Re: XyWrite versions

[Mark Seiler mseiler@xxxxxxxx]

Stephen Moore wrote:

> Judy Stein wrote:
>
> > Let's not forget Herb Tyson, author of "XyWrite Revealed" and
> > hundreds of programs and macros for XyWrite. (Don't know how
> > *early* he got into it, though; the book was published in 1990,
> > but he'd been working with XyWrite for some years previously.)
>
> Amen to that. As the TAB Books (later McGraw-Hill) acquiring editor
> on _XyWrite Revealed_, I had the good fortune of working with Herb,
> and also mercilessly picking his brain for XPL tips. Seven years later
>
> his book is still one of my most-used computer references. His major
> XPL adventures at the time were EasyXy and PowerXy (also still in
> use).

I still use PowerXy everyday as my XY "interface" despite having
purchased all the various "upgrades". PowerXy is a great blend of speed
and power (and XPL programming.)

Mark