Re: Getting Xy4Dos Up & Running on T61 with XP-Pro

[Peter Goldberger peter.goldberger@xxxxxxxx]

Sorry; I should have mentioned that I did try that -- starting directly
from a c: prompt, both by issuing "cmd" in Run, and by interrupting a
restart in "Safe Mode with Command Prompt". Both produced the same
result - a brief flash of the Xy4 screen and then shut down.
  I don't understand how I can really look at and edit my Startup.int
without having Xy running: in Notepad for example, I can't see the BX
at the beginning of the lines or the Q2 at the end. Windows notepad
just displays a y with what looks like an umlaut over it, followed by a
comma, instead of either. How do I know the commands are really there
and capable of being recognized by Editor?
  I can't answer your question about whether Run is "set" to Normal
Windows, because I didn't know you could "set" any features of Run, and
don't know how.
  I should also say that I first tried to find advice in the Xy
Archive on setting up Xy4Dos under XP-Pro and all of my search terms
returns 0 hits, so either the Archive or I was doing something wrong. I
tried browsing through 2000 and 2001, which did work, but didn't locate
anything useful.  --Peter

Harry Binswanger wrote:
> The shortcut is simply "c:\xy4\editor.exe".
>
> Might try entering something in working directory--either c:\xy4 or c:\xy
>
> Also, is Run set to Normal Window?
> Other settings (for other Properties tabs) are somewhere in the Xy
> Archives.
> It occurs to me belatedly that the obvious first thing to try is
> getting a DOS prompt, CD-ing to C:\Xy4 and launching EDITOR.EXE from
> there.
> If that doesn't work, seems like it must be your STARTUP.INT, so to
> debug it (even though you think it's ok), try an empty one and add
> things back until it works. You can comment out all the lines by
> preceding each with a ;*; then erase them in sequence. But the first
> thing to try is launching EDITOR from a regular DOS prompt.
> > I'll try the empty startup.int if you'll give me an idea of how that
> > will help -- is it to try to isolate a bad line in the startup? If
> > so, I did read through it line by line to try to find anything
> > directing Editor to go somewhere unavailable or the like.  --Peter
> > Goldberger
> >
> > Harry Binswanger wrote:
> > > What are the exact contents of your shortcut (under
> > > Properties/Program).
> > >
> > > Also, try it with an empty startup.int.
> > >
> > > I have the Lenovo X61 with the same OS as you. No problem running it.
> > > Couldn't hurt to check your Path to ensure C:\XY4 is in there--not
> > > that it really has to be.
> > > > In a few days I begin an extended trip for the first time since I
> > > > got my Lenovo T61 with XP-ProSP2. I ordinarily use Xy4Dos on a
> > > > desktop running Windows 98SE, and have to put the Xy onto the
> > > > laptop now for the first time. (Then I will add U2.) On the
> > > > desktop I have all the program files in a \Xy4 directory and
> > > > documents/work in a \xy directory. I created a c:\xy4 directory on
> > > > the laptop and copied all the contents of my \xy4 directory from
> > > > the desktop onto the laptop, and then created a desktop shortcut
> > > > that goes to c:\xy4 and runs the command "editor".  I see a dos
> > > > window open and what I imagine is the XyWrite working screen, but
> > > > only for a second -- and then it shuts down, and I'm back in
> > > > Windows where I started. Suggestions on what to check, and what
> > > > settings I might have wrong and where? -- Peter Goldberger,
> > > > Ardmore, PA
> > >
> > >
> > > Harry Binswanger
> > > hb@xxxxxxxx
>
>
> Harry Binswanger
> hb@xxxxxxxx