Msg: Re: Two systems for running Xy4 under macOS

Et voilá!

I'm not going to retry the latest XY4vDosMac because my current setup (from a few days ago) is humming along nicely. All I need to do is CAll the files from my old XY folder -- which was in my old DOSBOXDiskfolder (from DOSBOX-X-X) -- that I've mounted as drive A: with the Options menu.

XY4DBMac now also works well for me.

Before running the new app, I renamed my existing DOSBOXDisk folder, where I've been working, to DOSBOX-old to keep that setup and let XY4DBMac make a clean new one.

I got my white text by changing settings.dfl to NM MD=31 (it was 23 for the gray). My old XY4-3.KBD file -- with the new clipboard functions added from the latest XY4.KBD -- has been copied into the new XY4 folder and works perfectly (changed the keyboard line in STARTUP.INT).

The XY4DBMac Options menu doesn't show a way to mount a drive, but I copied my working folder, XY, into XY4 and CD XY hops right into it.

This is downright wonderful. Thank you again Dr. Mendelson, and I encourage other Mac migrants to try both of these now very smooth updates.

Jon Pareles

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From: Edward Mendelson <em36@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Subject: Re: Two systems for running Xy4 under macOS

Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2023 17:26:28 -0500

In both versions, I’ve now made it easy to start up XyWrite so that the current directory is the one you want to use for your documents. The instructions are on the download page:

http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/xywritemac.html

Also, I’ve explained more clearly how to use your own XyWrite setup instead of the one installed by the system. Please read the relevant sections of the download page (which is now more sensibly organized than before).

The vDosPlus-based version finally does what it should have done all along, which is use the vDosDisk folder in your user folder as drive C:. This was not working earlier.

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If you’re already using the DOSBox-X version, then you’ll need to copy STARTUP.INT from the Helpers folder inside the application and into the ~/DOSBoxDisk/Xy4 folder. The vDosPlus version, being self-contained, can simply overwrite your existing copy, but make sure to back up any of the Xy4 files inside the application that you may have customized.