Re: Request for XY3+ disks - 5.25" drives in the US?

[Paul Lagasse <pglagasse@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 7/12/22 5:52 PM, Carl Distefano wrote:
> Reply to note from "John Paines" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ("vf200") Tue, 12 Jul 2022 13:28:08 +0000 (UTC)
>
> John,
>
> > E.g. for building encyclopedias and dictionaries, Xy3+ is better,
>
> > but for writing a thesis or a novel, Xy4 outshines.
>
> To Kari's remarks I would add that XPL in Xy4 is significantly more
> powerful than in Xy3, as exemplified by the U2 customization file
> (http://xywrite.org/xywwweb/). One result of this is that Xy4 --
> especially Xy4 running in vDosPlus under Windows -- has the ability to
> integrate tightly with Windows OS and apps. U2 uses many external
> Windows programs (which we've dubbed "U2EXTRAS") to greatly extend the
> power of Xy4-DOS running under Windows.
I think it depends on what you need to do. I have no doubt that Kari is 
correct in terms of his experience, but for 30 years I did work for a 
couple encyclopedias in Xy4 and SGML, and used a small corner of XPL to 
make that possible. I didn't try to do what I was doing in Xy3+ because 
I was no longer using it, but given my partial understanding of both, I 
don't think I would have lasted long had I tried.

Paul Lagasse