Msg: Re: xywrite Digest V11 #38

On Monday, May 6, 2019, 1:07:32 AM EDT, FreeLists Mailing List Manager <ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Problem solved.

The XY keyboard file....in my case xy4-3.kbd...does not control the key the Mac calls "Control." But it does control, as ALT, what the Mac calls Option/Alt , and with the vDOS clipboard workaround, which uses LPT4, I put

46=BXs,a,d,/,n,v, ,l,p,t,4,Q2
into my TABLE=ALT section of the .kbd file.

Now, Alt-C copies highlighted XY to Clipboard.
And under vDosPlus-Mac, Command-V copies Clipboard to XY.

And I have the sharp display of Vdos thanks to vDosplus-Mac.

And XY has conquered another machine. Thanks, Edward Mendelson, Jos Schaar and Wengier Wu.

JP

xywrite Digest    Sun, 05 May 2019    Volume: 11 Issue: 038

In This Issue:
        Re: Mac Migration

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Date: Sun, 5 May 2019 22:52:42 +0000 (UTC)
From: "Jon P" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender "xywrite4" for DMARC)
Subject: Re: Mac Migration

Well, if anyone else tries to do this vDosPlus-Mac migration, the main stumble was my unfamilarity with the Mac world.
The vDosPlusMac app has to be run from the Applications window--then it doesn't show the list of folders I got trying to run it from Downloads (duh) and goes through a quick setup of configuration options.

Then, clicking into Preferences--which leads to CONFIG.TXT--I realized that we already have a highly customized XY4 version of config.txt.

I typed in the handful of XY settings that look relevant amid all the explanation in the XY version of CONFIG.TXT. Things like LINS = 25, WINDOW = 50 (both also changeable in the vDosPlus-Mac version of CONFIG.TXT), TITLE = XY4, BLINKC = OFF (that blinking cursor was annoying), KEYMODE = 1, WINKEY = OFF and LPT4 = CLIP.
I think one of the last three restored that vital clipboard connection, at least for pasting in from outside apps (via CONTROL-V, not COMMAND-V). Still can't get XY to copy onto the clipboard--the COPY command chooses a line just below what's highlighted--but...it's a good-looking, 90% functional window.

Any hints on copying from XY to the clipboard--some vDos-Mac tweak?--appreciated. This Mac thing might work out after all.
Jon Pareles

On Sunday, May 5, 2019, 1:17:09 AM EDT, FreeLists Mailing List Manager <ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

xywrite Digest    Sun, 05 May 2019    Volume: 11 Issue: 037

In This Issue:
        Re: Mac Migration

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Date: Sun, 5 May 2019 05:16:21 +0000 (UTC)
From: "Jon P" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender "xywrite4" for DMARC)
Subject: Re: Mac Migration

I began:
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Apologies to Edward Mendelson for the double misspelling, and I don't expect one-user support. But thanks for the vDosMac-vDosPlus and the explanation of the pop-up.
The folder architecture of Mac is still mysterious but I hope to figure it out.
On Saturday, May 4, 2019, 1:07:20 AM EDT, FreeLists Mailing List Mana

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