"Smartset" For Xy4

[Carl Distefano]

SMARTSET.ZIP, a library of powerful XPL programs for XyWrite 4.0, is available
for downloading in the Files section. SmartSet includes a ready-to-load U2
file, also suitable for MErging into an existing U2. A built-in Help facility
provides on-line documentation for each routine.

Important: While you're in the Files section, download Robert Holmgren's
PARSEFRM.ZIP. You'll need it to run SmartSet.

Perhaps the best way to describe SmartSet is to list its table of contents:

Utilities
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DEADLINE Calculate dates plus or minus any number of days
     or the number of days between two dates

TIME   Get the local time in over 150 cities around the world

DUMPDEL  Dump the multi-level deletion buffer to screen

ERRCODE  Selectively retrieve any of XyWrite's 1300+ error messsages

HLIST   Get a ready-to-run list of frames from any Help file

LDPMDEF  LDPM DeFine blocks to a key or "ampersand" save/get

RUNCODE  Run XPL code from disk, directory or screen

SCANCODE Press any key and get its scan code (VA$SC)

STRING4  Execute a string of commands all at once


File & Window Management
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CALLUP  CAll|REad|ChDir with a single key

CLRW   Close all open windows - fast

DPRINT  Print soft dates & times as DOS file date & time

GO    Change drives & directories fast

GOFILE  Change windows fast, by typing a bit of the desired filename

SAVEAS  SAve and reCAll file *or DeFine block* under a new name

SAVEBAK  Make up to 999 separate backup saves of any file or DF block

SAVESESS Save any number of editing sessions to disk for easy retrieval

SMARTDIR Find files fast with a "fuzzy logic" DIRectory command

STRIPDIR Turn a DIRectory into a bare list of DOS filenames

WILD   Use DOS wildcards with XyWrite commands (COPY, DEL, et al.)

WW    Toggle between "tiled" or "cascading" windows and full screens

Editing Tools
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CHKANS  Check responsive pleadings for completeness (lawyer's tool)

DEFDELIM Auto-DeFine text bounded by any matched pair of separators

DEFINE  DeFine-key routine (Auto-Extend|ReSize|ReDeFine)

EG    Create format Styles "by example", on the fly

FINDDIFF Find differences|matches between two files

FISHOUT  Fish out oft-used bits of XPL code, formatting or text

SEBF   SEarch backward and forward with a single command

SEFN   SEarch within footnotes only

I welcome your comments on these programs. Enjoy!