Re: XYWRITE DEVEL

[Matt Clark clark@xxxxxxxx]

On Sat, 8 Apr 1995 LESLIE319@xxxxxxxx wrote:

>  > > The value of Windows (which isn't even an OS, one of the
> > reasons the OS debate is so silly) is that it allows the
> > sharing of common resources, such as fonts, printer files, and
> > so forth.
> > > > And the value of computing is not how many commands one knows
> > but what one can do. A GUI makes such programs as Quark,
> > Fontographer, or Fractal Painter possible. And a common
> > character set allows easier data sharing.
> > > > 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.
> > > Chet,
> > 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-- > 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 Clark