Re: Vdos automatically converts to/from Win Ansi

[Bill Troop billtroop@xxxxxxxx]

Kari, this sounds like a great suggestion but I don't understand all
of it. For example,


> Just define an ASCII file type in EditPad and associate it with
> EditPad, then you have access to the same file as in XyWrite.


I don't get any of the three points. Could we have a version for Dummies?


At 08/07/2015 08:34, you wrote:
> This is very nice compared to a VirtualPC 2007/DOS-Win3.1 setup
> where there is no clipboard support. To overcome the limitations
> discussed here the easiest method as far as I am concerned is using
> EditPad (Lite or Pro). Just define an ASCII file type in EditPad and
> associate it with EditPad, then you have access to the same file as
> in XyWrite. EditPad keeps automatically track of the changes you
> make in XyWrite if you check 'Preferences, Open Files, Automatically
> reload the active file if it was modified on disk'. When adding e.g.
> browser contents, paste it into Editpad, save, and AB, CA in
> XyWrite. No limitations!
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Kari Eveli
> LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
> lexitec@xxxxxxxx
>
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> 7.7.2015, 21:32, Carl Distefano wrote:
> > It is indeed a convenience. One thing I've noticed, though, is that
> > you can't paste more than about 9KB into XyWrite using this method.
> > For larger blocks, you need to save the clipboard to a file, then
> > MErge the file into Xy (e.g., VCLIP). I have the latter method
> > assigned to Ctrl-V (in addition to vDos's Winkey-Ctrl-V), so it's no big deal.