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Re: XyWrite 4 under macOS



Kari,

Thanks. I�ve always edited keyboard files with XyWrite itself, but I�ll have a look at
Keyboard Documentor.

Myron


> On Aug 16, 2025, at 08:22, Kari Eveli <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> �External message: Use caution.
> 
> Myron,
> 
> It is indeed outstanding. The W4W system is under 'File, Batch Convert'.
> There is also a 'Save As' option to save as RTF CP850.
> 
> You can modify the keyboard file with editor.exe or by using my XyWrite
> Keyboard Documentor (which consists of two command-line Windows
> programs: KBD2KT.EXE and KT2KBD.EXE, read the KBD2KT.TXT file in Xy
> program folder for details). If it is not included in your setup,
> download from https://www.lexitec.fi/xywrite/XY_keyboard_documentor.zip.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Kari Eveli
> LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
> lexitec@xxxxxxxxxx
> 
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> 
> Myron L Gochnauer wrote:
>> Scrolling is fast and smooth, page up and down is fast, as is searching.  At this point
I�d say it feels faster and smoother than NB in its current macOS setting (which is not bad
at all).
>> 
>> I�ll see if I can find my modified keyboard file, or reconstruct it, and then see
how well it functions for me as a word processor, or at the very least as a text editor.
>> 
>> There was a W4W RTF translator, wasn�t there?  I see W4W files in the Xy4
installation, but they don�t appear in the File/Open menus. It�s been decades since I
fiddled around with the menu system.
>> 
>> Thanks to all who have helped keep Xy alive.
>> 
>> Myron
> 
>