Re: Full-screen vs. Windowed

["mhchoate" mhyerchoate@xxxxxxxx]

Good morning, Harry .... I've often wished I was a Margaret ... in the first
grade I made people call me "Marge" instead of "Margie Nan" (still get that
from older members of my family) ... but I can be Margaret ... has a nice
ring ...

See comments below ...
Marge
----- Original Message -----
From: "Harry Binswanger" 
To: 
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 1:48 PM
Subject: Re: Full-screen vs. Windowed
Margaret,
I turn this initial-raw-data a distinctive color, so that when I land in
it during a search, I know this is "inactive" data
Do you know about   and  codes? Perhaps they would be
easier to use for inactive text, rather than changing the color.
Changing the color works for me easily .... instant with a macro (or
whatever they're called in XyWrite .. I forget) .... I have not "studied"
XyWrite actively in a long long time .... because I thought that I had to
move forward and get away from it .... I changed that mindset, and am now
going to try to keep it working for me forever ... ten years not long enough
(some other message mentioned ten years) ... remember Y2K? ... of course Y2K
wasn't a problem because even though not anticipated soon enough for there
to be no problem at all, it was anticipated soon enough to avert
catastrophic problems ...I digress, sorry ....
I looked up "ni" command and found myself inside a section of XyWrite manual
I hadn't thought about in almost 20 years ... embedded indexing of a XyWrite
document ... wow ... makes some brain cells churn ....
My work involves indexing from hardcopy printer-ready page proofs ....
sometimes I have PDFs, but not always. I am not indexing a XyWrite document.
I am using XyWrite as my platform for creating an index from page proofs --
same way we used to do it with index cards .....
But you make me think. Hmm.... when I have PDFs, would it feasible to
convert them to XyWrite and index from this document? Now, embedded
indexing is much harder than they way I work .. and I've never had to do it
.. but in certain books it might be something to think about .... the
advantage of embedded indexing, of course, is to the publisher .... index
automatically changes if text repaged ..... like going from hardback to
paperback .... . but I can't see that applicable here ... hmmm though ....
But very interesting and something for me to think about ....
The final product that I send to my client is a Word file, just a regular
typed index. (I typed features/attributes that I needed in Word, created an
RTF, and looked at that RTF in XyWrite, to see what the codes were. Wrote a
XyWrite program to make an RTF ... that is just a long string of CI's.
Worked the first time. XyWrite amazes.)

I love the system I have now .... as long as I can see the cursor ....
Another problem with non-full-screen, though, is how close the lines are
together. I tried to get them spaced out a little (when I got this
computer, not yesterday) ... and did not succeed. Might try again .... and
then ask list why it didn't work ....
I think you need TameDOS for XyWrite. The on-screen line-spacing is easily
adjustable in Tame, as is the color and the type size and the number of
lines displayed. It's free in beta-version, and costs $25 (IIRC)
otherwise. Installation is easy, but you should wait until you have 1 hour
to devote to installing, customizing, & evaluating. (And if you don't like
the results, you can simply trash it all and keep using regular Xy.)
TameDOS.com
No, I have no interest in the company, and I don't like the customer
support, but I use and love the product.
I will probably be interested in this later ....don't have the time (soon)
to play with something I don't need now --because full-screen takes care of
the problem.... . but if I get another computer and can't get full-screen
... then I will definitely take you up on your generous offer of help re
Tame ... in fact I may do it before getting another computer ... just want
to think about it .... and have more time
Thanks again to you, and to the others on this list who have been so helpful
...
I scanned a lot of the links from XyWrite.com last night .... (I went
looking to see if I could buy a new manual, spiral bound)....
 a lot of it I didn't really know what I was reading about ....
fascinating ..

Whew.
Marge