Subject: Re: Two systems for running Xy4 under macOS
Jon,
On using your own files, see the updated version of this page:
And please download the latest version of the application.
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Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2023 09:03:51 +0200
Subject: Re: Two systems for running Xy4 under macOS
Hi all,
For the record:
Standard keyboard assignments in Xy3:
Unshift F1     | Begin/end sel. :59ñ,DF
Unshift F2     | Save sel.to key:60ò,SV
Unshift F3     | Clear selection:61ó,XD
Unshift F4     | Select line  :62ô,DL
Unshift F5     | Blank cmdline :63õ,BC
Unshift F6     | CALL     :64ö,BC,c,a,xc
Unshift F7     | Copy selection :65ÿ
Unshift F8     | Move selection :66ÿ
Unshift F9     | Execute cmd  :67ü
Unshift F10    | Goto cmdL/text :68Ì
And Xy4:
Unshift F1     | Help     :59ñ,H@
Unshift F2     | Ins. text macro:60ò,XH,SG
Unshift F3     | Begin/end sel. :61ó,DF
Unshift F4     | Select paragr. :62ô,DP
Unshift F5     | Blank cmdline :63õ,BC
Unshift F6     | Next window  :64ö,XH,NX
Unshift F7     | Spell check  :65ÿ,JM,(,S,p,e,l,l,)
Unshift F8     | Formatted view :66ÿ,SP
Unshift F9     | Execute cmd  :67ü
Unshift F10    | Menu bar   :68ÿ,SH
Best regards,
Kari Eveli
LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
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Subject: Re: Two systems for running Xy4 under macOS
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2023 08:08:54 -0500
Jon, you wrote:
>What I have mapped to A: -- my XY folder -- seems to be the equivalent of your
XY4 -- the working directory. But mine has both the program files and a zillion
text files.
But my instructions (designed to be followed with fanatical precision) say:
>Hold down the Option key when starting the program and choose the option to map a new drive; choose the folder that contains the subfolder with your existing system, and assign it to drive A: or some other available letter.
Notice that it says “choose the folder THAT CONTAINS the subfolder with your existing system.�
That means: do NOT choose a folder that is named XY4. Choose a folder that CONTAINS XY4 inside it - the folder ABOVE XY4.
As for the keyboard, see my paragraph that begins “You can use your own version of XY4.KDB or any other keyboard file.� Of course, the keyboard file that gets used is the one that’s called in STARTUP.INT.
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Subject: XPL aid for setting text MoDe colors
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 19:16:06 -0500
Jon P.'s question about how to change the color of normal text from gray to white got me thinking. I recently posted TESTDD.PM, an XPL utility that shows the effect of various DD settings on the color of DeFined text, and it occurred to me that I could do something similar for text MoDes (NorMal, BOld, UnderLining, etc.). Hence TESTMODE.PM, which you can download here:
To experiment with text colors, RUN TESTMODE.PM and follow the prompts (left and right arrows to change color values, PgUp and PgDn to switch MoDes, Esc to quit). When the program exits, it writes the current screen-color values to a file, which can be used as a reference for editing SETTINGS.DFL if you wish.
There is also an update to TESTDD.PM, available here:
--
Carl Distefano
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Jon,
That will teach me not to insist on fanatical precision in following my
instructions. Ctrl-click and right-click both work in exactly the same
way to display the contents of an app package. I've updated my page to
specify both kinds of clicks. Thank you.
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