Re: running xy 3+ under windows xp - aarrgghhh!

[cld@xxxxxxxx (Carl Distefano)]

Reply to note from "Adel Darwish" 
Wed, 25 Jun 2003 16:37:11 +0100

> ummmmm I use the 1988 version of Xy III plus I think 5.6
> which is the pc version of the atex and always uses ;*; to
> disable command.

That's odd. I have v3.58B, dated 1991, and ;*; doesn't work. It's
treated as ordinary text (dumped at the cursor position). I also
have v3.55, and it doesn't work there either.

> for example here are the two lines in the file relating to cursor
>
> ;*; BC default it=519,1543,8193,264,1792,8193,1543,1;*;
> BC default cr=118;*; cursor is big

That's not exactly a water-tight test. The first ;*; could be
momentarily placed on the command line, then erased by the next func
BC. It would flash by quickly; you'd have to be looking really
hard, and even then, on a fast machine, you might not see it. Ditto
the second ;*; -- it could be immediately erased by the func BC on
the second line.

Try this: Insert a func BK (command PFUN BK) in the first line,
right after the first ;*; -- like this:

;*; BK BC default it=519,1543,8193,264,1792,8193,1543,1;*;

Now run your code. Does it pause and prompt "Stop program? (Y/N)"?
If so, the "comment" is executing.

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Carl Distefano
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