Re: Two real, honest-to-goodness Xy questions

[Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx]

Bill Troop wrote:
> I can't be much help as I am temporary xy-exile while my win laptop waits
> for a new power connector but I always joyfully use windowed mode and
> about 40 lines using Lucida Console 24 or 28 point, on a 1920x1200 15"
> screen. I use TAME and have some old version of XyWWW attached; don't have
> 4DOS whatever that is. Never have any problems. I really enjoy the extra
> lines. They're a big help, I'd say, in creative writing; I believe the
> extra lines help give me a greater sense of structure.
I agree. Strangely, 50 lines seems to be too much: I get a little lost, my
eye not knowing where to go. But 43 lines is just right. (Only 41 lines are
text, since I use the NR function to get rid of the annoying ruler line,
there are two up top for the command line and prompt line. NR is a
three-position toggle; I have NR NR (i.e., two calls to it) in Startup.int
to kill that entire third top line.
4DOS is an enhanced version of DOS. Back when I worked more at the C:
prompt it was indispensable. Now it's, uh, dispensable. It's nice to have
its "aliases" which I use to change directories without a lot of CD-ing cum
backslashing.
> > I've never spent any time in anything but 25 line mode, but I
> > think you're going to have serious complications due to the
> > interplay of 4DOS, Tame, Windows console mode, and XyWrite.
> > They may well be at cross purposes.


Harry Binswanger
hb@xxxxxxxx