Re: running xy 3+ under windows xp - aarrgghhh!

["Adel Darwish" adel.darwish@xxxxxxxx]

Robert thanks
that is very useful.
I too have the same problem on my laptop which uses windows XP ( no problem
with windows ME).
The Xywrite version I use is 1985 version.
So which properties box you refer to?
is it the one in windows set-up ?
Thanks in advance
Adel
London


----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Holmgren" 
To: 
Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 2:43 PM
Subject: Re: running xy 3+ under windows xp - aarrgghhh!


> ** Reply to message from PollyK3@xxxxxxxx on Sat, 21 Jun 2003 08:16:38 EDT
>
>
> > Also, when you say to check "XyWrite Default SL (Screen
> > Length)=25. It should default to
> > that anyway," I assume you mean to check the default in the properties
box I
> > get when right clicking the upper lefthand corner, not some file in Xy.
>
> No! I mean the Xy3+ variable (aka "default") SL. If you did what I
suggested
> with the Properties, then the situation is that your desktop window is
only 25
> lines long, but XyWrite is delivering more lines than that, i.e. it
considers a
> "screenful" of lines to be more than 25. To check whether SL is your
problem
> (I suspect it is), command on the CMline "default sl=25", and see if that
fixes
> the problem.
>
> Things would be simpler if you would explain what your setup was before
you
> switched over to XP -- how many lines were displayed? If you would
*count*
> exactly how many lines are not displayed at the bottom of the screen (how
many
> lines are "skipped" if you PageDown). E.g.: make a dummy file with
NotePad,
> and just number the lines like this:
> 1
> 2
> 3
> 4
> 5
> 6
> 7
> 8
> etc etc up to say more than 50 lines -- carriage return at end of each
line.
> Then CAll the file in Xy3+, and you should see line 1 at top, and line 22
at
> bottom. Now PageDown. What line is at top? If 23, then SL=25 lines per
> screen. If 28, you're set for 30 lines/screen. If 48 then SL=50
lines/screen.
> And so forth. Gotta subtract 3 lines because you have command, prompt,
and
> ruler lines at the top, so 25 line screen=22 lines of text.). Don't say
"I'd
> actually like more, but I can live with 25" -- say what you *want*! Then
you
> stand a fair chance of *getting* what you want.
>
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> Robert Holmgren
> holmgren@xxxxxxxx
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