Re: A Real puzzler

["M.W. Poirier" poirmw@xxxxxxxx]

 I never use the command line to go to graphics mode. I use Shift+F8.
 Could that be the reason why I have no problems with graphics mode?
 I just tried the command line and there was no difference. Works like
 a charm.

 Regarding the graphics mode, I'll agree that it is not excellent, but
 it is certainly useful if all one wants to do is obtain a sense of
 what a page of text will look like when printed. One can even read
 the text quite well in graphics mode.

 I think some of you guys fiddle around too much trying to tweak the
 programme and don't do all that much writing with the programme. ;-)
 The programme is so confused with all of the tweaking that it derails
 now and then. ;-) Seriously, I used Wordstar, WordPerfect 4.1, 4.2 and
 5.1, NotaBene 4.5A (the last DOS version), a fascinating little programme
 called TEXTRA for special projects with my students put out by Norton
 Publishing, and now Xy4 for the past seven years, and none were as
 stable or feature rich (with U2, of course) as Xy4. With NB 4.5a, files
 would go bananas at around 80k. It was a very nice programme, ...other-
 wise. Oh, I also have to use WORD to send pieces to the publishers.
 They seem never to have heard of Xy4.

 M.W. Poirier

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On Sat, 14 Jul 2007, Harry Binswanger wrote:

>
>
> >  Is this really the consensus? I've always run XY4 in
> >  a XP window, and I cannot remember having a problem with
> >  the graphics view. I rarely have problems with XY4,
> >  period. Am I just lucky?
>
> Damn lucky. When I try to execute FUNC WZ, it throws me into full-screen mode.
>
> I don't find the Graphics View to be good enough to use. If I want
> something like that, I use NB 8 or (gasp!) Word.
>
> Harry Binswanger
> hb@xxxxxxxx
>