Re: XYWRITE DEVEL

[LESLIE319@xxxxxxxx]

CHET: > > > As far as colors or other configuration options go, you can run
> > > different instances of Xywrite or different instances of
> > > Windows itself depending on what you want when. It's only a
> > > question of time-value.
> > > > > > Windows may make it easier for dumber people to do dumber things,
> > > but there's a hell of a lot to learn to use it efficiently.
> > >

LESLIE:
> > > > 1. On colors: Sorry, but XyWin is totally inflexible about colors. I have
> > > configured my Windoze basic colors to maroon on grey, which is of course
> > what XyWin defaults to. My Dos is your basic boring light grey on blue,
> > but my italics are grey on violet, my bold white on green, my superscripts
> > grey on red, my inserts are black on green, my deletes are black in red.
> > If you know a way to duplicate that in Windoze, I would like to hear it.
> > > > 2. If I were working in the programs you mention I would use a Mac.  For
> > Graphics you can't beat 'em. For text, you can't beat a PC running Dos.
> > If you're gonna do GUI, then do it right. Boot up Windoze and you see icons
> > > and toolbars and squiggles and this is supposed to be easy to use????  Boot
> > up a Mac and a six year old can get into a graphics program. I just wish
> > they would make a 2-button mouse.
> > > > Reader warning: I am dyslexic and have severe problems with right and left
> > and figuring out, on those tests, which shape is the same rotated into a
> > different position.
> > > > --Leslie-- > > MATT:

> PMJI, but with Norton Desktop I've found that I can practically
eliminate > the use of a mouse and save system resources by
doing away with icons. > It's almost like DOS, but slower.
> Matt,

So if it's almost like DOS, but slower, why bother? What are the
benefits?
Does XyWrite run better?

--Leslie--