Re: A radical idea: a new XyWrite

[Bob Newell bobnewell@xxxxxxxx]

Aloha,

I've previously noted that Xywrite runs with DOS emulators on an
Android tablet. (I don't have Xywrite III+; I've only tested with
Xywrite 2 and 4), although not for printing, other than the
print-to-file workaround. It runs fast enough to be highly useful with
two caveats: 1) it seems hard on the battery, and 2) it's not so
wonderful for typing in French and German (though I suspect that could
be improved if I worked at it).

This is a really interesting discussion. My two fractions of a cent
worth are that emulators run Xywrite more than well enough, beyond the
point at which a rewrite or clone is necessary (though nonetheless a
fascinating idea). I think a rewrite in an interpreted/tokenized
language like Python would result in code that is too slow.



On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 10:12 AM, Harry Binswanger  wrote:
> Flash,
>
> This is counter to the spirit of my whole dream, but ... you can run (sort
> of) XyWrite on a tablet. I've done it. The trick is to open it on your
> regular computer than do a TeamViewer remote session on your tablet. TV is
> so good that the thing works. I think they or iOS have an alternate onscreen
> keypad that has the shifting keys.
>
> But there's no point in running Xy without a keyboard, and if you're lugging
> around a keyboard, too (even a small bluetooth one) the question is whether
> you wouldn't be better off with a laptop.
>
> --Harry
>
>
> 
>
> On 12/4/18 05:39, Carl Distefano wrote:
>> And last but not least:
>>
>> - Portability: no installation required
>
> I would like a version to run on an iPad. I would pay money for this,
> but not enough to make it worth a programmer's man-hours I'm afraid.
>
> Crowd funding maybe?
>
> 
> 



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Bob Newell
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