Re: text to cmd line

[Jay McNally jmcnally@xxxxxxxx]

I just did a very quick test and can get the CH command to work with
wildcard letters and numerals. I use it all the time w/ numerals, to change
dates and addresses to conform to AP Style.


I did not it to execute with ?? in the command.
The command I used was: ch =Oct. N(wildcard, alt+shift+N)8=Oct. 28= this
worked.




At 04:54 PM 11/6/01 -0500, you wrote:

Does this mean that (? and *) can be used with CI as well as CH?

Charles

----- Original Message -----
From: Jay McNally 
To: 
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 4:06 PM
Subject: RE: text to cmd line


>
> Everyone has to agree wholeheartedly w/ Carl that the CI command "has to
> rank as one of the marvels of word-processing in any era."
>
> That command, by itself is a wonder, but it got exponentially better when
> vers. 4 came out, because the CHange and SEarch commands were expanded to
> accept wildcards (? and *), which was one of the most significant
> improvements, along with the /nv switch, which also came out at that time
> (I think).
>
> I may be wrong, but many of the Xy commands (dir, ch, se, etc.) accept the
> wildcards.
>
> This feature is exceedingly helpful to me, particularly in file
management.
>
> =====
> I recall with great fondness the hours I used to sit on my front porch on
> weekends in the mid and late 80s, going through the well-organized XY
> loose-leaf binder manual, paging through it, command after command. At
> first it was like reading a foreign language, but after a bit, it was one
> of the most significant learning experiences of my life. Then I
discovered
> R. Holmgren and his bulletin board, and xpl. ... and now this email list.
>
> Isn't life great? Only in America!
>
> =======
>
>
>
> At 08:42 PM 11/6/01 +0000, you wrote:
> >Are you talking about Xy3? Because I don't recall ever
> >seeing anything like this in Xy4 (or, for that matter, in
> >Xy3) unless the file was too big to fit comfortably in
> >memory in the first place.  What I'm suggesting is that
> >any anomalous behavior along these lines is a function of
> >memory-handling and memory limits, not of CI's design per
> >se. Even today, XyWrite's Change Invisible command has
> >to rank as one of the marvels of word-processing of any
> >era.
> >
> >--
> >Carl Distefano
> >cld@xxxxxxxx
> >http://users.datarealm.com/xywwweb/
> >
> > > It's kind of funny about the differences between the CI, CV, and CH
> > > commands. I used to use CI whenever I didn't need to choose yes or
> > no...if I
> > > was sure of the replace, I just wanted it done. But sometimes in very
large
> > > documents only the first two-thirds of the changes got made. It seemed
like
> > > CI would after a certain distance. So I switched to using CH, which
> > does the
> > > changes automatically but shows you as it goes along (people who don't
know
> > > Xywrite are fascinated by this when they happen by...the screen is
just a
> > > blur of activity). Judging by the fact that I never have the problem
when I
> > > use CH, I'm guessing that CI can actually loose its place in a long
> > > operation (maybe modern machinces are too fast for it)...but because
CH has
> > > to actually "go to each instance" (so to speak), it doesn't. I think.
> > > Whatever the reason, it works.
> > >
> > > Brian Henderson
> > > Print Composition Dept.
> > > Mitchell1
> > > San Diego, CA
> > >
> > > brian.henderson@xxxxxxxx
> > > (858) 391-5000 - x.6533
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Young For Life Products, Ltd [mailto:contact@xxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 10:20 AM
> > > To: xywrite@xxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Re: text to cmd line
> > >
> > >
> > > "Which gets me to a very wonderful program I wrote at that time, which
> > allow
> > > one to take the defined text and incorporate it into a search and
replace
> > > routine. This program prompts you to choose whether the command
should be
> > > CH (change), CV (change verify), or CI (change invisible). I think CI
is
> > > nearly useless today with the high speed computers, but back then,
when
> > > everyone was working on the old 088s then the ultra-superspeed ATs
(288, I
> > > think) it was fun to watch the computer go through the changes in a
long
> > > file. In those days we couldn't even comprehend how fast the 386s
would
> > be."
> > >
> > > I'd like to add my two-bits to this: when you say that CI is now
> > obsolete, I
> > > must disagree, but not for the same reason you gave. I hate being
prompted.
> > > I also don't enjoy watching the screen flicker as a routine churns. My
> > > attitude, when I put a command on the command line in Xywrite - and
one of
> > > the reasons I love Xywrite, especially previous to XY4 - is "JUST DO
IT - I
> > > WOULDN'T HAVE SAID IT IF I DIDN'T MEAN IT!!" The nice thing about CI
vs. CV
> > > is it just does it, without second guessing me. If I really need CV,
I'll
> > > specifically use it. I don't remember whether CH prompts or not, I
don't
> > > think I've ever used it.
> > >
> > > Now I have to figure out how to change the defaults in my new XY4 so
it
> > > stops the damned prompting it keeps doing when I tell it to AB.
> > >
> > > Charles