Re: XyWrite Mac DOSBox Printing

["Robert Holmgren" holmgren@xxxxxxxx]

** Reply to message from "Fred Weiner"  on
Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:39:35 -0700


>  parent environment, whereas DosBox probably doesn't/won't.
>
> Not so. One "mounts" any particular folder from OS X as a separate "drive"
> in DOSBox

I know. I've played extensively with DOSBox. You can do all
sorts of file manipulations. But can you address the Clipboard?
No. Can you launch a native executable from DOSBox? No. I
know that there are people who've figured out how to shell to
Linux from DOSEMU -- that's real integration. That means that
you could run XyWrite in DOSEMU and, from a XyWrite cockpit, get
Linux apps (like GS) to launch. In DOSBox, forget it. DOSBox
is great for hermetic apps, like games. Not so great for apps
that want to reach out and touch externals.

Almost ten years ago I wrote a native Linux daemon to "watch" a
particular directory, and when a file containing a bunch of
instructions showed up in that directory, to execute the
instructions -- it was crude, but effective. XyWrite could be
set up to "wait" for a reply, if you wanted to feed data back to
XyWrite after shelling out.

Where there's a will, there's a way!

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Robert Holmgren
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