Re: Two simple questions...?

[cld@xxxxxxxx (Carl Distefano)]

Reply to note from "M.W. Poirier"  Thu, 09
Aug 2001 18:52:35 -0400 (EDT)

Maiben:

> 1. How do I change the colour of the item on which the cursor
> lands when I call for a synonym in the Microlytic thesaurus?

I'm about to leave town for vacation so I'm not able to answer this
question precisely (the question is "simple", but not the answer).
In short, I don't know. I suspect that the answer is that the color
cannot be changed within XyWrite (because the thesaurus is an
external program). However, I'll dodge the question by saying that
the best way I know of to change the colors in any DOS program is
the freeware program VGA Palette Tool (VPT), which is available at:
http://users.datarealm.com/ammaze/xfer/vgatool.zip. Highly recommended.

> 2. Can the tone of the beep associated with abbreviation
> expansions be modified? 

Yes, by adjusting the Correction Beep (CB) setting in SETTINGS.DFL.

df cb=x,y

As with other beeps, the x value refers to pitch, the y value to
duration. The legal range for each value is 0-65535. DF CB=0,0
disables the beep (my personal preference).

I'll be back on August 21st. Happy XyWriting til then!

Carl