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Subject: Re: vDosPlus XyWrite 3.00 – first build based on the current Autumn
From: Kari Eveli lexitec@xxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 10:37:27 0300
Jordan,
Thank you for using the installer. If there are no major technical
reasons to keep updating the Winter '15 branch (I have not seen any so
far), the version 2.01 will be the last one that sports the Winter '15
vDosPlus.exe. Beginning from version 3.00 only Autumn '16 vDosPlus.exe
will be used in the installers. You can, of course, manually install
another version of another branch (depending on the availability of such
versions) on top of the installation. This may entail minor
incompatibilities with the documentation (manual.txt, config.txt, etc.),
so you have to copy Wengier's readme.txt and refer to it for details and
fix things manually in config.txt.
Latest downloadable installers:
http://www.lexitec.fi/xywrite/vDosPlus300_Setup.zip(Autumn '16)
http://www.lexitec.fi/xywrite/vDosPlus201_Setup.zip(Winter '15)
Best regards,
Kari Eveli
LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
lexitec@xxxxxxxx
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http://www.lexitec.fi/11.10.2016, 18:41, J R FOX kirjoitti:
> Thanks very much, Kari.
>
> So, both branches are receiving a similar installer treatment ? (From
> you ?)
>
> I installed the last one (15 branch, I believe -- it was 2.0) on an
> office desktop, and the procedure went smoothly, so you've clearly done
> a good job with the installer, I'd say. That should not be minimized,
> as it's hard to anticipate everything at the user end, and I'm sure
> there must have been plenty of things that could go wrong with it. I
> have not had a chance to try out any printing yet. This is our
> "satellite" office, and I won't be back there until the end of the
> week. We have an HP laser and a wireless HP Deskjet there.
>
> Jordan
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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 11:30:57 -0400
From: Harry Binswanger
mailto:hb@xxxxxxxxSubject: Re: vDosPlus XyWrite 3.00 ? first build based on the current Autumn '
Carl,
Would it be asking to much for you to list the steps to make the transition
from 2015 to Autumn?
It gets a little confusing.
Thanks very much for the updated U2, which I've installed.
--Harry
>Let me note that, in my fairly intensive testing, XyWrite 4 and the
>Jumbo U2 runs very nicely in the 2016.10.01 (a/k/a Autumn '16) build
>of vDosPlus. I've "migrated" myself to this branch, and recommend that
>U2 users consider doing the same. If you do (or even if you don't), be
>sure to grab the latest (10/8/2016) update to U2 at
>
https://users.datarealm.com/xywwweb/Lots of revisions and additions,
>mostly but not exclusively vDosPlus-related. You can view the
>changelog here:
>
https://users.datarealm.com/xywwweb/changelog.pdf>
>--
>Carl Distefano
>
mailto:cld@xxxxxxxx>
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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 11:23:02 -0400
From: Harry Binswanger
mailto:hb@xxxxxxxxSubject: Re: vDosPlus XyWrite 3.00 ? first build based on the current Autumn '
Carl,
Weirdly, when I unzipped the new U2 zip file, the U2 itself had no date
showing in Explorer. This meant that when I sorted on the Date column, it
didn't show up at the top, with the other new stuff.
Regards,
Harry
>Let me note that, in my fairly intensive testing, XyWrite 4 and the
>Jumbo U2 runs very nicely in the 2016.10.01 (a/k/a Autumn '16) build
>of vDosPlus. I've "migrated" myself to this branch, and recommend that
>U2 users consider doing the same. If you do (or even if you don't), be
>sure to grab the latest (10/8/2016) update to U2 at
>
https://users.datarealm.com/xywwweb/Lots of revisions and additions,
>mostly but not exclusively vDosPlus-related. You can view the
>changelog here:
>
https://users.datarealm.com/xywwweb/changelog.pdf>
>--
>Carl Distefano
>
mailto:cld@xxxxxxxx>
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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 11:32:26 -0400
From: Harry Binswanger
mailto:hb@xxxxxxxxSubject: Re: vDosPlus XyWrite 3.00 ? first build based on the current Autumn '
Or . . . should I just use Kari's installer?
Carl,
Would it be asking to much for you to list the steps to make the transition
from 2015 to Autumn?
It gets a little confusing.
Thanks very much for the updated U2, which I've installed.
--Harry
>Let me note that, in my fairly intensive testing, XyWrite 4 and the
>Jumbo U2 runs very nicely in the 2016.10.01 (a/k/a Autumn '16) build
>of vDosPlus. I've "migrated" myself to this branch, and recommend that
>U2 users consider doing the same. If you do (or even if you don't), be
>sure to grab the latest (10/8/2016) update to U2 at
>
https://users.datarealm.com/xywwweb/Lots of revisions and additions,
>mostly but not exclusively vDosPlus-related. You can view the
>changelog here:
>
https://users.datarealm.com/xywwweb/changelog.pdf>
>--
>Carl Distefano
>
mailto:cld@xxxxxxxx------------------------------
Subject: Re: vDosPlus XyWrite 3.00 ? first build based on the current Autumn '1
From: Kari Eveli lexitec@xxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 18:57:24 0300
Harry,
If you have used the installer before, it would make sense to use it to
update your install. If not, something may go wrong when running the
installer to update the earlier (manual?) install. An easy way to be on
the safe side is to make a copy of your current vDosPlus folder with a
different name and try the installer on this copied folder. That way, if
something goes wrong, you have your previous system intact, and you can
test the result of the installer separately. It is advisable to use the
restore settings option to save time fixing things in the new alternate
setup.
Best regards,
Kari Eveli
LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
lexitec@xxxxxxxx
*** Lexitec Online ***
Lexitec in English:
http://www.lexitec.fi/english.htmlHome page in Finnish:
http://www.lexitec.fi/12.10.2016, 18:32, Harry Binswanger wrote:
> Or . . . should I just use Kari's installer?
>
> Carl,
>
> Would it be asking to much for you to list the steps to make the
> transition from 2015 to Autumn?
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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 12:32:14 -0400
From: Carl Distefano
mailto:cld@xxxxxxxxSubject: Re: vDosPlus XyWrite 3.00 ? first build based on the current Autumn '
Harry,
> Weirdly, when I unzipped the new U2 zip file, the U2 itself had no
> date showing in Explorer. This meant that when I sorted on the Date
> column, it didn't show up at the top, with the other new stuff.
Yes, that is weird. The file itself is fine, though -- I just checked.
--
Carl Distefano
mailto:cld@xxxxxxxx------------------------------
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 12:42:17 -0400
From: Carl Distefano
mailto:cld@xxxxxxxxSubject: Re: vDosPlus XyWrite 3.00 ? first build based on the current Autumn '1
Kari said:
> ... An easy way to be on the safe side is to make a copy of your
> current vDosPlus folder with a different name and try the installer
> on this copied folder. That way, if something goes wrong, you have
> your previous system intact,
Alternatively, you could use the installer to install into a fresh
(empty) directory, and copy over any needed files (config, autoexec,
*.ttf) from the other directory.
--
Carl Distefano
mailto:cld@xxxxxxxx------------------------------
Subject: Re: vDosPlus XyWrite 3.00 ? first build based on the current Autumn '1
From: Kari Eveli lexitec@xxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 19:55:33 0300
Carl,
Sure. But I would first put config.txt into the empty directory and let
restore settings try to figure out your old settings, and update the
config.txt documentation in the process.
Best regards,
Kari Eveli
LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
lexitec@xxxxxxxx
*** Lexitec Online ***
Lexitec in English:
http://www.lexitec.fi/english.htmlHome page in Finnish:
http://www.lexitec.fi/12.10.2016, 19:42, Carl Distefano kirjoitti:
> Alternatively, you could use the installer to install into a fresh
> (empty) directory, and copy over any needed files (config, autoexec,
> *.ttf) from the other directory.
>
> --
> Carl Distefano
>
mailto:cld@xxxxxxxx------------------------------
From: Fred Weiner
mailto:fw1948@xxxxxxxxDate: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 11:16:47 -0700
Subject: MD DD
Got tangled up in neurons trying to remember how to change color for
Defined text. Here's a section of settings.dfl:
; DD is number used to compute display of defined text
; Defined text does not display in this mode number
DF DD=46
I'm running the absolutely best Mac port for XY, crisp clean display,
prints with TY
no questions asked, integrates also with Mac OS files,
so much faster than the setup I've used for years, DosBOX hosted.
It's Dr Mendelson's excellent vDosMac.app. Anybody need details there's a
couple of HTML docs in the package; I had about five days of tweaking then
got it. Perfect.
Anyway that line from settings, Defined text does not display in this mode
number, some algorithm integrating Define with the rest of the display, but
what's the math? How do I change it (in XyWrite natively)?
Thank you.
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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 12:25:51 -0400
From: Harry Binswanger mailto:hb@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: vDosPlus XyWrite 3.00 ? first build based on the current Autumn '
Thanks, Kari.
--Harry
>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
>
>Harry,
>
>If you have used the installer before, it would make sense to use it to
>update your install. If not, something may go wrong when running the
>installer to update the earlier (manual?) install. An easy way to be on
>the safe side is to make a copy of your current vDosPlus folder with a
>different name and try the installer on this copied folder. That way, if
>something goes wrong, you have your previous system intact, and you can
>test the result of the installer separately. It is advisable to use the
>restore settings option to save time fixing things in the new alternate setup.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Kari Eveli
>LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
>lexitec@xxxxxxxx
>
>*** Lexitec Online ***
>Lexitec in English: http://www.lexitec.fi/english.html
>Home page in Finnish: http://www.lexitec.fi/
>
>12.10.2016, 18:32, Harry Binswanger wrote:
>>Or . . . should I just use Kari's installer?
>>
>>Carl,
>>
>>Would it be asking to much for you to list the steps to make the
>>transition from 2015 to Autumn?
>
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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 22:05:06 -0400
From: Harry Binswanger mailto:hb@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: MD DD
DD works on different math, as you discovered. I never decoded it, but you
can just experiment with different numbers, 0 -255, in SETTINGS.DFL. What I
did, and I recommend, is to define a block of text, try a DD, then re-load
Settings.dfl using a special keystroke to save and re-load of SETTINGS.DFL.
Instant feedback. Here is a pseudo-code version of what I use (gets the
cursor back to where it was):
nn=no,<,S,X,0,1,,,<,C,P,>,>,bx,s,a,q2,bx,l,o,a,d,
,S,e,t,t,i,n,g,s,.,d,f,l,q2,<,I,F,<,E,R,>,>,<,E,X,1,>,<,E,I,>,bx,j,m,p,
,<,P,V,0,1,>,q2,<,P,R, ,n,e,w, ,s,e,t,t,i,n,g,s,.,d,f,l,
,l,o,a,d,e,d,>,<,E,X,>,<,E,I,>
My actual code is part of a larger U2 frame, HBSA, that takes care of this,
saving and re-loading the U2, and regular saves--depending on the file
extension (.DFL, .U2, or not).
Regards,
Harry
>Got tangled up in neurons trying to remember how to change color for
>Defined text. Here's a section of settings.dfl:
>
>; DD is number used to compute display of defined text
>; Defined text does not display in this mode number
>DF DD=46
>I'm running the absolutely best Mac port for XY, crisp clean display,
>prints with TY no questions asked, integrates also with Mac OS files,
>so much faster than the setup I've used for years, DosBOX hosted.
>
>It's Dr Mendelson's excellent vDosMac.app. Anybody need details there's a
>couple of HTML docs in the package; I had about five days of tweaking then
>got it. Perfect.
>
>Anyway that line from settings, Defined text does not display in this mode
>number, some algorithm integrating Define with the rest of the display,
>but what's the math? How do I change it (in XyWrite natively)?
>
>Thank you.
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From: Fred Weiner mailto:fw1948@xxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 19:47:54 -0700
Subject: Re: MD DD
Thanks Harry. Appreciated.
On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 7:05 PM, Harry Binswanger mailto:hb@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> DD works on different math, as you discovered. I never decoded it, but you
> can just experiment with different numbers, 0 -255, in SETTINGS.DFL. What I
> did, and I recommend, is to define a block of text, try a DD, then re-load
> Settings.dfl using a special keystroke to save and re-load of SETTINGS.DFL.
> Instant feedback. Here is a pseudo-code version of what I use (gets the
> cursor back to where it was):
>
> nn=no,<,S,X,0,1,,,<,C,P,>,>,bx,s,a,q2,bx,l,o,a,d,
> ,S,e,t,t,i,n,g,s,.,d,f,l,q2,<,I,F,<,E,R,>,>,<,E,X,1,>,<,E,I,>,bx,j,m,p,
> ,<,P,V,0,1,>,q2,<,P,R, ,n,e,w, ,s,e,t,t,i,n,g,s,.,d,f,l,
> ,l,o,a,d,e,d,>,<,E,X,>,<,E,I,>
>
> My actual code is part of a larger U2 frame, HBSA, that takes care of
> this, saving and re-loading the U2, and regular saves--depending on the
> file extension (.DFL, .U2, or not).
>
> Regards,
> Harry
>
>
> Got tangled up in neurons trying to remember how to change color for
>> Defined text. Here's a section of settings.dfl:
>>
>> ; DD is number used to compute display of defined text
>> ; Defined text does not display in this mode number
>> DF DD=46
>> I'm running the absolutely best Mac port for XY, crisp clean display,
>> prints with TY no questions asked, integrates also with Mac OS files,
>> so much faster than the setup I've used for years, DosBOX hosted.
>>
>> It's Dr Mendelson's excellent vDosMac.app. Anybody need details there's a
>> couple of HTML docs in the package; I had about five days of tweaking then
>> got it. Perfect.
>>
>> Anyway that line from settings, Defined text does not display in this
>> mode number, some algorithm integrating Define with the rest of the
>> display, but what's the math? How do I change it (in XyWrite natively)?
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>
>
>
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