Re: vDos-lfn for XyWrite 1.53 installer available for download

["Carl Distefano" cld@xxxxxxxx]

Reply to note from "Wengier W"  (Redacted
sender "wengierwu" for DMARC) Wed, 3 Aug 2016 00:03:01 +0000 (UTC)

> 1. In order for font styles such as bold, italic, underlined (and
> their combinations) to be displayed visually in XyWrite, the
> directive "WP XY" must be set in the config file. Directives like
> BOLDFONT, ITALFONT and BOITFONT will only take effect in XyWrite
> if WP XY is also set.
>
> 2. There are also other improvements in the latest vDos-lfn
> included with the 1.53 installer besides those already mentioned
> by Kari. For example, comments in config.txt can now start with
> "#" instead of "REM". "#" will work in command line too to mark
> comments, e.g. "vDos-lfn /set #Turn on window frame;frameon". Some
> other features such as the keyboard speed control feature are
> improved in this version too.

Glad you mentioned these points, Wengier. The ability to include
comments on the vDos-lfn command line is a superb feature, especially
for use in batch files. And the improvement to the keyboard speed
control settings is an important enhancement, as I've discovered after
a full day of heavy-duty testing. This improvement alone makes this
upgrade worth installing.

With regard to the vDos-lfn installer for XyWrite v1.53, it's worth
noting that if you plan to use it to install the current build of vDos-
lfn over an existing vDos-lfn installation, a simple edit to config.txt
BEFORE running the installer will ensure that the installer preserves
all of your current config settings (and some autoexec settings as
well). Just add the line:

#RESTORE_ENABLED

anywhere in CONFIG.TXT, save the file, quit vDos-lfn, and run the
installer v1.53. At the end of the installation process, you will need
to check the box to "Restore values from previous AUTOEXEC.TXT and
CONFIG.TXT files".

And here's a note relating to the Liberation-Mono family of fonts,
which are suitable for use as screen fonts with vDos-lfn. The installer
includes the regular and bold versions of these fonts (named
LibMono.ttf and LibMonoB.ttf, respectively). Since the italic and bold-
italic versions are also quite useful, I've uploaded a ZIP archive that
includes the regular, bold, italic, and bold-italic versions, here:

http://users.datarealm.com/ammaze/xy/LIB-MONO.ZIP

The constituent files have long file names (LFNs):

LiberationMono-Regular.ttf
LiberationMono-Bold.ttf
LiberationMono-Italic.ttf
LiberationMono-BoldItalic.ttf

These are fine for use in config.txt in vDos-lfn; for example:

FONT = LiberationMono-Regular
BOLDFONT = LiberationMono-Bold
BOITFONT = LiberationMono-BoldItalic
ITALFONT = LiberationMono-Italic

We will plan to include all of these versions of Liberation-Mono in the
next release of the installer.

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Carl Distefano
cld@xxxxxxxx