Re: Xy4U2 copy to Mac

[Bill Troop <billtroop@xxxxxxxxx>]

That's interesting Fred. I knew about the built-in command but had forgotten about the special U2 version. I use SAD a lot, for example if I need to extract a paragraph from a long file I will define it and then SAD XYZ.txt. I know it's safe and out of the way and can continue working in my main file. This would be more cumbersome in any other program. It's one of those little XyWrite miracles that make me realize why I still have to use this program. 

On Tue, 18 Jan 2022 at 17:59, Fred Weiner <fw1948@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Thanks for that Bill!

It works, but there's a surprising wrinkle.

Since I was not familiar with SAD, I looked it up in the xywwweb help file (help SAD ) and found it part of an extensive Robert Holmgren frame for handling long filenames, with this line illustrating the use of SAD per se:

SAD filename○ SAve  «MDBO»Defined block«MDNM» as [d:\path\]file♪

Notice that the command is completed using rather than 'return' or 'enter'.  With text defined in the usual way, issuing "sad clip$ " brings the error message "SAD  file not found: clip$". So I'm like, back to the drawing board. But then, on impulse, I issued the same command with the enter key--not the helpkey--and it worked! I was astonished and it's way beyond my paygrade to explain why/how this happened with a U2 frame. By the way, I've tried this numerous times now and it always works with the enter key, never with the helpkey, and works flawlessly!

FW

On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 10:10 AM Bill Troop <billtroop@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I think there's an alternative method which I think I use. Define text as usual in xywrite. Then execute SAD Clip$. System will ask do you want to overwrite? Click y. Your text is now in the Mac clipboard and may have better formatting than the method described below. 

On Tue, 18 Jan 2022 at 16:57, Fred Weiner <fw1948@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Here's a question for Dr Ed (who is within his rights not to answer a "request for support" query):

Your support page for DOSBox-X-App.app lists the following direction for copying from XY to the MacOS clipboard:

To copy text to the macOS clipboard, use one of these methods:

Send or copy the text to a "file" named CLIP$ (this is actually a "device" that contains the current contents of the clipboard).
Perform the following steps:
Hold down a Shift-arrow key to move the cursor to the position on screen where you want to start selecting text (i.e. any corner of the rectangle that you want to copy).
Press Fn-Shift-Left (equivalent on Home on a Windows/Linux keyboard) to start the section.
Extend the selection with the Shift-arrow keys.
End the selection by pressing Fn-Shift-Right (equivalent of End), and the selected text will be copied to the macOS clipboard.

As there is no Fn key (that I know of) on a Mac Desktop system (it's for laptops), do you have a suggestion for another method? As for copying to CLIP$, where is that "file" located?

Thank you either way . . . 

FW

On Mon, Jan 17, 2022 at 10:58 PM Carl Distefano <cld@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Reply to note from Edward Mendelson <em36@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Mon, 17 Jan
2022 22:24:28 -0500

> Is there any chance you might consider making subdirectories for
> some of those categories (especially documentation) so that the
> main directory won't be cluttered with files that no one actually
> uses to run XyWrite?

That's an appealing idea, Edward. I've long had a "Xy4Min" directory
with a minimal Xy4 setup that can readily be copied to a transportable
medium -- though the Xy4 directory on my hard drive is cluttered to the
max. But, for purposes of a portable setup, a main program directory
containing only the essential files makes sense. I'll give it some
thought.

--
Carl Distefano
cld@xxxxxxxxxx