Re: Running XyWrite under Windows XP

[marc@xxxxxxxx]

Mode is normally applied at the DOS prompt (you could put the command into a
batch file that sets the typematic rate you want and then fires up XYWrite)

eg:
mode con: rate=45 delay=1
c:
cd \xy
editor

hope this helps

Marc


Quoting "ArtL7@xxxxxxxx" :

> Are these changes done in DOX/Xywrite files or XP files, and if so,
> which
> ones? thanks, art
>
> Regarding the recent question about the MODE command in DOS...
> I got the following information off the website, EasyDOS Command Index,
> at
> http://www.csulb.edu/~murdock/dosindex.html
>
>
> MODE
> (External)
>
> MODE n
> MODE LPT#[:][n][,][m][,][P][retry]
> MODE [n],m[,T]
> MODE (displaytype,linetotal)
> MODE COMn[:]baud[,][parity][,][databits][,][stopbits][,][retry]
> MODE LPT#[:]=COMn [retry]
> MODE CON[RATE=(number)][DELAY=(number)]
> MODE (device) CODEPAGE PREPARE=(codepage) [d:][path]filename
> MODE (device) CODEPAGE PREPARE=(codepage list) [d:][path]filename
> MODE (device) CODEPAGE SELECT=(codepage)
> MODE (device) CODEPAGE [/STATUS]
> MODE (device) CODEPAGE REFRESH
>
>
> So, it appears, David, that you don't need a colon in the command and it
>
> should then read:
>
> mode con rate=32 delay=1
>
> This command sets both the typematic rate, the rate at which the
> characters
> are repeated when you hold down the key and the delay, the time (in
> quarters of
> a second) that the character starts repeating after you initially press
> the
> key.
>
> Hope this helps.
> Dennis Hunter
>
>
>
>
>
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