Re: a basic XY III+ glitch?

["Carl Distefano" cld@xxxxxxxx]

Reply to note from Lynn Brenner  Sun, 1
Nov 2015 14:50:28 -0500

Lynn,

> It seems fair to conclude that the repeat carriage returns were
> so numerous that Xywrite simply ran out of space for the file
> and eliminated part of it.
>
> What is the file space limit?

Normally, XyWrite will crash itself (out of memory) before trashing a
file. The limit in Xy3 is something like 400-500 KB (4-5 MB in Xy4).
But this sounds like something else.

What XyWrite displays on the screen and what's actually in the file
aren't necessarily the same, especially when things are going south.
You can do TYPE filename|MORE at the DOS prompt to get a better idea
of what's actually in the file. Is it really all carriage returns at
the end of the file? If so, then some kind of keyboard malfunction
sounds likely. If not, then it's possible that your copy of
EDITOR.EXE has become corrupted, and you should check the file size
(of EDITOR.EXE) against the file size of a known good copy of your
version of Editor. These are, of course, only two of many
possibilities. If you quit and restart XyWrite, does the problem
recur?

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Carl Distefano
cld@xxxxxxxx