Dear Michael
Thank you for responding so quickly and clearly. I inadvertently
mislead you because I used the wrong word when I said I access xywrite through
the command prompt window. I access command prompt from an icon set to
full screen in the section next to the start button. I did not
realize that full screen is not referred to as a window. It is when I
exit xywrite in the command prompt full screen that it freezes. Is
this problem curable or is this part of the xp lag
problem.
Is the *Customization Guide* IMHO the manual that came with Xywrite.
I hope so since I still have it. What is imho.
Are there any recommendations on the three books that I mentioned in my
earlier email quoted below.
Again thanks
avromf@xxxxxxxx or af413@xxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 5:00
PM
Subject: Re: Fw: overcoming the XP
lag
At 11/4/2004 01:44 PM -0500, Avrom Fischer wrote:
>I have
a problem with xp in that when I exit xywrite my computer seems to
>freeze within the window for command prompt. I than do a
> to get to task manager and then I click end
task I use
>xywrite 4.017, and have a pc with a gig of ram and
and amd 2200
>processor. I do not have the same problem when I
exit other dos programs
>such as wordperfect or word for word or any
other dos program. is this
>related to the problem called xp
lag. any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
>I find many of
the emails are over my head. I have started to read
>Xywrite
4Macros by Campbell and Allen. Is that a worthwhile book or would
>I be better of reading xywrite revealed by tyson.
As one of our
experts here repeatedly points out, XyWrite for DOS was not
written to
perform in a Windows environment. We were able with tweaks to do
well in
W3.1-->W98SE, but began to experience various problems -- mostly
screen
and keyboard problems -- with the advent of XP. The problems come
when you
try to run XyWrite in a Window, or DosBox, as some here call it.
If you
run it full-screen, you essentially eliminate almost all the issues.
What
you are reading about in this thread is an attempt by experienced
XyWrite
users -- ah, let's make that *veteran* XyWrite users with varying
degrees
of computer experience -- to *force* the program to run in an XP
Window,
this to improve the screen appearance. In XP SP1 it was impossible
to get
smooth operation in a Window. With SP2 we are meeting with mixed
results.
These posts are essentially trying to figure out why our tweaks --
largely
stumbled on -- are working. If we can figure it out, perhaps we can
come
up with a solution that does not require jerry-rigging. Meanwhile, to
your
point, the best way to learn how to set the program up to work in XP
is to
take a few hours and run a search at
http://xywrite.org
the
XyList archive with a great search engine. There you will find many
suggestions on creating shortcuts and the settings various folks use in
the
*properties* tab of the shortcut. If you get really lost, give a yell
and
I'm sure someone here will grab the essentials off the list and send
them
along. But they are really all there. Suggest a *field search* for
XP. Lots
of instructions on the site. Finally, the *Customization Guide*
IMHO is the
best book on Xywrite.
Michael
Norman