Msg: Runing Xy in Boxer on a Mac

I use Boxer on my Macbookpro and on my Mac mini. http://boxerapp.com/

I downloaded and installed it into my applications folder.

After starting the application, go to Boxer's "drives" menu. Clicking on "add drive", and add the folder you want to be your dos drive as the c: drive, with your xywrite folder in it. cd to c:\xy4 or whatever folder contains editor.exe and any xywrite subfolders and files. Or you can type in a path to your xy folder.

I just copied my entire xy folder from my old Thinkpad running XP to a folder I called XY4 on my Mac.

I like to save on a different "drive". I add my backup folder (usually in dropbox) as a "d" drive.

I deliver my work in Word, which can open Xywrite files and convert from MSDOS format. Using find/replace and autoformat, I can take care of italics, bold, and a few other things that need formatting in Word.

It's incredibly easy.

http://boxerapp.com/

Lisa Kleinholz

From: Chuck Creesy
To: xywrite@xxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 3:48 PM
Subject: Re: How many of us are there left?

I was a heavy Xywrite user back in the day (1980s and 1990s), later a sporadic NotaBene user, but the publisher I worked for (Princeton University Press) ultimately standardized on MS Word and I ended up doing most of my writing in my email browser and in simple text editors (my favorite being Editpad). I'm retired now and I would like to go back to writing in Xywrite on an older MacBookPro which has Windows 7 running with System 32 and also DosBox with both XY4 and XY3.5 installed. I've poked at it a bit but haven't figured out yet how to manage it.

I know this is old hat for this group but can anyone point me to discussions in the archives that would help me get oriented. What would be most helpful is date ranges of message exchanges (or documentation) where to look.

--Chuck Creesy

On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 1:18 AM, Jon P mailto:dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxx wrote:

I am still typing away in the blue background white lettered page. Daily. And then reluctant conversion.

Yes, we are creatures of habit. We are also dubious about automatic spell-check, grammar-check, paragraphing and bullet points.   We think we know what we want to say.

I am very happy that this strangely flexible and idiosyncratic program still survives. Carl and Robert have turned a Model T into a NASCAR contender.

JP

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Subject: xywrite Digest V6 #174

xywrite Digest    Sat, 08 Nov 2014    Volume: 06 Issue: 174

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        Re: How many of us are there left?

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From: Wally Bass mailto:wbass@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: How many of us are there left?
Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2014 00:06:59 -0800

I'm still using XyWrite 3.57, and use it by far more than any other app
that I use.
Haven't been keeping up on this mailing list, though -- just haven't
been able to find the time,
and the particular way that I use XyWrite tends to limit how much I have
in common with
the people in this group.

Glad to see the list is still going strong, though.

Wally Bass

On Thu, Nov 6, 2014, at 03:58, Paul Breeze wrote:
> Dear all
>
> Does anybody have an idea how many of us still use XY4, XY3 and XYWin?
> I'm guessing there are 20-30 from the list but that could be way out, in
> either direction.
>
> Paul
>

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