Re: XYWin hogs CPU

[Paul Breeze paul.breeze@xxxxxxxx]

Dear Harry

1. Alt Tab is checked.
2. I have no Alt-Tab key in my keyboard.
3. I use a circa 1990 IBM model M keyboard which does not possess a
Winkey. I'm sure that isn't the problem, however. Alt-Tab works fine
everywhere else.

I'm sure this is a Tame problem. If I launch XY4, windowed, using Tame
5.0 having set the line length to anything but 25 lines (I'm trying 28
and 43 and 50, all of which work under Windows 2000, setting the screen
size in the shortcut properties and in XY so that it sticks both
windowed and full screen) I get two console windows one on top of the
other. With 25 lines this does not happen once the properties for the
window are set for 25 lines but I suspect both are there, one on top of
the other. Once there are these two consoles, then a multitude of
problems then arise. I can get reliable operation -- sort of -- using
25 or 50 lines and starting full screen. However with all settings,
when you Alt-Tab between applications, having invoked the Tame
pseudo-full screen you go from the full-screen-Tame-XY4 to the taskbar
and then to the next application.

In addition, starting full screen, I have to Alt-Enter to a windowed
version and then Alt-Enter back to full screen in order to get the Tame
screen fonts.

The other version on the website, Tame 6, appears to hate anything but
25 lines too. You have to start with 25 and then set a new size once
you have launched. I want full screen XY4 with more than 25 lines but
without having a struggle to reach it. At the moment I can find no easy
way of achieving this with Tame.

Paul

Harry Binswanger wrote:
Paul,
working and I do get a popup Tame menu. I am using Alt-Tab to toggle
between the pseudo-full screen Tame window and other applications,
but as I said it goes somewhere else first.

Two things to check:
1. On the Properties of the shortcut icon you use to launch Tame Xy4DOS,
on the Misc. tab, make sure that alt-tab is checked.
2. In the Xy4 .kbd file, under table=alt, it might be best to comment
out the alt-tab key:
;15= 
 To get in and out of full-screen mode I use Alt-Enter.

You are supposed to use Winkey-Enter. Try that.

Waiting for your update.