Re: Xy4 Query

[SysOp]

Dear Mr. McKitrick,

The XyWrite products such as XyWrite III PLus, Signature, and XyWrite 4.0 use
the tilde character as a discretionary hyphen. The discretionary hyphen
defines the character you want displayed as a soft hyphen. The soft hyphen is
visible only when a word breaks at the end of a line - it will not be visible
otherwise. If you want to use the tilde for other purposes, you can define the
new character in SETTINGS.DFL by adding default DH. Add a new line in
SETTINGS.DFL that reads DF DH=(n) - where (n) is the new character you want
displayed as the discretionary hyphen (ex. DF DH=*). When adding this line in
your SETTINGS.DFL, make sure the line ends with a return.

In XyWrite to reassign a key, you have to load a keyboard file from your
STARTUP.INT file. Next, you'll need to modify this keyboard file, to be able
to use your ALT+TAB key as a toggle for Windows. To do this, you'll need to
map the null character on this particular key. Call your keyboard file to the
screen - use the search command to find the table for the ALT keys - (ex. se
/table=alt/). Remember - you're looking for TABLE=ALT not
TABLE=ALT+SHIFT,etc.... Next, find key number 15 which represents the tab key.
If there is already a key assignment on this key, you can either delete what is
there or place a semi colon in front of that line which will make it a comment
line - then add a new line which reads 15= . To insert the null
character next to the equal sign hold the CTRL+ALT key together and press the 0
key and let go - you should get a blank space inserted after the equal sign.
Now if you store the keyboard file and load it into memory (ex. F5 LOAD IBM.KBD
F9), you should be able to toggle in and out of Windows from XyWrite.

Function call BK (Break) stops any command currently in progress - such as
search or stops any user program that is running. This function call is
currently assigned to CTRL+PAUSE/BREAK. If you would like to reassign this
function to another key - such as CTRL+K, you again will need to modify your
keyboard file. Call your keyboard file to the screen and search for
TABLE=CTRL. Next, find key number 37 which is the K key. Again, you can
either delete the line that's there or comment it out with a semi colon. The
new line 37 should read 37=BK. Now if you store the keyboard file and load it
into memory then run a program, you should be able to press CTRL+K which will
display a message on the prompt line that says "STOP PROGRAM Y/N?".

Regards, SysOp