editable ‘print view’ screen which could be brought up as a side-by-side “preview” with the standard XyWrite editing window next to it. Result: rapid entry/editing with a real-time view of the output. For those who are seriously into using XyWrite as a publishing tool, the preview window could be shown in a 2nd monitor with real-time updates from the text being input from the original XyWrite editing window on the main screen. I actually remember seeing that sort of thing back at Atex when they were developing automatic paging algorithms for newspaper publishing. It was amazing to see back then…
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