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Misc. Questions: vDosXy | NB



1) The last time I checked (some time ago), XySearch for the list was offline, so please excuse the fact that I probably inquired about this at some time in the past.  It was my impression that NB could import, further edit, and then print Xy files: at least for Xy-4, not at all sure about Xy-3.  I'm pretty sure that I must have printed out a few Xy-4 files with NB, as that was one of the main reasons why I bought Nota Bene at all -- to be able to print with contemporary and USB printers.  Well, I just saw something that I know I've seen before: trying to open a Xy-3 file, at which point what I see on screen looks like very tiny gibberish that would need magnification times around a factor of 20, before I could have any idea what it might be.  So, either I can't do this at all with Xy-3 documents, or I am missing something important here.  A wild guess would be that it may have something to do with the Xy-3 documents being formatted with PT tables for -- in this case -- an early HP-LJ printer, and that NB is trying to render it as Arial 12, or whatever its default happens to be.  Is there some simple way to compensate for this ?

I seem to recall NB-Win being able to convert To or From various formats, or that it would ask you what the format was of a document you were trying to open or import.  But that was many versions ago, perhaps predating the 64-bit compatibility, and I'm not seeing that option now.

2) I'm trying to get some VDosXy syntax right in the Autoexec file. 

quoting from the example file:

    rem Set other shared directories as desired;
    rem Examples:
    rem Note: Trailing "\" is required!
    rem -----------
    rem  USE X: X:\
    rem  USE X: C:\Xy4\
    rem  USE Y: C:\XyDocs\

    USE C:C:\

Is there or is there not supposed to be a space after the first "C:", as in the rem lines ? 
Or does it not matter ? 
I also want to reference several directories on a J:, so would I add this 

    USE J: J:\

But this can't be done in a single, compound USE line ?

I'm also confused a bit in regard to the %path% thing in the PATH line.
(Too much basic stuff we too easily forget . . . . )

3) I will probably have to read up through a bunch of past List messages, in regard to just what this DOSPRINTER thing can or cannot do, and how.  I'd like to be able to connect a printer that at least emulates HP-LJ and to print through this VDosXy setup -- even if I get a viable answer to question 1 above.


  Jordan