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Re: Reverse engineering - confirmed for version 3!

The answer to our prayers might be AI. I use it all the time to create Python scripts. The first 9 iterations are wrong in one way or another. But the 10th! And every month the agents get better. 
In terms of coding afresh, in some modern 
language, If we ask what is it that makes XyWrite 
so great for us. I'd say XPL/U2. Plus command-line driven operation.

So couldn't AI build a text editor that could 
take our XPL/U2 as is? Carl already has given us 
a substitute for the command line, written in AutoIt.


I will look into this with Claude and ChatGPT.

--Harry



At 07:34 AM 3/3/2026, you wrote:
Hello all,
from an esthetical point of view and for 
compatibility with XY4, like changing 
&laquoMDRV&raquo to &laquoMDIT&raquo and 
&laquoMDBR&raquo to &laquoMDBI&raquo 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.

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).

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.)

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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