Re: saving to two disks

[Paul Williams paulwilliams5@xxxxxxxx]

I think my last answer was a bit too short.

Instead of selecting your disk by putting C: and execute, put C:,A: and
execute.

The directory command still takes its directory from C: (whatever
directory or queue as we old Atex users call them) but saves and stores
to the appropriate directories of both drives. You can put it in your
startup.int file or whatever, or on a key in the usual way.

Tom Robertson wrote:

> Tony G.:
>
> You ask:
> "OK, now, how do you save simultaneously to your hard drive and a
> floppy?"
>
> I do it by putting the following line in my keyboard file on the
> Ctrl-Shift-30 (A) key:
>
> ;;A Save to A: Drive
> 30=BC,s,a,XC,BC,s,a, ,A,:,XC
>
> Is there a better way?
>
> Incidentally, does anyone have a similar way of saving to the A:
> drive and other folders in Word 97? So far, it looks like I have
> to learn the much more complicated (compared to XyWrite)
> Microsoft Visual Basic.
>
> TR...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xywrite@xxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-xywrite@xxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of tgieske
> Sent: Saturday, April 17, 1999 5:52 AM
> To: xywrite@xxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: coming back to xywrite
>
> At 05:23 PM 4/16/1999 EDT, you wrote:
> >attachment
> >After using Xywrite for seven or eight years, I started using
> Windows98
> and Word97 last August; they came with a new computer.
> >
> >Now I think I have to get back to Xywrite, but I have some
> questions that
> I hope you can help me with.
> >
> >It seems to boil down to whether I can use XyDos4.014 with
> Windows98 or if
> I have to use XyWindows. Xy4.014 is still on my old computer; the
> diskettes
> are updates. My computer is a Dell Inspiron 3200 laptop.
> >
> >Background: I am a freelance writer and basically need a word
> processor,
> Xywrite's ability to simultaneously save to hard disk & floppy
> each time I
> save, large type on screen, and some simple math to do my
> bookkeeping.
> >
> >
> >[1] Is there a way to get XyDos 4.014 to work with Windows98 to
> permit me
> to fool around with on-screen fonts and zooms in order to enlarge
> the type
> on the screen? I was able to do this on the old computer only by
> using
> graphic view, which was intolerably jumpy as it moved from line
> to line. As
> far as I know I was using Dos and never used the Windows 3.1 that
> came with
> the old computer.
> >
> >[2] If I have to go with XYWindows, what are the bugs and
> glitches I
> should be aware of? I'm still kinda traumatized by my encounter
> with Word
> and would like to know what I am in for with XYWindows.
> >  --are XYWindows' bugs and glitches easily fixable, or will I
> have to
> devote a second career to them?
> >
> >[3] Does XyWindows come with adequate manuals? Word's manuals
> and Help
> Menus kept me using tech phone support for tutorials, and I don't
> think I
> could start all that again even if Xywrite were to permit it.
> >
> >[4] Simple math: Xy4.014 allowed me to calculate by selecting
> numbers with
> alt+, and totaling with alt=. Does XyWindows use the same method
> (or
> something equally simple), or will I have to set up tables as in
> Word?
> >
> >[5] The few times I needed tables in XY 4.014, the program was
> skittish;
> an Xy tech told me table used too much RAM or some such. Is
> XyWindows any
> better?
> >
> >[6] I have already converted more than half of my old files to
> Word (had
> no choice); am I going to have trouble converting them back into
> Xywrite?
> >
> >[7] I seem to be ending all correspondence these days with the
> following
> non-Xy query: Does anyone know of any voice recognition software
> in
> existence or in the works that recognizes the voices of
> strangers? I
> interview tons of people I never have spoken to before and never
> expect to
> speak to again, and an old injury is making note-taking
> increasingly nerve
> wracking.
> >
> >Many thanks for your help
> >
> >Judith Davidsen
> >
> >
> >
> Tony G.