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Re: Reverse engineering - confirmed for version 3!



Hello all,
Some easy fixes could be interesting, at least from an esthetical point of view and for compatibility with XY4, like changing «MDRV» to «MDIT» and «MDBR» to «MDBI» in XY3. XY3 and/or NB3 are not buggy to an extent that needs very much attention. To be of any use, the source code should be documented, a vast task I would surmise.
The copyright stands, but perhaps it will not be enforced. There is 
unfortunately not a legal procedure for relegating software to 
abandonware status. There is clearly a need to contact the copyright 
holder(s).
As for making new versions on current software platforms, I would not 
base them on assembly code. The software is quite well documented and a 
clean-room copy that would produce similar functionality would make more 
sense. However, good modern editors abound (and open-source codebases 
for such programs are available for that matter), so there is little 
reason to reinvent the wheel. (EditPad mimicks XyWrite color coding 
syntax, and supports huge files. I use it every day.)
If we after all these years see a modern stripped-down version of NB 
dubbed XY5 or something else, I would be totally amazed. It was 
discussed in 2019. It is probably just a château en Espagne.

Best regards,

Kari Eveli
LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
lexitec@xxxxxxxxxx

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