RE: Change Invisibles: migrating from Xy 3.55 to 4.017 (should be 4.018)

[cldistefano@xxxxxxxx]

Peter:

Glad to hear you got results.

As for the search and replace, I suggest doing this in
Xy4 with the XyWWWeb U2 installed. Either of routine
PFUN or PFUNC will put functions in true, 3-byte form on
the command line. There's also one called BC2BX which
changes the next-occurring BC...XC pair to BX...Q2.

If you must use Xy3, then you need to put the funcs on
the CMline in 5-byte form. Here's the key; the numbers
are Ascii values (hold down Ctrl-Alt or whatever, press
the numbers, then release); ignore the dashes.

BC: 255-129-31
BX: 255-130-171
XC: 255-129-[tab]
Q2: 255-130-127

Good luck.

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Carl Distefano
CLDistefano@xxxxxxxx
http://users.datarealm.com/xywwweb/
		
> Many, many thanks, Carl :-). Those changes seemed to do the trick, at least
> on my very short test file. Now the trick is to figure out from Robert's
> ctrlchar.txt how to do the search and replaces on hundreds of [BC] and [XC]
> functions in the program files, or else change 'em by hand, then re-debug
> the program. Aaarrgh! No such thing as a simple upgrade.
>
> Peter Brown
> pbrown@xxxxxxxx
>
> Carl Distefano wrote:
> The first thing I'd do is force the display into eXPanded view (func XP)
> before executing CI. Xy4 is optimized for speed in eXPanded view (unlike
> XyWin, which runs faster in graphics view).
>
> Next I'd change every instance of BC to BX and every corresponding XC to Q2.
>
> Blind execution of commands works a dramatic speed increase in most
> programs.
>
> Finally, if you haven't already done so, turn on Error Suppression at the
> beginning of your routine: BX es 1Q2.
>
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