Re: overcoming the XP lag

[Michael Norman michael.norman@xxxxxxxx]

At 11/4/2004 10:01 PM -0500, Carl Distefano wrote:
 
> I don't mean to sidetrack this technical thread, but, when time
> permits, would someone explain to me the apparent obsession with
> getting Xy to run in a window? Even if it were perfectly smooth --
> and IMHO (Avrom: plug define:imho into Google) it's pretty good,
> admittedly not perfect, with XP Pro SP2 -- I would never in a
> million years run XyWrite in a window when I can run it full screen,
> with colors tweaked via VPT. Very occasionally, to cut and paste
> between programs -- sure. But for normal, extended text editing?
> No way! Full screen is such a pleasure. It's so easy to toggle
> Alt-Enter when necessary; and Robert's CLIP program provides easy
> access to the system Clipboard, whether in a window or full screen.
> Why beat your head against a wall?

You know...good question. Especially when XyDos runs beautifully in full
screen mode. Answer: Screen fonts. The LCD NTVDM font on the IBM T41 is --
for these eyes -- to rough to work in all day. In a window we can use Uwe
Sieber's fonts. http://www.uwe-sieber.de/dosfon_e.html. They're simply
great. Pre Siber, I used ultravision and stuck to a 15-inch Multisync,
small enough to make the characters clear. Later with Siber I went to a
17-inch. Point is readability. FOR ME, the full-screen fonts are simply
unreadable at length. YMMV.

Michael Norman