carl, I'm attaching the two files you requested. just to reprise my situation: I have installed xywrite from kari eveli's site (also have notified him of this), and when I click the installed shortcut on my desktop, the familiar xy screen/command line comes up. and as it does, it appears to be running startup.int, loading my custom keyboard. BUT when I try any command from the command line, the whole show freezes. BUT IF i first type run startup.int or even ldkbd ibmb.kbd (my custom keyboard), it runs these from the xy4 folder in which I work, and all's well. most curious. as startup.int runs, it always shows a few glitches, but they don't matter...like keyboard doesn't accept..... but no problem. so files below:
@echo off rem Set Code Page chcp 437 rem Drive assignments generated by vDosPlus setup rem have been replaced by the USEDRVS=ON setting rem Put your own USE settings here! rem e.g. "USE N: D:\FOLDER" rem Path statement generated by vDosPlus setup path C:\VD+Xy3;C:\XY4;C:\XY4\Filters;C:\VD+Xy3\4DOS;C:\VD+Xy3\Doszip;C:\VD+Xy3\EMSMagic;C:\VD+Xy3\FreeDos;C:\Windows\system32\; rem Set path for WfW folder used in CONVERT.BAT set wfwpath=C:\XY4\Filters rem Set FreeDos keyboard layout support rem KEYB.EXE us,437,C:\vDosPlus\FreeDos\us.kl /9 rem Use EMSMagic to provide 4 MB of EMS memory to XyWrite rem EMSMAGIC.COM C: cd C:\XY4 C:\XY4\EDITOR.EXE EXIT
############################### #### vDosPlus XyWrite 5.02 #### #### XyWrite Service Pack #### #### CP437 & CP 850 #### ############################### #[Note that this config.txt file is designed for vDosPlus XyWrite 5.02. It contains settings not present in previous versions. Each vDosPlus XyWrite installer run prepares a new config.txt file compatible with the currently installed version. From version 1.53 onwards you can automatically restore your config.txt settings when updating the installation on top of a previous version. The restore process tries to retrieve your old settings, i.e. lines that begin with either 'RESERVED_WORD =' or 'REM RESERVED_WORD =' (or even '# RESERVED_WORD =' or '#RESERVED_WORD ='). It restores settings and REMed settings literally as they appear in the previous config.txt. There is one known non fatal limitation of this process, namely if there is an explanatory REMed line BEFORE the actual REMed line of a setting, the installer interprets this as the REMed setting unless there is an actual non-REMed setting in use already. An example: rem SCALE = 2 is a setting that I have used before. rem SCALE = 2 The first line will be chosen by the installer as the REMed setting. This is not fatal as it is only a remark. This can be avoided by enclosing such an explanatory comment in the block comments or by leaving out the = sign, or by preceding the RESERVED_WORD by some other textual matter. Please observe the following: If you delete a setting line, the setting will return to the vDosPlus default (see the appendix in manual.txt for default values!), but the restore feature restores its own default if there is no (REMed or unREMed) setting. Therefore, it is not advisable to delete lines to remove a setting, REM or unREM it instead! Your REMed setting will be restored as is! All other eventual user-edited content of the previous config.txt is ignored. Hence, do not keep your comments in the config.txt file. Instead, use the SYSNOTES.TXT file for your comments. Your previous content can, of course, be retrieved from the backup copy the installer makes. The installer also outputs a default config.txt file (CONFIG_D.TXT) without restored settings for future reference, and, when using the restore settings feature, a concise (non-verbose) config.txt file (CONFIG_C.TXT) for those who prefer a settings-only config.txt file. You can rename one of those to config.txt or use a command-line option like "vDosPlus /cfg CONFIG_D.TXT" or Carl Distefano's VDP.BAT to load an alternative config.txt.]# ### Config.txt warning messages ### #[By default, vDosPlus will warn you at startup when any config.txt options are incorrect. Use CONFWARN = OFF setting to bypass these warning messages.]# rem CONFWARN = OFF ####################### ### Display options ### ####################### ### Lines and columns ### #[The number of lines and columns in text mode can range: LINS = <24..60> and COLS = <60...240>. Typical settings are: 1) LINS = 25 and COLS = 80; 2) LINS = 43 and COLS = 80; and 3) LINS = 50 and COLS = 80. Remember to specify the same number of lines (SL=##) and columns (SW=##) in settings.dfl (or NB default.set) or to issue the corresponding DEFAULT commands in startup.int.]# LINS = 25 COLS = 80 ### Allow line/column or color palette change via DAC registers by DOS programs ### #[In text mode, changing the number of lines and columns or the color palette(s) via DAC registers by DOS programs is allowed in vDosPlus. You can disable this by setting SCRCHG = OFF (vDosPlus SETCFG/SETCOLOR commands still work!).]# rem SCRCHG = OFF ### Monitor selection and Window size ### #[If you have multiple monitors, you can start vDosPlus on a specified screen (Windows monitor number)]# rem SCREEN = 2 ### vDosPlus window size relative to screen size ### #[N.B. If you change monitors by using the SCREEN option, you may have to change this value depending on the resolution of each screen. They go hand in hand! A setting of 'WINDOW = 100' opens a full screen session (which can be opened by Alt-Enter as well). Optional window position coordinates: The vDosPlus window is centered on the screen by default, add coordinates to reposition: WINDOW = <size>, <left x-pos>:<top y-pos>. An example of this with window size of 60 and starting coordinates 250 from left, 160 from top: WINDOW = 60,250:160]# WINDOW = 50 ### Application window scaling ### #[To scale the vDosPlus window in graphics mode: SCALE = <1-9> (equals 100-900%). This may produce poor results as one single point is simply enlarged to 2x2 points. There is even an optional second parameter if you want the vertical scale to be different from the horizontal scale in VGA mode, e.g. "SCALE=2,1". "SCALE=0,0" expands the window to the maximum supported values automatically.]# rem SCALE = 2 ### Show vDosPlus window on top of other windows ### #[This ensures that the vDosPlus window is the topmost window when it is active (the Taskbar will not cover the window).]# TOPWIN = ON ### Transparency ### #[The TRANSWIN setting controls the transparency of the vDosPlus application window. The setting applies to both windowed and full-screen mode. The range of valid values is from 0 (no transparency, the default) to 90 (high transparency)]# rem TRANSWIN = 20 ### Disable VDos even point size limitation ### #[This removes the limitation to even point sizes and rounded pixel dimensions imposed by current vDos font-size selection rules. This makes vDosPlus behave like vDosXy versions 1.00 and 1.10 which were based on previous version of vDos. N.B. Using an external font is a prerequisite for this setting to work.]# EVENSIZE = OFF ### Optional TTF font ### #[An external monospaced font is needed to display the XyWrite character set properly (standard double line-drawing characters instead of vDos standard thick lines). The following Cousine screen fonts are installed in the vDosPlus folder: Cousine-Regular.TTF (CP437 and CP850) Cousine-Bold.TTF (CP437 and CP850) Cousine-Italic.TTF (CP437 and CP850) Cousine-BoldItalic.TTF (CP437 and CP850) Special modified screen fonts are needed for supplemental CPs: Cousine-CP775.TTF Cousine-CP852.TTF Cousine-CP857.TTF Cousine-CP866X.TTF For CP437 and CP850, it is possible to use other standard monospaced fonts like MS Windows Consola. If the fonts used are not in the vDosPlus folder, you need to prefix a path, e.g. FONT = C:\WINDOWS\FONTS\CONSOLA or even %windir%\fonts\CONSOLA]# FONT = Cousine-Regular #[In addition, you can also use actual bold, italic and bold italic fonts instead of slanted characters. Please note that these directives require the FONT directive to be set.]# BOLDFONT = Cousine-Bold ITALFONT = Cousine-Italic BOITFONT = Cousine-BoldItalic #[In this service pack, the Ghostscript print files support printing the Euro symbol. The position of the printed Euro sign depends on the CP as follows: CP CHR Default sign in code page ========================================= 437 159 florin (Dutch guilder sign) 775 159 currency 850 159 florin 852 207 currency 857 207 currency 866X 253 currency When PCL print files are used, default screen characters are printed and can be shown on screen by disabling the EURO directive with a preceding REM.]# EURO = 159 ### Show text-mode bold/italics on screen ### #[The setting WP = XY in CONFIG.TXT enables XyWrite text-mode graphical underlining and italics, as well as superscripts, subscripts and small text. There is even an optional second parameter to specify the background color, e.g. WP = XY,0, where 0 is black, 1 blue, 2 green, etc. The default is 1, i.e. blue. Use your Xywrite defaults file to set suitable screen modes in conjunction of the DOS screen modes provided. In Xy3 and NB3, it may be a good idea to map MDRV to italics and MDBR to bold italics. Flashing mode MDFL can be used for small or flattened text as it is rarely used for text formatting. See also the SMALLCLR directive below. Graphical strikethrough is not enabled by default, but it can be enabled using STRIKOUT=ON. You can assign MDSO (flashing bold standout) mode to this in Xy.]# WP = XY #[For WordPerfect support only: the GOTOCMD directive opens a CMD window instead of the Windows Explorer window for the Go to Shell command in WP Shell emulation. Default: ON]# rem GOTOCMD = OFF ### Graphical italics vs. color mode only ### # when the WP=XY directive is set, graphical italics are shown by default. To show color-mode italics, enable the SHOWITAL=OFF setting. rem SHOWITAL = OFF ### Graphical superscript and subscript vs. color mode only ### # when the WP=XY directive is set, superscript and subscript text is displayed by default as a graphical variant and not as a color mode. Set SUBPSCR = OFF to view as a color mode only. rem SUBPSCR = OFF ### Graphical strikethrough text vs. color mode only ### # when the WP=XY directive is set, strikethrough text is shown as a color mode by default. To display actual strikethrough graphically, set STRIKOUT=ON. rem STRIKOUT = ON ### Small font color ### #[Small fonts are shown in the color table where the FG color is the same as the BG color (as specified in the WP directive). This setting changes the FG color of small text (default is 7, i.e. white).]# rem SMALLCLR = ### Blinking cursor ### #[The default is BLINKC=ON. Set BLINKC=OFF if you don't want the cursor to blink.]# rem BLINKC = OFF #[Set the cursor blinking rate. Valid range is between 0 (fastest) and 5 (slowest); defaults to 2]# rem BLRATE = 1 ### Window frames ### #[If FRAME = ON, vDosPlus window borders and title bar are displayed. When FRAME is OFF (and SYSICONS > 0 ) and you hover over the top line, the standard system icons (minimize, maximize/restore and close) will appear in the upper right corner. vDosPlus default is no window frame borders or title bar.]# FRAME = ON ### System icons ### #[You can control how the system icons (minimize, maximize/restore and close) show when in frameless or fullscreen mode. vDosPlus default is 2 but you may want to change this to SYSICONS = 3 if you have more than 25 lines. By disabling the system icons (SYSICONS = 0), the application is more like other virtualization solutions, e.g. Virtual PC. Remember that you can use Alt-Enter to switch from and to fullscreen mode in lieu of restore/maximize. See the manual for details.]# SYSICONS = 2 #[Use SYSCLOSE = OFF to gray out the x or close system icon so that it cannot be used. Default is ON.]# rem SYSCLOSE = OFF ### Title ### #[You can show a custom title on the title bar (with FRAME = ON) or in the taskbar popup window (even with FRAME = off)]# TITLE = vDosPlus XyWrite 4 ### Icon ### #[When FRAME = ON, you can show an icon in the upper left corner of the title bar. These icons are available in the icons subfolder: XyWrite 4: XY4_TRNT.ICO, XY4_WHTE.ICO You can also change the application icon on the desktop and on the taskbar by changing the icon of the shortcut used to start vDosPlus.exe (Shortcut, Properties, Change icon).]# ICON = icons\IXY4_TRNT.ICO ### Border padding ### #[You can also set the border padding for the text-mode vDosPlus screen. The padding value will be automatically converted into row/column spacing. The optional second argument can be used for specifying the padding color: (default is 0 or black (color 0 of the COLORS directive); see the manual for possible colors; you can bypass the effect of a customized color 0 by setting the second value to -1.]# rem PADDING = 40,1 ### Enable Windows shortcuts in fullscreen mode ### #[Ctrl+Alt+? shortcuts of other Windows applications may not work in fullscreen mode. If you encounter this problem, enable these shortcuts with:]# rem SHORTCUT = ON ### Screen colors ### #[Set RBG values for modes 0-15 in decimal (r, b, g) or (hex #rrbbgg) PLEASE NOTE: Copy the colors setting line you want to use here! This ensures that the color palettes remain intact.]# rem COLORS = (r, b, g) ... #[Default EGA palette: COLORS = (0, 0, 0) (0, 0, 170) (0, 170, 0) (0, 170, 170) (170, 0, 0) (170, 0, 170) (170, 0, 85) (170, 170, 170) (85, 85, 85) (85, 85, 225) (85, 225, 85) (85, 225, 225) (225, 85, 85) (225, 85, 255) (225, 255, 85) (225, 255, 255) Custom examples by courtesy of Carl Distefano: Cream on Dark Blue Background: COLORS = (0, 0, 57) (0, 0, 57) (210, 0, 0) (198, 153, 117) (129, 17, 17) (0, 129, 221) (149, 129, 161) (185, 141, 105) (253, 185, 117) (253, 253, 253) (85, 253, 85) (85, 253, 253) (125, 153, 57) (237, 53, 181) (169, 169, 253) (253, 253, 253) Dark Blue on White Background: COLORS = (255, 255, 255) (15, 67, 15) (255, 0, 0,) (0, 0, 159) (255, 255, 139) (0, 131, 223) (235, 195, 235) (0, 0, 127) (0, 131, 131) (0, 255, 0) (87, 0, 87) (0, 87, 187) (255, 183, 0) (255, 95, 255) (51, 51, 223) (0, 83, 235) (Bright) IBM PC Green on Black Background (with color highlights): COLORS = (0, 0, 0,) (0, 0, 171 ) (255, 0, 0) (0, 171, 171) (131, 0, 0) (171, 0, 171) (171, 161, 0) (63, 212, 63) (163, 163, 163) (0, 87, 255) (87, 255, 87) (87, 255, 255) (255, 0, 0) (255, 87, 255) (147, 147, 255) (255, 255, 255) (Subdued) IBM PC Green on Black Background (with color highlights): COLORS = (0, 0, 0,) (0, 0, 166 ) (249, 0, 0) (0, 166, 166) (126, 0, 0) (166, 0, 166) (166, 155, 0) (58, 205, 58) (158, 158, 158) (0, 82, 249) (81, 249, 81) (81, 249, 249) (249, 0, 0) (249, 81, 249) (141, 141, 249) (249, 249, 249) (Grayscale) An example by courtesy of Wengier Wu: COLORS = (0,0,0) #0e0e0e (75,75,75) (89,89,89) (38,38,38) (52,52,52) #717171 #c0c0c0 #808080 (28,28,28) (150,150,150) (178,178,178) (76,76,76) (104,104,104) (226,226,226) (255,255,255)]# ############################ ### Sound/Keyboard/Mouse ### ############################ ### Sounds ### #[vDosPlus supports basic sound features through internal PC speaker. The default in vDosPlus is SPEAKER=ON, but the default set by the installation program is OFF. The reason behind this is better Xy3 compatibility out of the box. Xy4 users can safely turn this setting ON. Setting "SPEAKER=OFF" is a simple way to mute the application. When muted, Xy3 XPL programs that produce numerous error beeps run faster, Xy4 execution speed is not affected.]# SPEAKER = OFF ### Keyboard INT9/IRQ1 support ### #[vDosPlus provides two modes for keyboard INT9/IRQ1 support. The setting 'KEYMODE=1' is THE XyWrite keyboard setting as implemented previously in vDosXy. If you are running only XyWrite-type programs in vDosPlus, this is the setting to choose. In the Centennial Edition KEYMODE defaults to 1. In plain vDosPlus KEYMODE defaults to 2, which makes vDosPlus more compatible with other programs like MS-DOS 7 EDIT and QBASIC. For example, CAPSLOCK and NUMLOCK will work normally with this setting. A setting of 0 totally disables INT9/IRQ1 support making vDosPlus unable to run XyWrite. The setting 'KEYMODE=3' is the same as 2 but with changed behavior of the F6 key to output the ASCII char 26 or ^Z.]# KEYMODE = 1 ### Keyboard speed ### #[By default, vDosPlus uses the keyboard speed settings in the Windows Control Panel. You can change the keyboard repeat delay and interval in milliseconds here to override the Windows defaults. In this case you need to set both KEYDELAY and KEYINTER in order to take effect (0 = use Windows settings). Please note that these settings may in some cases adversely affect scrolling speed.]# #Keyboard repeat delay (this was KBREPDEL in vDosXy 1.00 or 1.10) rem KEYDELAY = 400 #Keyboard repeat rate (this was KBREPINTER in vDosXy 1.00 or 1.10) rem KEYINTER = 20 ### Mouse ### #[In text mode, the mouse is disabled by default. Mouse support can be enabled by:]# MOUSE = ON #[The WHEELMOD option converts mouse wheel movements into cursor movement. MOUSE = ON is not required for using WHEELMOD. WHEELMOD is set to frame-by-frame scrolling using PgUp/PgDn by the vDosPlus XyWrite installer. See the manual for other options.]# WHEELMOD = 3 #[When MOUSE is not ON, the CLICKMOD setting converts left and right mouse button clicks to keypresses. Possible values: 0 = Disabled, 1 = Enter, 2 = Space, 3 = Tab, 4 = Esc, 5 = Backspace. If MOUSE is ON, you must precede these values by a minus sign. The vDosPlus default is CLICKMOD = 1,4. See the manual for details.]# CLICKMOD = 0,0 ### Mouse cursor hiding ### #[Use AUHIDEMS to automatically hide the mouse pointer when typing, the mouse pointer will reappear when you move the mouse or click a mouse button.]# rem AUHIDEMS = ON ### VGA mouse pointer fix ### #[In VGA mode when you run programs with mouse support, there may be cases that the vDosPlus and VGA mouse pointers do not overlap in the vertical direction. If you encounter this problem when the mouse is enabled:]# rem VGAFIXMS = ON ############################# ### Long Filename support ### ############################# #[This version of vDosPlus supports either the built-in 4DOS 8.00 shell or the internal shell of original vDos version 2017.08.01. vDosPlus uses the 4DOS shell by default, which provides powerful command-line functionalities. To use the vDos internal shell, set SHEL4DOS = OFF]# rem SHEL4DOS = OFF #[vDosPlus supports both traditional DOS 8.3 short file names (SFN) and Windows-style long file names (LFN). Long filename support is enabled by default in vDosPlus so that LFN-compatible programs (e.g. the 4DOS shell) can make use of it. While not recommended, you can turn it off in case you want support for short file names (including those with tildes) only:]# rem LFN = OFF #[When LFN is OFF, the FILTERON83 = ON option mimicks the original vDos behavior (different from vDosPlus). If you have LFN = ON, FILTER83 = ON filters out files that do not have corresponding DOS 8.3 names.]# rem FILTER83 = ON ############## ### Memory ### ############## #[This setting enables the first 64KB of low memory. As more memory is better and XyWrite seems to handle this well, this vDos option is enabled by default by the vDosPlus XyWrite installer. If, for some (external) reason, you want to turn this off, set LOW = OFF.]# rem LOW = OFF #[Standard 16MB XMS memory is provided by default. To change this setting, add a XMEM line, e.g.: XMEM = [+]<MB> XMS where + adds 64 KB conventional memory from the graphics memory area, and <MB> can be between 1-255 MB Of XMS. The + option can only be used in conjunction with an XMS memory allocation, not by itself. As the extra 64 KB of conventional memory is taken from the graphics adapter memory area, the + option can only be used with text mode, GRAPHICS MODE (as in Xy4 or Signature) IS NOT ALLOWED! In order to use the EMS memory provided by EMS Magic, which can be enabled in AUTOEXEC.TXT, you have to have enough XMS memory to begin with. See the manual for details.]# rem XMEM = 16 XMS #################### ### Y2K override ### #################### #[The SYNCTIME=OFF settings enables to run applications that are crippled by the Y2K-problem, like MS Word 5.0. You need to put an appropriate DATE command in the autoexec.txt to make use of this feature. This is not needed for XyWrite applications. This directive was called previously TIMESYNC.]# rem SYNCTIME = OFF ################################# ### Alternative AUTOEXEC file ### ################################# #[By default, vDosPlus uses the file autoexec.txt as DOS autoexec.bat just like the original vDos. You can specify an alternative AUTOEXEC file for vDosPlus in config.txt (or from the command line, see the 'section vDosPlus.exe command-line syntax' in manual.txt):]# rem AUTOEXEC = autoexec.new #[N.B.: Restore settings supports only the original autoexec.txt. Rename your alternative autoexec file to autoexec.txt if you want to use Restore settings when reinstalling or updating your installation.]# ########################################### ### Using Windows drives transparently ### ########################################### #[By default, vDosPlus only uses the current directory as Drive C like original vDos, but you can let vDosPlus automatically USE all Windows drives in vDosPlus and set the current directory accordingly by setting the "USEDRVS=ON" in the config.txt file.]# USEDRVS = ON ########################### ### Reported disk space ### ########################### #[Some old DOS programs expect a disk space much lower than your actual disk space (a maximum of 125MB instead of 2GB). You may want to enable this option if you encounter the problem that an old DOS program complains about the total or free disk space. Note this only affects the disk space reported by INT21/AH=36, not the one reported by the "modern" INT21/AX=7303 function (which is used by e.g. the 4DOS shell):]# rem SPACELOW = ON ################### ### DOS version ### ################### #[Defaults to 7.10. See the manual for details.]# rem DOSVER = 5.00 ############################## ### Winkey key combination ### ############################## #[In vDosPlus, pasting text is normally done using Win+Ctrl+V, and using Win+Ctrl+C you can copy a screen excerpt from curson position to end of line as long as the fore/background colors do not change, however, you can paste text from clipboard using only Ctrl+V by setting WINKEY = OFF. If you do so, you will lose the ability to use Ctrl-Break on the vDosPlus command line. See the manual for further details.]# rem WINKEY = OFF ############################### ### Copy and open text file ### ############################### #[When performing a Windows-bound copy operation from a vDosPlus screen, the destination is normally the clipboard. By using the COPYOPEN = ON setting, you can copy the screen content to a file opened with the default Windows program. This process uses an intermediary text file screen.txt, which is automatically opened with the default Windows program. The change is reflected in the context menu.]# rem COPYOPEN = ON ############################################################ ### Force Windows PE application to run as a DOS program ### ############################################################ #[This setting can be used overcome certain situations where the Windows execution environment interferes with running DOS programs. An example are Nota Bene 4 OVR (overlay) files. If you set WINRUN = OFF, NB4 will function normally. XyWrite, NB3 and Signature work fine with WINRUN = ON (the default).]# rem WINRUN = OFF ########################## ### Printing and ports ### ########################## #[Note: you can print to LPT1 using a PCL or a PS printer driver without further configuration, the output will appear in your PDF viewer for preview and printing. Ports can be used for printing and clipboard, etc. Ports LPT<1..9> and COM<1..9> are available, see manual.txt and DOSPrinter documentation for details. The LPT4 port is configured for the clipboard, use 'COPY FILE LPT4' to place a file's contents on the clipboard, or "SAD LPT4" to save the define (selection) to the clipboard and 'ME LPT4' to merge clipboard contents to the current location in a file. See the manual for more detailed information about the best commands to use in different Xy versions. Printer output is collected as a print job, considered to be finished if the DOS application does not send any data for some time. If you experience problems with printing (broken pages) or like the printer to respond quicker, try if disabling the TIMEOUT setting will help:]# rem TIMEOUT = OFF #[The location of print output files. The default is the vDosPlus directory. See the printing.txt file for details.]# rem TEMPDIR = #### rem LPT1 = rem LPT2 = rem LPT3 = LPT4 = CLIP rem LPT5 = rem LPT6 = rem LPT7 = rem LPT8 = rem LPT9 = #### rem COM1 = rem COM2 = rem COM3 = rem COM4 = rem COM5 = rem COM6 = rem COM7 = rem COM8 = rem COM9 = ### end-of-config.txt ###
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