xydos and linux

[Arthur Steinberg arthurs@xxxxxxxx]

there have been a couple inquiries recently about running xywrite
under linux. i have been doing it for several months now. recently i
upgraded the linux to red hat version 5.2. xydos 4.017 runs well
under it, but it takes a while to get the dosemulator to work
properly. i have no experience with xywin.

getting it all to work is not for the faint of heart, and i admit
freely that i have had a lot of help from a local wizard. i will try
to get some documentation out of him in the near future, and will pass
that along to all who are interested.

the clipboard function is not flawless yet: i can cut and paste from
xy to xterm, but not from xterm to xy. but we'll work on it.

if i want to move files from an xwindow to xy i have to login as root
and then simply copy it from one place to the other. it takes some
typing, but is a lot better than having the system crash under windows!

also my caps lock doesn't work in xy.

what is striking is how blindingly fast xy runs under linux as opposed to
running under nt, which is what i had it doing previously.

arthur