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[Last-2024-05-05 4:21--CLD]

Download files [ New!> = recent revision or new release] and obtain advanced information about the XyWrite Word Processor, especially XyWrite IV for DOS (and XyWrite for Microsoft Windows v3.x+), with particular attention to:

featuring the Almost-All-Inclusive XyWWWeb Jumbo U2 customization file for XyWrite 4+, and including a select archive of XyWrite III+ (and NotaBene) files and programs. You can also use this page to join the XyWrite Discussion Group mailing list. Additional resources for XyWrite, Windows and DOS can be found on this supplemental XyWWWeb page. We also mirror the vDosPlus installers for XyWrite, the hands-down easiest way to get XyWrite-DOS up and running in modern Windows environments.

The Jumbo XyWWWeb.U2 File
(Almost) All XyWWWeb Programming in One Big Library!
(updated for vDosPlus)

Current Release: 2024-05-05[changelog]

IMPORTANT NOTES:

XyWWWeb.U2 uses Registry file XyWWWeb.REG, first introduced on 18 September 2002. If you’ve never configured XyWWWeb.REG, the Jumbo U2 automatically sets up a working Registry for you, via a call to frame XyWebU2.int, which you add to your STARTUP.INT. Depending on which U2 routines you use and your personal preferences, you may need to edit this basic XyWWWeb.REG, but it will at least get you started. If you already have a Registry, U2 does not touch it, but you may need to manually add new settings to it for use by more-recent U2 routines. (U2 prompts you to add required user variables.) For further information, consult readme-u2.pdf, also part of XYWWEBU2.ZIP, before commencing installation.

New!>Quick-Start instructions were added with release 2022-03-04. View them here.

 Set a Personal Default Argument for Any Frame: As of U2 release 2017-11-13, you can establish a default argument for any frame by setting a User Variable in the XYWWWEB.REGistry, in the form framename=default_arg. See REG-READ.ME for additional information.

U2 Extras: External Windows and DOS programs (freeware, all) used by U2 routines are now collected and updated in a separate ZIP archive, U2EXTRAS.ZIP. Unzip all files into either the directory that contains EDITOR.EXE ("Editor's directory") or a subdirectory named U2EXTRAS in Editor's directory.

XY4.DLG: A few routines formerly contained in U2 have been moved to the DiaLoG file, where they are more comfortable for technical reasons. Download an updated (2/29/04) XY4.DLG file, suitable for both XyWrite 4 and XyWin. UnZIP it, quit XyWrite, replace your current DLG file (REName XY4.DLG to your current DLG filename, if necessary), then restart XyWrite. The DLG update includes bug fixes and new functionality, with no deprecation of original “factory” services.

Attention XyWriters and Notabenieri:
Download and install the whole XyWWWeb library on your own machine. It’s freeware. Memory consumption is negligible. Rapid indexing of all routines by framename, with functional descriptions, is built-in. Instructions for using most routines are accessible with a simple command (“HELP routinename<Helpkey>”). XYWWEBU2.ZIP contains five core files: readme-u2.pdf (containing installation and general instructions), XYWWWEB.INF (help texts), XYWWEBU2.REG (REGistry of User Variables for new U2 users), REG-READ.ME (information about REGistry configuration), and XYWWWEB.U2 (the Jumbo U2 library of XPL programs). A revision history, changelog.pdf, is also included. Additionally, XYWWEBU2.ZIP contains several Windows EXEcutable and other binary files used by various U2 routines. Un-ZIP the entire package into your main XyWrite subdirectory (the same directory that contains Editor, i.e. EDITOR.EXE, XWEXE.EXE, or NOTABENE.EXE), then read (please!) the README (including Quick-Start Instructions for current U2 users), as well as REG-READ.ME (in the ZIP file), before proceeding. Installation should take less than fifteen minutes. You can readily integrate (append) your own programs into XyWWWeb’s U2. A dynamic programming library like XYWWWEB.U2 is blazingly fast, concise, and much easier to use than standalone programs. You never need to remember a RUN filename, or a LDPM or LDSGT keystroke. U2 is always available, adaptable, and incredibly powerful. Try it and see for yourself.



vDosPlus PC+DOS Emulator

Wengier Wu’s vDosPlus, an x86 PC and DOS emulator for Windows, allows XyWrite 4, XyWrite III+, and Nota Bene for DOS to run under the latest versions of Microsoft Windows (including 64-bit Windows). It includes many useful features, such as long filenames (LFNs) and enhanced keyboard and display support. Wengier has been incredibly responsive to requests for features and modifications from members of the XyWrite community, and we are grateful to him for his efforts on our behalf. Donations to Wengier are accepted at vdosplus.org.

New!> Announcing two new (16 December 2022) XyWrite installers from Kari Eveli: vDosPlus XyWrite 4 Service Pack (version 5.03) and vDosPlus XyWrite Update (version 5.02). The Service Pack updates XyWrite 4’s implementation of DOS code pages 437 (U.S. ASCII) and 850 (Latin-1) and—remarkably—adds support for editing and printing in several additional code pages, including 775 (Baltic languages), 852 (Central European), 857 (Turkish) and 866 (Cyrillic). (Here is a demo of active code-page switching via U2 frame New!> XyCP.) The Documentation subfolder for each vDosPlus installation includes a wealth of technical information, on topics including vDosPlus usage, character sets, screen fonts, and Ghostscript and PCL printing. The new Update offers full working installations of XyWrite 3+, Nota Bene 3, Signature, and XyWrite 4, providing easy access for users new and old and constituting a valuable historical record of this family of classic DOS word-processors. Downloads are available here:

Acknowledgment: vDosPlus is derived from Jos Schaars’s vDos, and would not be possible without his ground-breaking work. Version 5.01 of the XyWrite installer is fully compliant with the vDos software protection protocol. Users of vDosPlus are urged to consider registering or making a donation at Jos’s site.


Disclaimer

This XyWWWeb page is emphatically unaffiliated with The Technology Group (now defunct) or the current owner and publisher of XyWrite, SmartWords, and other products and their associated trademarks (whoever that may be), or with Nota Bene, the owner and publisher of the Nota Bene word processor and related products and their associated trademarks.

Please note that we do not provide technical support for XyWrite or Nota Bene. The Technology Group having gone belly up in 2003, your only remaining hope is the XyWrite Discussion Mail List. For help with Nota Bene, read Nota Bene’s Support Policy.
Big Print

All files located at this site are freely distributable, unless otherwise noted. We assert a copyright over any program of which we are jointly or separately the author. Any program written by Carl and/or Robert must be distributed intact and unaltered. THERE ARE NO WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER; YOU ASSUME ALL RISKS. Those risks are real. These programs may not be adequately documented, they may not work with your setup, they may not be transparently easy to use (especially if you are a novice or unskilled at XPL programming), and some of them are experimental, unfinished, and/or buggy. We offer them, as-is, as a service and a stimulant only. We are willing to give limited support (for our programs only) on request, but only insofar as it encourages you to start programming / adventuring / configuring on your own. Criticism and suggestions are really important to us; don’t be shy, drop us a line.

Please read before proceeding

Software Requirements and Technical Support for All XyWWWeb Programs:

1) XyWrite IV for DOS, XyWrite for Microsoft Windows v3.x, or NotaBene for Windows. XyWrite III+ lacks the power & flexibility of XyWrite IV for DOS. We knew 3+ inside-out and we know 4 even better. There’s no comparison. We do not provide support to 3+ users. Our preferred WP is XyWrite IV for DOS. For complete compatibility, upgrade to the latest maintenance release (v4.018) — or install it for the first time. XyWrite for Windows v4.13 is buggy, but it’s also powerful, and if your workplace needs to be modern, it’s a choice (NotaBene for Windows is a better choice). Be aware, however, that performance of many XyWWWeb programs on the XyWin|NotaBene platforms is erratic. We are not prepared to resolve all XyWin|NotaBene problems, but we’d like to hear about them.
We continue to evaluate NotaBene for Windows for XPL compatibility. Based on the testing we have done so far, and on reports from Nota Bene users, many if not most XyWWWeb programs work very well under NBWin.

2) Download it here and read the instructions in XYWWWEB.TXT. XYWWWEB.U2 (known informally as “U2”) is an integral part of the XyWrite Help system. It extends the power of your word processor by means of XPL (XyWrite’s amazing programming language). See PARSEFRM.DOC for full information about the Help system, and the underlying considerations that XYWWWEB.U2 addresses (there are many excellent reasons to organize XyWrite programming using the U2 Help system, and virtually no drawbacks). XYWWWEB.U2 installs quickly & painlessly. We do not provide support if XYWWWEB.U2 is not installed.

3) Important:  Configure your browser so that links to files with extension .ZIP  cause those files to be Saved to Disk, not displayed by the browser.

4) How to MErge new program frames into your preexisting U2 Help file. Skim this important info

5) The XyWWWeb FAQ. “What To Do When Programs Don’t Work Out-of-the-Box”. Weep, then consult our in-process pharmacopoeia (Rev.11/22/97)


Glossary of Terms and Symbols

Components of XYWWWEB.U2

Character Identification, Conversion, and Balance

Command Manipulation

Common Resources (mostly associated with Programming, Math, etc.)

The “Common Resource” frames are usually called from other programs, but can also be run independently, e.g. to perform on-the-fly calculations or conversions. They are distributed throughout this page, with the notation “(Common Resource)”. The instructional Help frame shared by all these routines is HELP COMMON or HELP COMRES<Helpkey>.

Directory and File Management

DOS- and Windows-specific programs

Editing

Columns:
  • SIM: Get a DIRectory of filenames similar to current file (an application of SMARTDIR)
  • ST+: STore “plus”
  • TMPFILE,TMPFILE/NV: Generate a unique 8.3 filename
  • TOGRO: Toggle Read-Only and Read-Write display, or toggle R-O|R-W attribute bit at DOS level
  • TRUNC: Trunc[ate] pathname|filename to 8.3 format. Best guess
  • UNAB*: ReCAll last ABorted file and restore changes
  • WILD: Use DOS-style wildcards with XyWrite commands (wildcards are ordinarily inadmissible with XyWrite’s internal COPY, DEL, et al. commands)

    Footnotes:
  • DUMPEM,DUMPFN: List contents of footnotes and other embedded commands (LB|NT etc.) to UNTITLED screen
  • FINDFN,FINDFN/*,FFN,FFN/*: Random access to footnotes
  • FRMTFTNTS: Format Footnote Numbers|Letters|Symbols in *Text* New!>
  • JMP+,JMP-: Move cursor ahead|back a specified number of character positions
  • MOVEFN: Move footnotes to a separate file. Handles multiple sets of footnotes within a single file
  • SEFN: SEarch for text within footnotes only

    Jump:
  • BigJump: Make Big JuMPs back and forth within file
  • NXF: Jump to next (NXF) or previous (NXF B) frame in Help file
  • REJUMP: Try 3 times to JuMP to specified «CP», then quit & return to parent routine (avoid hangs in routines if cursor can’t be positioned at precise location)
  • TOPBOTDF: JuMP to beginning or end of DF block
  • $H: Dual-action (Windows|XyWrite) HoMe (LB|HM) and End (LE|BS) keys: Tap Home|End once to move to beginning|end of line, twice to move to top|bottom of screen. Assign to Home and End keys in KBD File: nn=NOJM(,2,.,$,H,) TOPBOTDF: JuMP to beginning or end of DF block

    Line Manipulation:
  • CLINES,CLINES/NV: Count lines in open or closed file (AutoIt; works on big files)
  • New!>CLOSEUP: Close up vertical space between lines/paragraphs (reduce number of consecutive CrLfs to a stated maximum)
  • New!> CLOSEUP: Close up vertical space (CrLfs) between lines|paragraphs
  • GETDE1: Get Discretionary_lineEnding (soft <cr>, «VADE1») [S/G 50 Out]
  • GOLINE,GOL,GOL/10: Go to a specified line
  • GOLINED: Goto line# in file starting at TF; weighted to Ascii-13 for DOS
  • GOLINEX: Goto line# in file starting at TF; weighted to Ascii-10 for Unix
  • LCR: Template for Flush_Left-Physical_Center-Flush_Right Text (may not display correctly in graphics mode, but prints correctly, on single line). A XyImpossibility Overcome!
  • LINENUM*: Add line numbers to a COPY of current file
  • LN: Dynamic [Editable] Line Numbering. Format texts to display the current Line Number (printed lines, not DOS lines determined by carriage returns). Use “LN 456<Helpkey>” (or native command “GO 4-56<cr>”) to go to line 456. Restore original formats with switch “/NV”
  • LNLN: Find adjacent duplicate or similar lines
  • OPENNEXTLINE: Insert new (empty, <cr> only) line below current line
  • OPENPREVLINE: Insert new (empty, <cr> only) line above current line
  • PUTCR,UNPUTCR,REPCR,REPCR/*: Insert CrLf’s in line-wrap text
  • PUTCRDF: Insert CrLf’s in line-wrap text (alternate DeFined-block usage)
  • UNCR: Replaces all single carriage returns with a space, retain multiple carriage returns
  • UNPAD, UNPAD/NV: Remove blank spaces at beginning or end of lines
    • UNPAD L(EFT) Remove spaces at beginning of lines
    • UNPAD R(IGHT) Remove spaces at end of lines (default)
  • WRAP,WRAPA: Remove blank spaces at beginning or end of line, then wrap line with hard carriage return [“wrapa”=Auto-Wrap from «CP» to EOF] cf. UNWRAP. Rapid(sic) E-mail formatting
    • UNWRAP,UNWRAPA: Un-Wrap line with hard carriage returns (replace <cr> with a space) [“unwrapa”=Auto-Unwrap from «CP» to EOF] cf. WRAP
    • REWRAP,REWRAPA: Re-Wrap line with hard carriage return [“rewrapa”=Auto-ReWrap from «CP» to EOF]

    Memos/Reminders:
  • GRABMEMO: Insert status line memo at cursor location
  • MEMO,M: Post short reminders on the status line (append memo to default status-line message)

    Redundancy/Proximity:
  • DREF: Get rid of extra formats that clutter but add nothing, e.g. those introduced by Word-4-Word filters; DREF Deletes Redundant Embedded Formats. Pauses for “y/n” confirmation at each triangle that it deems unnecessary
  • LNLN: Find adjacent duplicate or similar lines
  • CSE*: "Circular" search routine
  • OSE*: SEarch open files
  • PROX*: Find one search term near another term (proximity search) (word1 within x chars. of word2)
  • REDUND: Verbal Redundancy Checker. Determine the occurrence and position (if any) of the currently DeFined string prior to, and subsequent to, the current cursor position
  • REPEAT,REP: Check for (list) repeating words in text
  • RUNON: Check for Run-On sentences; fast
  • STRIPMD: XyWriting often introduces many extraneous MoDes; STRIPMD deletes superfluous|duplicate MoDe statements. The program analyzes «VAMD» to evaluate the environment. For further info, read STRIPMD.DOC
  • WDWD: WORDWORD: Standalone double-word zapper for people who prefer to spell-check in batch mode (which lacks the ability to flag repeating “words words”)

    Search/Change/Find:
  • BIGCHG: Search and replace for long strings that won’t fit on the CMline. Includes case-absolute and wildcard options
  • CHDF*,CHADF*,CIDF*,CIADF*,CVDF*,CVADF*,SEDF*,SEBDF*,SEBADF*: Perform CHange and SEarch operations on DeFined target strings
  • CH*,CI*,CV*,SE*: Global Search|Change Program. Search, Change_Verify, or Change_Invisible in filemask(s) from the command line, using one or more global (*|?) filemasks. Many improvements|enhancements over the native “se filemask[,filemask,...]|$tring|” command, most importantly the ability 1) to open files at the current cursor position (instead of at TOF), 2) to resume searching|changing with the next file in the mask after terminating the routine to inspect a file!, and 3) to use powerful new AND and NOT wildcards
  • CHGS: Compare the file in the current window with the version on disk (to identify CHanGeS made since last SAve)
  • CLIP,CLIPW: Copy To and/or Paste From the System Clipboard with XyWrite. A longstanding Xympediment overcome! Simple to use, and Windows version totally revised for near-instantaneous Copy/Paste/Replace operations. Win32 or OS/2 (required Win32 files in CLIPW32.ZIP, OS/2 files in CLIPW32.ZIP package). Windows Script Host used with Win32; XyShell required for OS/2
    • NEV,NEV/*: Paste system clipboard into a NEw (UNTITLED) file
    • Test your Windows Scripting Host installation with TESTWSH.BAT. Determine whether WSH is properly installed
  • CSE*: “Circular” search routine
  • CW: Case-sensitive Change Whole-word $tring PM. E.g.: command “cw |tom is dead|jim is alive|<Helpkey>” to change tom is dead ==> jim is alive, Tom is dead ==> Jim is alive, Tom Is Dead ==> Jim Is Alive, TOM IS DEAD ==> JIM IS ALIVE, etc.
  • EMPH2MD: Change-Verify _phrase_ or *phrase* to «MDUL»phrase«MDNM» or «MDBO»phrase«MDNM»)
  • FDU: Find Duplicate URLs
  • FINDFN,FINDFN/*,FFN,FFN/*: Random access to footnotes
  • New!> FINDNCW: Find Next Capitalized Word
  • FINDNEXTURL,FNU: Find next URL in text
  • FNSE: SEarch forth-and-back for function
  • GO$: SEarch for a $tring from TOF using a single key, return to current «CP» if not found
  • ISE*: Incremental SEarch. An implementation of the ever-popular [WordStar-ish] “SE[A]rch-as-you-type” gimmick
  • New!> LIFTURL: DeFine URL under cursor or in current line and save it to S/G 50
  • New!> LINKIFY: Change all URLs in current file to live HTML links
  • LSE*: SEarch for long strings
  • LNLN: Find adjacent duplicate or similar lines
  • PROX*: Find one search term near another term (proximity search) (word1 within x chars. of word2)
  • S$: Search for string across entire drive
  • SEBF,SEABF,SEBF/*,SEABF/*: SEarch backward and forward with a single command
  • SEFN: SEarch for text within footnotes only
  • SEQSE,SEQSE/*,SQ,SQ/*: Sequential SEarch
  • SP2: “Regularize” formatting after sentences (".|?|!"+2 spaces)
  • TOGLSEA: Assign to a KBD key. With cursor in Text: Toggle SE[A]|SEB[A]. With cursor on CMline: Toggle SE into SEA==>SEB==>SEBA==>SE==>SEA==>...
  • U2U2: Find duplicate framenames in the loaded U2 file
  • WILDCARD: Access all SEarch wildcards from a single key

    Special Characters:
  • ACCENTS.ZIP: View a list of, and|or Insert, all available diacritical marks (accented characters) easily. ACCENTS.PM, for Xy4-DOS|XyWin, delivers all available accented characters (hundreds) via one key assignment, eliminating the need to consult character tables or configure KBD file with fourteen function calls. It optionally displays a graphical list of all marks
    • ACCENTS.ZIP also includes a revised/corrected copy of XyQuest’s old ACcent table (ACCENTS.PRN) for Xy4-DOS, with installation instructions and notes (e.g., you must use Code Page 850 in order to LOAD accent tables); as well as two separate tables for XyWin: ACCENTS.TTF, which operates with TrueType fonts; and ACCENTS.SPD, for Speedo and other fonts under control of a XyWrite PRiNter file. See installation instructions in ACCENTS.SPD|TTF
    • ACCENTS: View|Put diacritical marks easily (see above)
  • ACC,ACC850: Automated dead accents via funcs S1-S7. ACC is for Code Page 437; ACC850 for Code Page 850
  • CHARS: Insert CodePage 437|850|1252 high characters (menu)
  • CP437: Insert US-ASCII high characters
  • CP850: Insert Western Europe/Latin high chars
  • CP1252: Insert ANSI high chars
  • CPLOW: Insert US-ASCII low chars
  • DCHARS: Insert chars - top level menu
  • New!> ESCarats: Prepend escape char ("^") to chars in args passed to DOS command. S/G 91 in (chars to be ESCaped)
  • New!> FILL50: Save DeFine|VA$DR|Line_under_cursor to S/G 50 if and only if S/G 50 is empty
  • New!> QUOTES50: Put quotes around LFN with space(s); S/G 50 in & out
  • FOREIGN: Insert US-ASCII accented/foreign chars
  • GREEK/MATH: Insert US-ASCII Greek/Math
  • LINES: Insert US-ASCII line-drawing chars
  • PATTERNS: Insert US-ASCII pattern chars
  • SPECIAL: Insert US-ASCII “special” chars
  • QUOTE: Convert " " to `` ''
  • QUOTES,",QUO0,QUO1: Toggle between simple quotes and open-close quotes [Works in Xy4-DOS and NBWin]
  • REV and UNREV: Produce 3-byte REVerse-video characters on the fly [DOS only]
  • SEPARAToR.PRN: SEparator Table which defines word|sentence|paragraph delimiters (insert in SETTINGS.DFL)
  • TABS2SPACES: Convert tabs to hard spaces, from current <CP> to EOF

    String Handling:
  • CITE: Table all occurrences of user-specified text, together with ample surrounding context. Specify the text to cite on the CMline or DeFined in text; control the amount of context to provide; jump automatically to any citation(s)
  • FISH*: Fish out (and, optionally, RUN) oft-used bits of XPL code, formatting, or text (user modification required)
  • New!> LISTWDS: List words in current or specified file
  • PUT/*: PUT a text string a specified number of times. Also, simulate underlining and leadering in plaintext docs

    Styles:
  • New!> ADDSS,DELSS,TOGSS: Add|Delete (toggle) dummy (empty) SS commands for orphan US commands in current file. (SS commands are embedded at Top_of_File)
  • EG: Create format Styles “by example”, on the fly
  • DEFORMAT: Convert embedded formatting into plain-text descriptive tags

    Symmetry:
  • BALPAIRS: Check for Balanced ()|[]|{}|<>|`' pairs of characters. Argument “/NV” checks from current «CP», otherwise (Default) from TF
  • BALPAIRSOFNT: Check for balanced pairs of «NT1» and «NT0»

    Typing/Keys:
  • @LWR: (Common Resource) Lower Case function [S/G 50 In/Out], e.g. "@LWR HELLO" returns “hello”
  • CHCASE: Change Case of character under cursor (or DF block in text)
  • CURSORON: Cursor vanished? Restore it!
  • ICAPS: Initial Caps (type on the fly)
  • INITCAPS,IC: Initial Caps (operates on DeFined block)
  • KEYPAD: Use touch-typing keys as a temporary cursor pad. Move cursor, etc. without leaving touch-typing position. Cf. NUMPAD
  • LOC,LOC/*: Save (Stack) current cursor LOCation (Filename+CharPos); JuMP to a saved LOCation
    LRCS: Left|Right|Center|Sub$tring [S/G 50 In/Out]
    • LEFT: (Common Resource) Parse (get) bytes|chars from left side of string
    • RIGHT: (Common Resource) Parse (get) bytes|chars from right side of string
    • CENTER: (Common Resource) Parse (get) bytes|chars from center of string
    • SUBSTR: (Common Resource) Parse (get) bytes|chars from substring of string
  • NUMPAD: Use main keyboard keys as a NumPad (for Notebooks). Cf. KEYPAD
  • SPOT: Find the damn cursor! In NBWin particularly, the cursor can be hard to locate on the page...
  • TYFUNC: Execute functions by typing their 2-character mnemonic names

    Window Management:
  • CLRW: Clear Windows: close all open windows — fast. Abort unmodified files/dirs, STore modified files
  • FINDDIFF,FD: Enhanced file comparison utility for two files in adjacent windows
  • METAS*: Merge Everything from Alternate Screen
  • SBS: Edit one file in two different, synchronous windows (SideBySide|SBS). View simultaneously, either full-screen or split; automatically reconcile (update) both copies so that they are always identical
  • WT: 3-Way Window Toggle. Make adjacent screens split Horizontally==>Vertically==>Restore_Fullscreen. Supports variable screen dimensions (Xy4 only)
  • WW: Toggle between tiled or cascading windows and full screens

    Words/Characters:
  • CWD,CWD/S: COUNTWD: Count occurrences of a word
  • KILLMODE: Kill the Current MoDe
  • SWAP2: Swap two chars in text or on CMline
  • SWAP$: Substring swap
  • TCv: Title Caps-verify (operates on DeFined block)
  • TRANSPOSE: Transpose Char|Word|Sentence|Para|5current+prev_chars|6two_prev_chars. Enhanced Func XN
  • TWINCAPS: Auto-correct TWo INitial CAPS typing error
  • W,SIZWND: Resize and/or Move Window with “Grey” Keys: ANY Size, ANY Place!
  • WDWD: WORDWORD: Standalone double-word zapper for people who prefer to spell-check in batch mode (which lacks the ability to flag repeating words words)
  • New!> WCAF, WCAFF: Word Count Across Files Takes a wildcard filespec, a DIRectory listing or your own customized file list. Frame WCAFF counts words across big or numerous files; WCAFF.A3X (in U2EXTRAS.ZIP) must be present in Editor’s directory

    Games

    • BIRDIE: Un film “XPL” de C.L.Distefano. Demo code for producing “cinematic” PRoMPTs. Watch mythical creatures cavort across the status line; create your own
    • BOTTLES: Programming exercise to generate the words to "99 Bottles of Beer"
    • CHESS: Point-and-shoot interface, moves logged in standard algebraic notation, last-move undo, two-way translation from board diagrams to Forsyth-Edwards Notation, save games as Ascii text files
      • CHESSBD,CHESSBD/NV: Set up Chess Board
      • CHESSMV: Execute Chess Move
      • CHESSSAVEPOS,CHESSSAVEPOS/NV: Save Chess position
      • CHESSSCREENUP: Adjust Chess Board screen position
    • HANGMAN: The classic word guessing game [DOS only]
    • NYET,TETRIS: NYET is a little-known 1980s forerunner of Tetris (requires NYET.EXE, included in U2EXTRAS.ZIP)
    • New!> SOWPODS: Scrabble SOWPODS dictionary word|regular expression lookup (requires SOWPODS.A3X, included in U2EXTRAS.ZIP). SOWPODS.EXE provides similar functionality from the Windows command prompt.

    Information and Documentation

    • An extensive, early (2/92) analysis of the Signature (XyWrite IV|XyWrite for Windows) HeLP and MeNU system. All of this how-to information is still valid and applicable. It fills one of several gaping holes in XyWin documentation. Document provided to RJH by Billerica Tech Support personnel
    • A valuable, brief analysis of the construction of DiaLoG boxes (K frames) in Xy4|XyWin (DIALOG.XW4, dated 10/93). This type of information is not included with XyWin documentation. Document provided to RJH by Billerica Tech Support personnel
    • FAUXTABLE: (Common Resource) Complete 256 charset in 3-byte form put in S/G 50
    • A bit dated but still basic and important, PARSEFRM.DOC describes critical hooks for the Help system that enable users to run, and pass arguments to, frames in .DLG|.HLP|.MNU|.U1|....U9 files).
    • REORGNIZ.DOC. The principles of parsing frames. If you are a programmer, you must read REORGNIZ.DOC before attempting to use the RELABEL or RENUMBER programs (q.v. below).
    • SEEWZ: Scroll through all Graphic View colors [Xy4-DOS only]
    • SETUP: Check and optionally Establish Suitable Xy|NB System Defaults
    • TABLE: Display XyWrite’s embedded DLG|HLP|U2 tables
      • CHARSET Table listing the entire XyWrite character set 0-255 [0-909] in Ascii (Decimal) and Hex. Together with a Decimal-Hex equivalence table [and a corrected  copy of the Billerica file CHARSET, originally distributed with Signature, which defines each Bitstream Speedo character; many $trings representing chars in range 782-909 were inaccurate]. Ascii, Hex, and Ascii-Hex conversion tables
      • COLOR Display the text-mode Color Table in Xy4-DOS, or the ForeGround/BackGround text color dialog in XyWin. See or test the array of available effects
      • New!> CMHELP Display detailed command help from XY4.HLP in a browsable, SEarchable file. CM-ALPHA.XY4 (in U2EXTRAS.ZIP) must be present in Editor’s directory
      • COMMANDS Embedded in-text commands, e.g. «LM» (terse list)
      • EMBEDDED Embedded in-text commands, e.g. «RM» (lengthy descriptions) in Xy4-DOS
      • FUNCTIONS Table of functions (with current «VA_func» assignments, i.e. the actual key in KBD file to which function is assigned, if any)
      • HELP,INDEX Index of Help topics in Xy4-DOS
      • IMMEDIATE Immediate commands issued on command line, e.g. SAVE, in Xy4-DOS
      • INDEX Table of XYWWWEB.U2 Contents, also accessible with commands INDEX<Helpkey>, HELP IDX<Helpkey>, HELP INFO<Helpkey>, etc.
      • KEYS Table of keyboard Key labels (revision of DLG frame {{6,1b}})
      • MACROS Display all @A-@Z, @0-@9, &A-&Z, &0-&9 LDPM assignments (revision of DLG frame {{0g}})
      • MEMORY Memory usage statistics
      • PCCODES List of PC Code numbers and purposes
      • SPEEDOS Table of the “XyWrite [Speedo] Character Set”. Revised for chars 782-909; with extra appended tables
      • VARIABLES Compendium of XyWrite VAriables. Amazing
    • Brief document that Compares function of major frame types (1, 5, C) in recent XyWrite versions (Xy3+|Xy4|XyWin). Unknown origin (Billerica?), dated 1/94.
    • Detailed documentation of “afterthought” functions/commands. Late modifications/additions to Xy4|XyWin not discussed in manuals. Billerica, dated 6/95. Contents:
      • BlindEdit command BE
      • ColumnFunction CF
      • improved DRive DR default
      • the PUTC command (change K-frame data display)
      • OFfset OF default
      • UIF files
      • the UNDELete buffer
      • a text essentially identical to DIALOG.XW4, described above
      • unconventional list of VAriables, VA$ polling commands, $xx K-frame lists
      • WPROF command (write to any control file)
      • the $WS list box (extract items from a designated Windows data file)
      • the Y3 default (enable user to edit XyWrite 3 files in XyWrite 4)
      • list of files in Xy4/XyWin distributions; bug-fix lists for v4.016 and v4.12
      • “Technical Tips” for XyWin
    • New!> U2HIS(tory): Display Jumbo U2 revision history (same as HELP CHANGELOG<Helpkey>).
      • U2HIS nnn<Helpkey> displays revision history for specified version number (122 or later)

    Internet, LANs, and HTML

    • BROWS: CAll into a XyWrite window any online document (web page), using sockets (HTTP) protocol. XyBrowser! (Requires XyShell)
    • CLEANEMAIL,CEM: Prepare Email for reply|Newspaper articles for delivery
    • DATT: Decode Base64 attachment in normal or BigEdit file (requires BASE64.EXE and LFNSFN.EXE, both included in XYWWEBU2.ZIP)
    • FTP and HTTP Suite: (requires cURL)
      • CHKURLS: Check exist all http|ftp URLs in current HTML doc
      • GETFTP,PUTFTP: Download (GET) FTP file to current dir; Upload (PUT) FTP file to host
      • GETHTTP: Download (GET) HTTP file to current dir
      • GETIP,GETHOST: Get current IP address|HostName of local computer (OS/2 requires XyShell)
      • ICA: “CAll” a web page into a NUL window
      • IGET,IGET[/A][/NV]:#*: Simple HTTP download
      • IGET,IGET:#*: Simple HTTP download
      • GGL: Google search (Win32)
      • MNGFTP: MaNaGe files at FTP sites. APPEND CD DEL DIR HELP HELP MD RD REN VER
      • READFTP,READHTTP: Get, then Read, file via FTP/HTTP
    • Hacksaw (abandonware by Innoval). A Windows|OS/2 command-line utility for FTP, HTTP and E-mail
      • EOM,SOM: Delete from cursor to end|start of inline mail msg
      • FTP: FTP via Hacksaw
      • GETMAIL: Hacksaw E-mail Retrieve
      • HACKINI,HACKDOC: Open HACKSAW.INI or HACKSAW.DOC
      • HACKSAWPARAMS: User Variables for Hacksaw.U2
      • HTTP: Hacksaw HTTP file download
      • MAILTO,M2: Hacksaw E-mail Send
      • MOVEMSG,COPYMSG,DELMSG,RDMSG: Move|delete|copy specified E-mail messages
      • NEXTMSG,PREVMSG: Jump to next|previous mail msg
      • READMAIL,RDM,CALLMAIL,CAM: Read Hacksaw mail
      • REPLY: Format E-mail reply for Hacksaw
      • SEND: Net Send Message using MESSENGER (128 characters)
        • SENDBIG: Big Net Send Message using MESSENGER (900 characters)
      • SND: “Send Button” for Hacksaw E-mail
    • DELTAGS: Delete HTML|XML|SGML tags and neighboring white space (leaving text)
    • HILITETAG: Highlight some/all start|end tags in HTML|XML|SGML files
    • HILITEURL: Highlight (DeFine) a URL in text
    • HLINKS: HyperText Link Lister: Quickly generates an editable list of HREF links and headings from an HTML file. Output in HTML or XyWrite format (set a default, or choose format on the fly)
    • New!> HTM: View HTML code in browser (from cursor position to next </HTML> tag or DeFined block)
    • HTMLTAG,HT: Embed HTML tags in text from the XyWrite command line. End tag is DeFined (ready to move or delete)
    • New!> HTMview: Get a continually updated browser preview of the HTML file being edited in XyWrite
    • LISTURLS: List all URLs in current file (duplicates grouped together)
    • MAILPREP: Format XyWrite texts for Email using special PRiNter file XyWbMail.PRN (not for NBWin, or XyWin if Speedos or softfonts not used)
    • MOVEMSG,COPYMSG,DELMSG: Move|delete specified e-mail msgs
    • NEXTMSG,PREVMSG: Jump to next|previous mail msg
    • TEMPTAG: Insert (afterwards auto-delete) a temporary “NAME” tag in HTML doc, then jump to location of this tag in browser using frame VIEWURL. Instantly see effect of edits to HTML
    • TOGLTAG,TT: Hide|Unhide tags in HTML files. Toggle HTML tags|Xy deltas
    • TYN: Print current file|DeFined text (optional specified FILE,,PAGERANGE,O|E|P) to PCL|PS Network Printer (opt args=source,,range,o|e|p). Use PCL *or* PS .PRN. (requires LPR.EXE, included in VANE: Get plain-text weather reports from 9,000+ locations worldwide
    • New!> U2??: Suite of View|Download Utilities
    • New!> URL,U: Simplified, Windows-only variant of ViewURL
    • VIEWURL*,VU*: Point-and-shoot URL viewer. “Lifts” URLs from the screen and loads them into your favorite browser. Works with any OS. OS/2 users must install the XyShell
      • PARSEURL: Fix URL $tring addressing
    • WEATH*,MAP: Get weather|map for any lcation via Google
    • WFW: Display the menu for Word for Word conversion filters
    • XHDR: Delete unwanted headers from E-mail and News files
    • XYLIST: University of Pennsylvania (CCAT) Mail List Command Shell. Subcommands: SUBSCRIBE (sign on); UNSUBSCRIBE (sign off); ACK (receive confirmation copies of sent messages); NOACK (suppress confirmation copies); POSTPONE (suspend receipt of mail from the list); INDEX (get an index of files in the download directory); REVIEW (get the latest Welcome file); RECIPIENTS (get a list of subscribers); GET [filename] (request a file from the download directory)
    • YA*: Yet Another Dictionary|Thesaurus|Web Search tool. Versatile command-line Web search utility for word definition and etymology searches, searches of specialized law, medical and computer lexicons, translation to foreign languages, Web searches via Google, All the Web or Alta Vista, Xrefer Web reference, and more

    KeyBoarD File

    • Three “magic” programs to Identify or Find .KeyBoarD commands and Help frames (read IFF.DOC for detailed information)
      • IDKEY: Identify assignment on depressed key
      • FINDKEY: Find key assignment(s) in .KBD file for any $tring|func
      • FINDFRM: Find frames in DG|HL|MN|U1|U2|U3|U4 by keyword or $tring
    • GETSHIFTS: Get current KBD file scan codes for shifting states; put «PV601» on termination of parent frame; /PR issues PRompt
    • KBD>XPL: Convert KBD code to XPL code (DeFined KBD code only)
    • KCODE,KC: Convert XPL macros to keyboard-file code (cf. UNKCODE)
    • KEYSTROKES: List current .KBD assignments for functions
    • LOCK: Lock the keyboard
    • PROMPT, PR:*: Issue status-line prompts from command line or KeyBoarD file. PR:* is New!>new; keyboard file usage: nn=NO,JM,(,2,.,P,R,:,s,o,m,e, ,t,e,x,t,)
    • PRSKBDARG: Pass “framename argument[,arg...]NO” to U2 from .KBD file. Interface between KeyBoarD file and U2
    • SCANSHIFTS: Get ShiftKey Names + Values + BaseChar
    • TESTKEYS: Get info about any pressed key
    • UNKCODE: Convert KeyBoarD-file code to XPL (cf. KCODE)
    • New!> UNSTICK: Unstick shifting keys stuck in the down position; operates quietly, in the background. Attempts to address an issue that may arise when running XyWrite under vDosPlus and/or DOSBox-X. Requires UnstickKeys.exe and UnstickKeys.txt (both are in U2EXTRAS.ZIP)
    • XPL>KBD: Convert XPL code to raw .KBD code (converts entire window)

    Legal Tools

    • CHKANS: Check responsive pleadings for completeness. Check references to numbered paragraphs

    Math and Science

    • ADDSEX: Add a column of sexagesimals [dd:hh:mm:ss.nn...]
    • ARABIC: (Common Resource) Convert Roman to Arabic numerals [S/G 50 In/Out] Cf. ROMAN
    • B2C*,D2C*,O2C*,X2C*,N#*2C*: (Common Resource) Number-to-String conversion (any base 2 through 36) [S/G 50 In/Out]
    • [ BASE2BAS: Superseded by frame BB, below ]
    • BASECALC,BASECALC/,BCALC,BCALC/: Add, subtract, multiply and divide in base 2 through 36
      • BASE: Set the current base for calculations, conversions
      • BB,BB/,B236C: Do base-to-base conversions to|from any Base 2-36
    • BMI: Compute Body-Mass Index (healthy range = 21-25)
    • C2B*,C2D*,C2O*,C2X*,C2#*: (Common Resource) String-to-Number conversion (any base 2 through 36) [S/G 50 In/Out]
    • CALC: XyQalqulator. A large-numeral, 51-place, equation-editable XyQalqulator
    • CFK: Convert between Celsius/Fahrenheit/Kelvin temperatures
    • @DAT: Convert date to hexadecimal number YYYYMMDD [SG50 In/Out]
    • @DTS: Convert hexadecimal date YYYYMMDD to decimal in format determined by default FZ [SG50 In/Out]
    • DAYSPAST: Calculate days between two dates in year range 1583-9999
    • DEADLINE,DDL,DAYS,DATE2DOW,DOW2DATE,DATE2DOY,DOY2DATE,
      DATE2JDN,JDN2DATE,PARSEDATE :Date Calculator v2. Days to/from dates|Days between Dates|Day of Week|Day of Year|Julian Day Number
    • @DEC: Convert hexadecimal number to decimal number [SG50 In/Out]
    • DELTA%: Calculate percent change between two values
    • DIV*: Integer division|modulo (S/G 50 in. Output: S/G50=quotient, S/G51=remainder; e.g., DIV[/] 23/5<Helpkey>)
    • EASTER: Calculate Easter Sunday date for any Gregorian year. Based on Oudin’s algorithm
    • EXP: (Common Resource) EXPonentiation [S/G 50 In/Out]. Syntax: EXP value^power<Helpkey>, e.g. “EXP -3^3” returns -27
    • FACTORIAL: (Common Resource) Compute product 1*2*3*...*n for any n (result up to 600 digits) [S/G 50 In/Out]. Syntax: FACTORIAL n<Helpkey>, e.g. “FACTORIAL 25” returns 15511210043330985984000000
    • FORMAT#: Format “123456789” as “123,456,789” [S/G 50 In/Out] Cf. FORMATD
    • FORMATD: Format “123456789” as “123[sep]456[sep]789”, where [sep] is default separator (VAEU2) [S/G 50 In/Out] Cf. FORMAT#
    • @HEX: Convert decimal number to hexadecimal number [SG50 In/Out]
    • HEX$: (Common Resource) Convert 1-byte decimal character to 3-byte hexadecimal character [S/G 50 In/Out]; Determine hex value [S/G 51 Out]
    • KTS[2MPH],MPH[2KTS]: Convert between knots and miles per hour [S/G 50 In/Out]
    • INT2WORDS,I2W: (Common Resource) Translate integers e.g. “123” into “one hundred twenty three” [S/G 50 In/Out]
    • INTEREST: Calculate simple interest
    • M/D/YYYY: (Common Resource) Convert long-form date to m/d/yyyy format. S/G 50 In/Out; returns empty S/G 50 if conversion fails
    • METRIC: Convert MM CM MeTer KM/DI IN FT YD MI|LiTer/ON(fluid) PT QT GaL|GM KG/OZ LB ToN; “metric/” inserts value at cursor position
    • MOD: (Common Resource) MODulo function returns remainder of integer division [S/G 50 In/Out], e.g. “MOD 11/4” returns 3
    • NTHDAY: (Common Resource) Compute date for nth weekday in month/year
    • New!> PCT: Percent addition and subtraction. Examples: PCT 100+25[%]<Helpkey>[=125] PCT 58.354-32.5[%]<Helpkey>[=39.38895]
    • New!>POW2: List powers of 2 up to 2^256 or a specified lower power
    • PUTVALUE: Evaluate (PV) current line or DF block math or XPL expression and put result in text
    • QCALC,=: Quick ’n’ Dirty 4-function calculator
    • RND: (Common Resource) Pseudo @RND operator. Round off to nearest integer. Example: “rnd 1.50<Helpkey>” returns “2”
    • New!> ROUND: (Common Resource) Round number|expression to specified number of decimal places.
    • New!> ROMA: Roman numeral arithmetic
    • ROMAN: (Common Resource) Convert Decimal to Roman. Range=1-3999 because cannot display bar over integers (overbar=*1000, e.g. V-overbar=5000) [S/G 50 In/Out] Cf. ARABIC
    • ROMAN2: (Common Resource) Convert Decimal to Roman. Compact code [S/G 50 In/Out] Cf. ARABIC
    • ROMAN3: (Common Resource) Convert Decimal to Roman. Handles very large numbers; e.g., [M] = M overline = M*1,000 (1,000,000); {M} = M double overline = M*1,000,000 (1,000,000,000). ROMAN3/NV suppresses PRompt on EXit [S/G 50 In/Out] Cf. ARABIC
    • ROOT: (Common Resource) Root function returns root of any number, to any number of decimal places, for any exponent [S/G50 In/Out]
    • SECS2HMS: Seconds (integer) to hh:mm:ss [S/G 38 In/Out]
    • @TIM: Convert military time HH:MM to hexadecimal number HHMM0000 [SG50 In/Out]
    • @TMS: Convert hexadecimal time HHMM0000 to time format determined by default MT [SG50 In/Out]
    • ZELLER: Zeller’s Congruence assigns Day of Week (1=Mo...7=Su) to S/G 44

    Operating System Management

    • New!> 4DOSeval,4D: Get value of 4DOS environment variable, internal variable, or variable function
    • ACLIP,ACOPY,APASTE,ADUAL,FCLIP: Clipboard copy and paste, with automatic DOS-Windows code-page conversion, via a compiled AutoIt script
    • New!> AHK,AHKX: Run AutoHotKey script (file or DeFined block); embed AutoHotKey scripts in XPL programs
    • New!> AU,AU3,AU50: Run AutoIt code from CMline (AU); AutoIt script, file or DeFined block (AU3); embed AutoIt Scripts in XPL programs (AU50)
    • AWAITREN: REName after writing to sourcefile stops, with variable timeout
    • AWAITFILE, AWAITDEL: Force the current XPL process to pause until a given file exists (AwaitFile) or is deleted (AwaitDel)
    • New!> CAPSYNC: Restore CapsLock sync between OS and XyWrite (requires GoXy.EXE in DOS Path)
    • New!> CAPSYNC2: Restore CapsLock sync between OS and XyWrite Restore CapsLock sync between OS and XyWrite (requires CAPSLOCK.EXE in Editor’s dir)
    • CLIP,CLIPW: Copy To and/or Paste From the System Clipboard with XyWrite. A longstanding Xympediment overcome! Simple to use, and Windows version totally revised for near-instantaneous Copy/Paste/Replace operations. Win32 and OS/2 (required Win32 files in CLIPW32.ZIP package). Windows Script Host used with Win32; XyShell required for OS/2
    • CLIPBDC,CLIPBDP,CLIPCLEAR: Copy (arg|DeFined text) to|Paste from|Clear Windows Clipboard (uses NirCmdC.exe, included in XYWWEBU2.ZIP)
    • CLIPIMG: Copy image file to Windows Clipboard: CLIPIMG d:\path\filename|DIR entry|DeFined d:\path\filename (uses NirCmdC.exe, included in XYWWEBU2.ZIP)
    • New!> CMH,CMO: Display help for (CMH), or output of (CMO), DOS (CMD.EXE) command
    • DisableWinKey: Disable|Re-enable Left|Right|Both Windows Logo keys. Warning: Edits the Windows Registry! (uses NirCmdC.exe, included in XYWWEBU2.ZIP)
    • GethWnd: Get Windows hWnd of current session (“/” suppresses PRompt). S/G 50 out.
    • GetWinMode: Get current session state: S/G 50 Out “W”=Window|“F”=Fullscreen (“/” suppresses PRompt).
    • New!> IsRunning: Report, in a message box, whether a named Window process is running [AutoIt]
    • KILL: Kill a running Windows process by process name or Process ID [AutoIt]
    • KILLL: Kill all running Windows processes having the specified process name [AutoIt]. KILLALL.EXE (in U2EXTRAS.ZIP) must be present in Editor’s directory. (Works like KILLALL, q.v.)
    • KILLALL: Kill all running Windows processes having the specified process name [AutoIt] For example, KILLALL cmd<Helpkey> kills all running cmd.exe processes
    • New!> LISTPRNS[/V]: List installed Windows printers (/V = Verbose listing)
    • LWinKey2lsquo: Left Winkey to Left Single Quote/Tilde. Warning: Edits the Windows Registry!
    • LWin2Scroll: Left Winkey to ScrollLock. Warning: Edits the Windows Registry!
    • New!> MOUSE: Locate the mouse pointer
    • MyhWnd,MyPID,MyTitle,MyhWnd2,MyPID2,MyTitle2: Return Xy|NB hWnd|Process ID|Title in S/G50 (and Editor’s directory in S/G 51) (Run frame MyPID in STARTUP.INT.)
    • NBRET: Return to NB using ProcID
    • NBSHELL: Setup NBShell to Return to NBWin using ProcID (execute “START CSCRIPT.EXE //nologo NBPID.VBS” to launch NB; run NBShell at Startup)
    • New!> NIR*: Execute NirCmd commands and scripts on the CMline or from DeFined text (uses NirCmdC.exe, included in XYWWEBU2.ZIP)
    • New!> POWEROFF,REBOOT,SHUTDOWN: Quit XyWrite and power off|shut down|reboot Windows (uses NirCmdC.exe, included in XYWWEBU2.ZIP)
    • New!> REBOOTWIN: Quit XyWrite and reboot Windows
    • SHEL*: Shell to Win32
    • New!> START4D*: Issue 4DOS command(s) in an XPL program. Overcomes CMline|BX...Q2 length limit; supports multiple (batch commands)
    • New!> START*,S: Open file in its associated Windows application
    • New!> STRTorLNK: Start Windows application, follow XyperLink with a single key. Assign in KBD file with nn=NOJM2,.,S,t,r,t,O,r,L,n,k,Q2
    • SPEAK: Use Windows Text-to-Speech (TTS) in XyWrite (uses NirCmdC.exe, included in XYWWEBU2.ZIP). Stop TTS with QUIET<Helpkey>
    • New!> SPEAKERR: Speak the last (or a specified) XyWrite error message
    • New!> STANDBY,ZZZ: Windows Sleep|Standby (uses NirCmdC.exe, included in
    • New!> TIMEOUT: Wait for file to exist or be deleted (optionally CAll file into NUL window)
    • WFF: Windows File Find (WFF/B displays bare filenames)
    • XyPID: Get the Process ID of the current XyWrite session (WFF/B displays bare filenames)
    • New!> SNIP (f/k/a XySnip) Capture the current (XyWrite) screen or any specified screen to a file, and optionally to the Windows clipboard
      • Test your Windows Scripting Host installation with TESTWSH.BAT. Determine whether WSH is properly installed
    • CML*,U2L*: “Large” CoMmand Line (CML) or Help/U2 Line (U2L) for commands that won’t fit on the CMline
    • New!> LOCATE*: Find files fast with Locate.exe (Win32)
    • New!> OPEN: Call the Windows File Open dialog
    • DRIVES*: Get a list of all valid drives (or the last drive only)
    • FINDALL: An enhanced FIND (file finder) command that works across drives. OS/2 users compare FIND2
    • FFIND and FFINDALL: FIND and FINDALL workarounds for Windows 98 (which can cripple the native FIND comand)
    • FILEINFO,FILEINFO/NV: (Common Resource) Show DOS size|date|time stamp for current file. Returns «SV50,d:\path\ name ext size date time»
    • New!> FREE,TOTAL: Get free space|total space on [designated] “free [D]” Drive
    • New!> FSIZ49: Save file size to S/G 49 (S/G 50 filename in and out; returns -1 to S/G 49 if file does not exist) (AutoIt)
    • New!> FSIZE,FSIZE/NV (Common Resource): Save file size to S/G 50 (S/G 50 filename in and file size out; S/G 50 out contains -1 if file does not exist) (BATch-file method)
    • GETWINMODE: Current session state (S/G 50 Out: “W”=Window|“F”=Fullscreen)
    • GO,G: Change drive & directory simultaneously with a single command: GO d subdir1 subdir2 ... switches to d:\subdir1\subdir2\...
    • GETPATH: (Common Resource) Put “d:\path” of directory|filespec|VAriable in S/G 50
    • REXXPL: RexXPL v2.011. Integrated XPL + REXX for XyWrite running under OS/2. RXXPL201.ZIP includes documentation and the required Rexx script (REXXPL.CMD). XyShell must be installed
      • REXXPL,R2X: RexXPL Evaluator v2.01
      • R2,R2/?: Evaluate REXX expressions interactively, in Xy
    • TOUCH: Set DOS date and time stamps for the current file via the vDosPlus TOUCH command
    • TOUCH2: Set DOS date and time stamps for the current file using RexxUtil.DLL v2.0+ (OS/2 only)
    • XyShell File Manager (XyShell FM) for Win32 and OS/2. Import and edit long filenames and directories within XyWrite. Transparent access to all HPFS|FAT files on your machine
      • AB2: ABort file XyShell File Manager
      • CA2: CAll file or dir listing XyShell File Manager
      • DEL2,DEL/NV2: DELete file XyShell File Manager
      • DIR2: Import DIRectory XyShell File Manager
      • New!> DIRB|DIRBF|DIRBS: Import “bare” directory listings into XyWrite
      • DIRBS*: Bare directory listing with full path and filename, including subdirectories
      • FM*: Auto-select Normal XyWrite, or XyShell FM, command; XyShell File Manager
      • IN2: Save/Get 653 Exec XyShell File Manager
      • ME2: MErge file at «CP» XyShell File Manager
      • NE2: Open NEw file XyShell File Manager
      • SA2,SA/NV2: SAve file XyShell File Manager
      • ST2: STore OS/2 file XyShell File Manager
    • XyShell. XyShell is a powerful interface that allows you to shell to OS/2 and Windows from XyWrite, to run or switch to (and return to XyWrite from) OS/2 or Windows programs and objects. All required XyShell frames are integrated within XYWWWEB.U2; the “what’s it all about?” DOCumentation and several required DOS, OS/2, and Windows programs are contained in this ZIP. Some of the included files are listed below; others (“requires XyShell”) are sprinkled throughout this webpage:
      • CLIP: Copy_To|Paste_From the System Clipboard (Win32|OS/2)
      • FSWIN: Toggle standard launch mode for Console files FullScreen ←→ Window (WinNT|2K|XP only)
      • GO2,DOSShl: Shell to d:\dir of current file Win32 requires FSW.EXE and GoXy.EXE in DOS Path (both included in XYWWEBU2.ZIP); OS/2 requires Rexx
      • GO2DOS: Shell OS/2 to full screen, full memory DOS session in d:\dir of current file
      • GODOS: Start a FullScreen/FullMemory DOS session under OS/2 or Windows
      • NWS: Get National [U.S.A.] Weather Service Forecast
      • O2: Start OS/2 [DOS|WIN3x] process from XyWrite (XyShell)
      • PASSOS2: Pass commands to OS/2 via dedicated key e.g. nn=XHJM,2,.,P,r,s,K,b,d,A,r,g,Q2,p,a,s,s,o,s,2,NO
      • PULLOS2,PULLOS2/,P2,P2/,P2T,P2T/: Import command output into XyWrite (OS/2 only)
      • SETTIME: Auto-Calibrate System Time with U.S. Government Cesium Clock
      • SW: Switch from XyWrite to already-running OS/2 [DOS|WIN3x] process
      • New!> SWI,SWI/: Switch from XyWrite to a running Windows process; optionally, send keystrokes to that process (AutoIt)
      • TOUCH2: Set DOS date and time stamps for the current file
      • W2: Start Win32 process from XyWrite
      • New!>WinRun, CM: Control the Windows interface by entering mnemonic commands that you create
        • Open any file in its associated Windows application
        • Switch to any open window by entering a fragment of the window title
        • Launch or switch to applications, web pages, etc., by entering abbreviations, or “aliases”, that you create yourself
        • Combine any of the above operations in a single command
      • Frame CM issues a WinRun command from the XyWRITE CMline
      WinRun is now a free-standing suite, download here: <>). For details, see the documentation file
    • XFF: XyFileFinder. Find files in drive[s]:\[sub]directories
    • XYGREP: Search filemask in [sub]directories for $tring

    OS/2-Specific Programs

    • FIND2: File finder that runs in the background, searches across drives and handles HPFS long filenames (RexXPL)
    • MUC: Moronic UU|XXenCoder for XyWrite RexXPL v1.0
    • MUD: Moronic UU|XX Decoder for XyWrite RexXPL v1.0
    • Read|Write Win9x+|NT+ Installable File Systems under OS/2:
    • Read|Write OS/2 HPFS under Win NT:
    • RUNCMD: Execute DeFined text as OS/2 batch or REXX command
    • Ray Gwynn’s SIO142.ZIP [superior replacement for OS/2’s COM.SYS serial driver]. Versions of SIO after v1.42 no longer reliably  permit OS/2-DOS ’ECHO’ commands to touch serial devices (Ray keeps saying he’ll make the fix, but...). SIO v1.42 allows DIAL.PM to work under DOS; set DIAL.PM’s DOS|OS/2 switch (S/G 09) to “O”S/2 if you use a newer version of SIO.
    • VCD,WCD: XyWrite interface to [OS/2] Ventimiglia’s enhanced Change Directory command utility, and [Win32] Waterlander’s CD: CD directly to any 8.3 DIRectory, using subdir name or “hint”. Command HELP VCD for URLs to these files

    Printing (PostScript, Etc.)

    • ALLFILES: List of All Xy3+ and Xy4DOS|XyWin PRiNter Files, formerly available from TTG
    • COPIES: Print Multiple Copies of Current Document|DeFined Block to PCL printer
    • Updated Hewlett-Packard DeskJet PRiNter File. Enables all DeskJet 660C internal fonts in Portrait/Landscape. Designed for the 660C, but should yield superior results with other modern DeskJets too, compared to the standard XyQuest-issue DeskJet PRiNter file HPDJ560C.PRN
    • New!> PDFX: CMline shell for Tracker Software's PDF-XChange Editor
    • PostScript facilities (generic, but developed using versions 5.50, 6.01, and current 6.50 of AFPL Ghostscript with graphic front-end GSView under both Win32 and OS/2). For a complete Ghostscript-based printing system, download also a sample XyWrite PRiNter file, customized PRN template, and font testfile
      • POSTWIDTH: Generate XyWrite WiDth Tables from PostScript AFM files
        • PWDIR: Generate WiDth Tables (via POSTWIDTH) for whole DIRectory of .AFM Files. Batch processing
        • PDF2XY: Convert PDF file to editable plain text, then CAll it. Requires Ghostscript’s PSTOTXT3.EXE|DLL (and, under OS/2 only, XyShell)
        • XY2PDF: Create Adobe (v1.2 compatible) PDF from a XyWrite file, then View it (Adobe Acrobat Distiller clone!) (requires ObjectREXX/XyShell/Ghostscript)
      • PF2AFM: Generate Adobe Font Metrics file (.AFM) from PFA|PFB PostScript Font (requires ObjectREXX)
    • POSTGHOST: View|Print Current file with GSView (requires ObjectREXX)
    • SETPP: Use SETP to Load PRN file by consulting PP table if argument contains SETP# of PRNfile, or fully-qualified PRN filespec or unique Hint thereof
    • PRINTENV: Envelope printing for Xy v4.0+|XyWin v4.11+
    • TYWIN: Print current file|DeFined text (or optional specified file) to Windows “Default Printer”. RAWPRINT.EXE (included in XYWWEBU2.ZIP) must be present in Editor’s directory

    Programming (XPL)

      Arrays:
    • ALLFUNCS: Write all valid XyWrite 3-byte functions
    • ALLVAS: Put all valid VAs pertaining to current file (3+,Sig,4,Win) at EOF
    • ARRAY3BYTE,A3B: Make 3-byte array
    • ARRAYALPHA,BIGARRAY: CreateArray Demo: Creates AA,AB,AC...ZY,ZZ
    • ARRAYVADIR: CreateVAriableArray within a directory. Creates (if valid) VA{1}{1},VA{1}{2},VA{1}{3}...VA{127}{127}
    • ARRAYVA,ARRAYNB: Create VAriable Array. Creates (if valid) «VA{1}{1}»,«VA{1}{2}»,«VA{1}{3}»...«VA{127}{127}»
    • ARRAYVASM: CreateSMallVAriableARRAY - Creates (if valid) VA00,VA01,VA02...VAZY,VAZZ
    • ARRAY: CreateArray Demo. Creates (if valid) MDAA,MDAB,MDAC...MDZY,MDZZ
    • CMSORT: Sort current file|DF block with CMSORT.EXE . (Win32)
    • New!> CONFIGREAD: Read value from vDosPlus’s or vDosXy’s CONFIG.TXT (S/G 50 key in, value out)
    • New!> INIREAD: Read INI file value into S/G 50 {IniRead*}} Read INI file value into S/G 50
    • FUNCARRAYMN: Save a compact array of all func mnemonics to S/G 50
    • FUNCARRAY: Save an array of all funcs to S/G 50
    • FUNCTABLE: Generate a table of all funcs (S/G 50 Out)
    • ManyVAs: Creates «VA{1}{1}»,«VA{1}{2}»...«VA{255}{255}». Frame DelNulVals deletes lines with null values
    • REVSORT: Reverse Sort DeFined Block[s]
    • SORTDEMO-ALPHA: Template for an ALPHA sorter
    • SORTDEMO-NUMERIC: Template for a NUMERIC sorter
    • New!> SORTS: Sort DeFined list or file using a specified sort key. E.g., SORTS/2 for reverse sort, SORTS/4 to delete dupes—no need to change the default Sort Key. Mnemonic switches are also accepted: SORTS/W = whole words; SORTS/R = reverse sort; SORTS/D = delete duplicates; mnemonic switches may be combined, e.g., SORTS/WRD

      Character Manipulation:
    • ADDSEP: Add one instance to all occurrences of specified character within $tring, e.g. "' I'd"—>“I''d”, “e tweedle dee”—>“tweeedle deee”
    • ALPHAMASK*: Rewrite string to conform to alpha mask
    • CHAR2NUM: Character-to-Number|Number-to-Character conversion
    • CHECK32-127: Search text for Hi|Low ASCII or 3-byters (slow, cf. FINDHILO)
    • CURSOR: Template to get Text|Header location of cursor, Insert|Overstrike state of cursor, position of cursor within CMline. Xy4|XyWin; fast
    • FINDHILO: Find chars <Ascii-32|>Ascii-127 in a file. Ignore Ascii-9|10|13
    • GETDE1: Get Discretionary_lineEnding (soft <cr>, «VADE1») [S/G 50 Out]
    • @LWR: (Common Resource) Lower Case function [S/G 50 In/Out], e.g. "@LWR HELLO" returns “hello”
    • PARSESEP: Parse input $tring between two separators
    • PUTCHAR: Put 1- or 3-byte form of any character into Text or on the CMline
    • New!> SendDF: Send DeFined text, one character at a time, to another running Windows program. Overcomes formatting anomalies when pasting text into an MS-Word document with automatic numbering
    • STRIP,STRIPS: Emulate Rexx “STRIP” command. Strip spaces [STRIPS=all punctuation etc] from left and right ends of $tring
    • TABLEOF256CHARS,MASC*: (Common Resource) Put complete 1-byte Ascii charset 0-255 in S/G 628, for use in XPL
    • XYCHAR: Produce any Xy char by number or description, e.g. “XYCHAR 518” or “XYCHAR iota small”

      Code Manipulation:
    • ADD2U2: Add DeFined frame to the currently-loaded U2 file
    • ADD2??: Add DeFined frame to the currently-loaded DG|HL|MN|U1-U9 file
    • AVAIL: Identify unused (available) S/G numbers
    • BC2BX: Change next-following “BC ...XC ” to “BX ...Q2 ”
    • BX2BC: Change next-following “BX ...Q2 ” to “BC ...XC ”
    • BK*: While...Wend: BK=[Initialize Once, then] Wend; BKU=UnInitialize
    • BX.TXT: Tutorial on func BX (“Blind eXecute”), used in XPL PMs and KBD-file macros to execute commands without erasing the CMline (fast alternative to BC...XC)
    • CMFUNC: Put function on CMline in true form
    • CMNT: Comment line (/*...*/) in REXX code. Un-Comment using switch " /NV".
    • D.U2,D.WIPE,D.XC,TTY*: Demo frames: Create automated XyWrite demos
    • DEL;CMNTS: Delete comments starting with ";" (cursor position to End_of_File)
    • DEL;;CMNTS: Delete comments starting with ";*;", i.e., comments in XPL code (cursor position to End_of_File)
    • FISH*: Fish out (and, optionally, RUN) oft-used bits of XPL code, formatting, or text (user modification required)
    • FUNCTEST*: Test for valid 2-char function (formerly FTEST)
      Output in S/G 50; «SV50,1»=legal func; «SV50,0»=not a func
      FuncTest/NV suppresses PRompt on EXit
    • KBD>XPL: Convert KBD code to XPL code (DeFined KBD code only)
    • KCODE,KC: Convert XPL macros to KeyBoarD-file code (cf. UNKCODE)
    • KEYPAD5: Jumbo WEEKDAY+POS assignment for any key
    • KILLACAZ: Turn off Auto-Correct|Auto-Replace; later, restore pre-existing condition with «PV708»
    • NUM2MNEM: Convert numeric MoDes to mnemonic MoDes (NUMbers-2-MNEMonics), e.g. convert «MD9» to «MDUL» (or the current numeric value of «MDUL», as determined by «VA*UL»)
    • PARENS2Q2: Change next-following “BN|BX|JM (...)” to “BX ...Q2 ” or “JM ...Q2 ”
    • PFUN: Insert real 3-byte function, either in Text or on CMline
    • PFUNC: A slicker PFUN command, with support for multiple funcs, backspace editing, and real (3-byte) funcs on CMline
    • New!> PRINTXPL: Generate a printable structured listing of XPL code
    • PR@*: “Sticky” PRompt (survives key codes>105)
    • PSEUDO*: Convert XPL into plain-text pseudo code
    • REJUMP: Try 3 times to JuMP to specified «CP», then quit & return to parent routine (avoid hangs in routines if cursor can’t be positioned at precise location)
    • RELABEL,RELB: Rename XPL flow-control LaBel & Go_Label names with ordered alphabetic sequence of names (maximum 702 LaBels); check for several (some fatal) LaBeling errors
    • RENUMBER: Consecutively Re-Number/Re-Order/Re-Locate Extended Save/Gets [Text Macros] [[0]0]01-1999 in an XPL PrograM
    • RestMG: Restore the default MessaGe to the PRompt line
    • R?:*: «RC»&|«RK» but ignore key codes over 105
    • RK: Enhanced Func RK (Record|View Keystrokes). Replaces func RK in KBD file
    • RKOK: Save|Append|Edit|Fix|Load|eXecute|Clear Recorded_Keystrokes. Fix bugs in Record_Keystrokes, examine edit and run macros; everything you need to restore func RK to functionality
    • RM|TW: (Common Resource) Prepare RM (XyWrite) or TW (NotaBene) ABsolute|EMbedded|DeFault|FOrmat_label|RaW|STyle|VAriable command
    • RUNCODE,RUNCYD: Run XPL code from disk, directory, or screen
    • RUNEM,RUNEM*,DELEM: Run|Delete embedded XPL code in current file
    • RXSEMICOLON: Replace carriage returns with ";" and STRIP Rexx commands
    • SAVMACROS,MOVE2U2: Create a single XPL file, ready for direct inclusion in U2, from all @0-@9,@A-@Z (“ordinary Save/Gets”) (free up memory consumed by Save/Gets a/k/a Text Macros)
    • SEPS,SEPSC: (Common Resource) Count separators [SEPSC=CaseSeNsItIvE]
    • SetMG: Set the default PRompt-line MessaGe (optional UserVar Default_MG supports PRompt with Temperature Date Date))
    • SIZ: Change "@SIZ(«ISnnnn»)" to "«VA|nnnn»"
    • SpclListr: Special "?xx" List Display
    • SUBTEST: Convert repetitive code segments into SUbroutines
    • TEST-INSTALL: Check whether Jumbo U2 installation was successful; report current U2 version number
    • TRUE,EXIST: Test truth value of XPL statement|existence of file|dir (arg on CMline or DeFined in text)
    • EXIST2: Test for existence of long filename|dirname
    • TYFUNC: Execute functions by typing their 2-character mnemonic names
    • WRITEFX,WRITEF,PREWRITEF: Create file with XPL or DEBUG.EXE
    • UNKCODE: Convert keyboard-file code to XPL (cf. KCODE)
    • XMACRO,XMACRO/,XM,XM/,XM\,KB,KB/,KB\: Execute complex editing commands and XPL statements from command line or keyboard file. Restores .KBD file programming — a III+ amenity — to Xy4|XyWin!
    • XMCODE: Convert DeFined XPL to XMACRO code
    • XPL2TXT: Convert XPL code into printer-ready text
    • XPL>KBD: Convert XPL code to raw .KBD code (converts entire window)
    • XyPy: Python Extensions for XyWrite 4: Use Python as an second, integral scripting language for XyWrite. Includes methods for embedding Python scripts in XPL routines ("XPyL") and launching external Python scripts from within XyWrite; related tools; demo routines; Python module "xy.py"; quick-start instructions; documentation.Download and Unzip XYPY.ZIP into the directory that contains EDITOR.EXE, then follow the instructions in XYPY.TXT. (Python 3.x must be installed) (XyPy XPL routines are included in XYWWEBU2.ZIP)
    • New!> XyWebU2.INT: Initialize/Enable basic Jumbo U2 functions. In vDosPlus and vDosXy, syncs Xy4’s screen dimensions (defaults SL and SW) with CONFIG.TXT’s LINS and COLS settings; also, at startup, runs lines of XPL embedded in CONFIG.TXT as REMarks. (for STARTUP.INT)

      CoMmand and PRompt Line:
    • New!>$X,$Xkey: Issue COMMAND[ arg(s)]<cr|XC> or U2_FRAMENAME[ arg(s)]<Helpkey> with one key
    • New!> 1:*: Launch command|U2 frame from numbered list on CMline
    • ADDTOOL,DELTOOL: Add|delete command to|from toolbar PRompt
    • CME: Edit the CMline in a text window
    • CMFUNC: Put function on CMline in true form
    • CMLINE: Put CMline into S/G 616. Subset of Stack code, which faithfully captures the CMline and loads it into S/G 616 for later use. More meticulous/accurate CMline capture than «IS00» or «VA$CM». Employ in .KBD file thus: "nn=NOJM,2,.,c,m,l,i,n,e,Q2"; call as a child process from other PrograMs in form "...JM 2.cmlineQ2 ...". N.B.: CMLINE.PM is now freestanding (it no longer requires that Stack be installed) Put CMline into S/G 616. Based on STACK.PM v3.3 for XyWrite IV|XyWin|NBWin
    • DAY: Show current time|weekday|date on PRompt line (LONG version, cf. WEEKDAY)
    • DIR1: Display DIRectory information for current file in PRompt
    • AE*,EXPAND*: “Auto-Expand” VAriable statements, Save/Get contents, and user-created abbreviations for use on the CMline
    • FINITO: Save the Stack, then Quit (For users of STACK.PM Only)
    • FN2CM: Put Current Filename in Text or on Command Line
    • GETCMINPUT: (Common Resource) Put user CMline input into S/G 50
    • GETPR:*: (Common Resource) Get PRompt from file created by external program
    • LISTCM: List embedded commands in current file
    • LongPR: (Common Resource) Display a formatted “long” (multi-line) PRompt in a NUL window
    • NV: Put|Remove “/NV” on CMline
    • PARE: Pare long commands from the Stack, to free up memory
    • PFUN: Insert real 3-byte function, either in Text or on CMline
    • PFUNC: A slicker PFUN command, with support for multiple funcs, backspace editing, and real (3-byte) funcs on CMline
    • PROMPT: Issue status-line PRompts from command line or keyboard file
    • PRSCMLINE,$2: Pass CMline “framename[ argument[,arg...]]<Helpkey>” to U2. Primary interface between direct keyed input and U2
    • PRSEXECM: Execute CMline as command or U2 .framename. Replacement for func XC: 67=NOXH[$S]JM(,2,.,P,r,s,E,x,e,C,M,)
    • Stack (v3.2b, LastRev.1/18/04, Revised for Windows 6/9/99) — complete ZIP package for XyWrite IV|XyWin|NBWin. The classic command history utility, with numerous extra features. Many XyWriters use Stack more than any other program. This version operates from your .DLG file
    • $S,$E,STACK.INT,STACK Stack v3.3 for U2. This version operates from your .U2 file, and is designed for unusual KBD assignments
      • GETSTACKERR: Translate STACK.PM Exit Codes
      • STACK: Save the Stack to “MY.STK” in Editor’s directory
      • STACKAUX: AUXiliary stack handler program for STACK.PM. Additional/enhanced Stack functions
      • STACKBOX: View and manage the command history via a Windows-style list box. Add-on for STACK.PM
      • STACKDEL: Batch-delete short and/or long items from the command history. Short commands are more likely to be retyped than popped from the Stack; lengthy ones often are special-purpose tools with a limited shelf life. STACKDEL lets you prune commands that are less than, equal to, or greater than specified lengths. The payoff is a memory dividend and a leaner, more useful command history. Add-on for STACK.PM
      • New!> STACKFIX: Stop annoying Stack.PM “Hit key again” PRompt
      • New!> STACKRID: Purge the current CMline from the Stack, then clear the CMline [func BC]
      • New!> STACK.DX: Diagnose the command Stack
      • STACK.TEST*: Test|Re-initialize command Stack
      • STACKLARGE: Store in Stack, then Retrieve, “Large” CoMmand (CML) or Help/U2 Line (U2L)
      • New!> STAD: Save a DeFined list of commands to the Stack
      • New!> STK,STK.0,STK.1Toggle Stack.PM On|Off
    • New!> STacK2,STK2Experimental, file-based supplemental command stack that allows reducing the maximum STACK.PM Stack size, to conserve memory, while maintaining a disk-file reserve of about 1,000 commands for "hinting" purposes
    • TICKER,TICKER/*: Display a ticker-style scrolling status-line message [DOS only]
    • TOOLBAR*,TB,TB??,TB??#: Use CMline or PRompt for multiple commands
    • New!> UH,HUH: Unlimited Hint|Have Unlimited Hint: UH hint<Helpkey> searches an omnibus commmand archive file (STACKALL.SAV, created and located in Editor’s directory) and lists all archived commands containing the hint (substring of command). UH<Helpkey> (no hint) CAlls STACKALL.SAV, an alpha-sorted listing, for browsing or editing. Frame HUH saves all commands in the current command Stack to STACKALL.SAV, sorting them and eliminating duplicates. STACKALL.SAV can grow to contain tens or even hundreds of thousands of unique commands without breaking the memory bank. Archiving happens automatically, in the background. The default auto-archiving interval is every 30 minutes; it can be changed by editing user variable HUH_params in XYWWWEB.REG.
      • New!> UHINFO: Report size, number of commands, and average command length of STACKALL.SAV archive
  • WEEKDAY: Display current weekday|date|time on PRompt line

    Encode/Decode:
  • New!> CAD,CAD/*,STE,ENCRYPT,DECRYPT: CAll and Decrypt|STore and Encrypt files; Encrypt|Decrypt files from|to disk
  • DEC: Generic decode command Automatically detects the type of encoding (Base64, Quoted-Printable or XPLCODE) and decodes accordingly
  • New!> ENC,ENCB,DEC,ENCO,DECO,QPENC,QE,QPDEC,QD Encode|Decode with XPLNCODE or Quoted-Printable (AutoIt)
  • B64D,B64E: Base64 encode|decode via Windows (certutil.exe) New!>
  • B9D,B9E: SQAB91 encoding|decoding on DeFined block or current file. B91.EXE (in U2EXTRAS.ZIP must be present in Editor's directory
  • BD,BE: Base64 encode|decode DeFined blocks via DOS (Karl Hahn's MIME.COM)
  • BDD,BEE: Like BD,BE, but auto-DeFines code blocks delimited by two carriate returns at top and bottom
  • New!> BDF: Base64-decode|-encode DeFined block to file. B64D.exe, in U2EXTRAS.ZIP, must be present in the directory with EDITOR.EXE
  • DECODE: XPLDCODE.PM v2.0b Native XPL DeCODE for E-mail
  • ENCODE: XPLNCODE.PM v2.0c Native XPL eNCODE for E-mail
  • FIXHELP: Bug fix for XPL in XyWin and NBWin
  • New!> HEXENC, HEXDEC[/NV]: Encode file|DeFined block to 2-digit hexadecimal bytes [HEXENC]; decode HEXENC output back to original [HEXDEC]. HEXDEC/NV saves output to disk without MErging it into a XyWrite window -- for decoding binary files
  • HEXDUMP, SCREENDUMP, HXD: Display hex dump of file, DeFined block, or current screen (uses Maël Hörz’s excellent HxD hex editor if HxD.exe is present in Editor’s directory; otherwise uses hexdump.exe, included in XYWWEBU2.ZIP)
  • HEXENCODE,HEXDECODE: Convert DeFined text to|from HTML hexadecimal codes
  • QPD*: Quoted-Printable Decode
  • QPE*: Quoted-Printable Encode
  • SHORTSTK: Save Stack
  • New!> U2ENC,U2DEC Inline Encrypt|Decrypt for XyWrite files|text files using 128-bit IDEA encryption
  • XMUC: Moronic Native XPL UuenCode
  • XMUD: Moronic Native XPL UuDecode
  • XMXC: Moronic Native XPL XxenCode
  • XMXD: Moronic Native XPL XxDecode
  • XENC, XDEC: Fast XPL encode|decode routines able to hand big files. Requires xencode.exe and xdecode.exe (in U2EXTRAS.ZIP)
  • XYENC,XYDEC,XYENCODE.PM: Wally Bass’s XYENCode/XYDECode Utilities with XPL “front end” for Xy3+/Xy4/Nota Bene for Windows. Fast encoding/decoding of XPL programs for E-mail. Download XYENC.ZIP here; unzip all files into the directory that contains EDITOR.EXE (in Nota Bene, into the directory that contains SWSYS.DLL). See the ReadMe for usage instructions.

    Functions:
  • ALLFUNCS: Write all valid XyWrite 3-byte functions
  • CMFUNC: Put function on CMline in true form
  • FNSE: SEarch forth-and-back for function
  • FUNCARRAY: Save an array of all funcs to S/G 50
  • FUNCARRAYMN: Save a compact array of all func mnemonics to S/G 50
  • FUNCTIONS Table of functions (with current «VA_func» assignments, i.e. the actual key in KBD file to which function is assigned, if any). Command: TABLE FUNCTIONS
  • FUNCTABLE: Generate a table of all funcs (S/G 50 Out)
  • FUNCTEST*: Test for valid 2-char function (formerly FTEST)
    Output in S/G 50; «SV50,1»=legal func; «SV50,0»=not a func
    FuncTest/NV suppresses PRompt on EXit
  • KEYSTROKES: List current .KBD assignments for functions
  • PFUN: Insert real 3-byte function, either in Text or on CMline
  • PFUNC: A slicker PFUN command, with support for multiple funcs, backspace editing, and real (3-byte) funcs on CMline
  • TYFUNC: Execute functions by typing their 2-character mnemonic names
  • UNKCODE: Convert keyboard-file code to XPL (cf. KCODE)

    Help Frames:
  • *: TRAPNAME traps nonexistent framenames in any Help file, e.g. U2. This frame must be the last frame, at the end of the Help file. Don’t use in U2 with Command Override|Customization (it can’t coexist)!
  • FLIST: List Help frames called in any XPL file (fast!)
  • HELP,LINK,BACK: Locate help frame, or search for topic, in XYWWWEB.INF, with safety net for non-existent frame|search_$tring. Also execute a XyperLink, and then (optionally) jump BACK
  • HF: Put Help Frame template
  • HLIST: Generate a sorted list of frame names in the loaded U2 file or any Help file. Optionally, limit list to frame names containing a string or matching a regular expression. Indispensable
  • LOADAS: Load current file as a Help file of any type (DG|HL|U1-U9). Convenient for testing Help routines
  • New!>HLP,LNK,BAC: Pared-down variants of HELP,LINK,BACK
  • LOADHELP,LH: SAve and LOAD Edited (Altered) Help file (DG|HL|MN|U#). Critical for editing U2 under Xy4-DOS and NBWin
  • LHorSA: SAve and load editable copy of U2 in current window, else just SAve the file
  • NABFRM*: Help frame locator
  • NXF: Go to next (NXF) or previous (NXF B[ACK]) frame in Help file
  • SETUV*: Assist user to set User Variable(s) in XyWWWeb.U2
  • SORTFRAMES: Sort Help frames; locate duplicate frames
  • USEANY,DG,HL,U#: Pass arguments to and run frames in any loaded Help file (syntax: framename[ arg[,arg...]])
  • USERVARBACKUP,UVB: Backup User-Variables in Help File. Automatically maintain your personal User Variable settings when you update XYWWWEB.U2 versions
  • USERVARRESTORE,UVR: Restore User-Variables in Help File
  • New!> XLINK: Compose a XyperLink in a separate window; command XLINK<Helpkey> again to insert it in text

    Information+:
  • New!> AUKEY: Put AutoIt key names by pressing keys
  • BALPAIRSOFNT: Check for balanced pairs of «NT1» and «NT0»
  • CASG: Call contents of any Save/Get (a/k/a text macro) into an editing screen
  • New!> CHKCrLf: Check for stray CrLfs in XPL code («CP» to End_of_File)
  • CHKSEQ: Check sequence and usage of numerical Save/Gets in XPL code
  • DOEND: Check for Balanced DO|SELECT...END pairs in Rexx scripts
  • ERRCODE,ERR: Recall most recent error code|Obtain error message associated with any numerical code|Search error messages that contain a specified string|List all status messages
  • FUNCTEST*: Test for valid 2-char function (formerly FTEST)
    Output in S/G 50; «SV50,1»=legal func; «SV50,0»=not a func
    FuncTest/NV suppresses PRompt on EXit
  • HILITELB: View LaBels|Go_Labels in PMs in Colors
  • IFENDIF,IFEI,IFEI2: Check for Balanced «IF...«EI» pairs in XPL PMs, with option to display structured (indented) listing of conditional nests. An extremely useful programmer’s tool
  • ITER*: ITERATE.PM Time multiple iterations of DeFined XPL code|Test speed of alternative coding methods
  • KEYCODE,SCANCODE: Press any key and get its Key number («VA$KC») and scan code («VA$SC»)
  • LISTSAVS: Table all current initialized permanent Save/Gets #|@|&
  • POS: Put current CursorPosition on CMline, for later JuMP (return) to «CP». Handy little utility
  • SGDIAG: Save/Get [Macro] Diagnostics (enhancement of DLG frame “MacroDiag”)
  • SHOW3: Show underlying characters of 3-byte string
  • SK: Enhanced func SK to show one S/G in range 0-9|A-Z or 100-1999
  • SPECIALLISTS: List internal system "?xx" variables: AG AR AS BO CA CD DB DC DR DZ FO FN FR GR IG JR MA MT PC PP PR SB SD SG SK SP SS ST SZ WI WP (normally accessible only via DLG K-frames)
    • SPCLLST: Get one internal system "?xx" variable
  • SYNTAX: Check syntax and guillemet balance of current file
  • TLOOPS: Timed-loop benchmark tests for Xy4|XyWin
  • TRUE*,EXIST: Test truth of XPL statement or EXIST statement on CMline
  • USURP,USURPB: Identify smallest “ordinary” Save/Get available for use by the currently-executing XPL routine. Identifies an uninitialized or empty Save/Get if available (S/G 50 out).
  • V3: View components of 1-, 2-, or 3-byte character under cursor
  • XRAY: Report runtime content of Save/Gets. A sophisticated program debugging tool (Cf. XPOLL)
    • XPOLL: XRAY variant that lists contents of Save/Gets after a program runs. Works without modification of subject code
  • SHOWSG01: Display contents of Save/Get 01

    Save/Get Manipulation:
  • CLEARSGTS: Clear Save/Gets specified Individually and/or in Ranges, with optional eXclusions [S/G 50 In]
  • DECLARESGTS,DECLSGTS: Declare (Initialize) Save/Gets specified Individually and/or in Ranges, with optional eXclusions [S/G 50 In]
  • GETPATH: (Common Resource) Put “d:\path” of directory|filespec|VAriable in S/G 50
  • GETSVGET,GETSV: Reveal the content of a Save/Get
  • GRABDFVA: Grab default value from loaded SETTINGS file
  • GT,PV,SU,SV,SX: Execute XPL commands GT|PV|SU|SV|SX from CMline
  • HIDE:*,AUTOHIDE: “Hide” S/G contents in S/G 739. Prevent child processes from overwriting specified Save/Gets. AUTOHIDE automatically HIDEs Initialized Save/Gets in Transient Ranges 01-49,51-99
    • UNHIDE: Restore hidden S/G values (LIFO)
    • HIDEDEMO: Demo for HIDE|UNHIDE frames
    • CACHE:*,UNCACHE:*: “Cache” or Retrieve S/G contents to|from disk (helpers for HIDE/UNHIDE; prevents Out-of-Memory)
  • HILITE: View S/G numbers in PMs in Reverse_video
  • LDNB: Emulate LDPM in NBWin XPL (syntax: filename,S/G)
  • LDPMDEF,LDF: LDPM DeFine blocks to a key or “ampersand” Save/Get
  • MAKE3BYTER,M3: Generate any conceivable 3-byte char. A companion program to PUTCHAR
  • New!> MRI: View a list of Save/Get contents 01-999 on EXit from an XPL program (debugging tool). Cf. XRAY
  • MSG:*: “Make Save/Gets” concatenation tool
  • NAME2NUMBER: Translate Named to Numbered Save/Gets. Write your programs with named Save/Gets, e.g. «SVgreeting,Hello», then automatically translate discursive names to executable numeric form, e.g. «SV01,Hello»
  • NIL: NoOp frame, useful for reducing size of Save/Get memory buffer, esp. “Special” [internal] S/Gs *26, *27, *29
  • RANGE: Create table of Save/Gets [and eXclusions], specified Individually and/or in Ranges (nnn,nnn-nnn,...), with optional eXclusions (...,Xnnn,Xnnn-nnn,...) [S/G 50 In/Out]
  • REGDATA*: Fetch Data Spec (User Variable) from XYWWWEB.REG, the XyWWWeb REGistry file
  • REGEDIT*: Edit | View | Check integrity of XYWWWEB.REG. Also jumps from U2 to the REG
  • New!> REGVAL: View current value of XYWWWEB.REG user variable.
  • SEELDSGT: Display LDSGT library as ordinary file
  • STORESGT: Store|Restore Save/Get Contents to|from Disk
  • SVFILE: SaVe file contents as string to programming (01-1999) or “ordinary” (0-9|A-Z) Save/Get
  • TABLEOF256CHARS,MASC*: (Common Resource) Put complete 1-byte Ascii charset 0-255 in S/G 628, for use in XPL
  • TRIOVARS: Save common S/G values for TRIO frames
  • XRAY: Report runtime content of Save/Gets. A sophisticated program debugging tool (see also XPOLL)

    VAlues and VAriables
  • AE*,EXPAND*: Expand VAriable statements, Save/Get contents and user-created abbreviations for use on the CMline
  • ALLVAS: Put all valid VAs pertaining to current file (3+,Sig,4,Win) at EOF
  • ARRAYVA: Create VAriable Array. Creates (if valid) «VA{1}{1}»,«VA{1}{2}»,«VA{1}{3}»...«VA{127}{127}»
  • ARRAYVADIR: CreateVAriableArray within a directory. Creates (if valid) VA{1}{1},VA{1}{2},VA{1}{3}...VA{127}{127}
  • KEYCODE: Press any key and get its Key number («VA$KC»)
  • SCAN*: Press any key and get its SCan code («VA$SC»)
  • SIZ: Change "@SIZ(«ISnnnn»)" to "«VA|nnnn»"

    Spelling

  • ADDWD,DELWD: Add|Delete word under cursor (or DeFined list of words or word pairs) to|from the loaded SPell file
  • ASPELL,ASP: SPELL with non-English Microlytics or PCLEX Dictionaries under ANSI (NBWin|ANSIfied Xy4-DOS)
  • New!> ASPL: Spell-check with Aspell (English and/or non-English dictionaries)
  • GOTHES: Handler for PCLEX and Microlytics Thesauri. Works around numerous spell-system bugs, to prepare current file for thesaurus lookup
  • PCLEXSPL,PS: Toggle PCLEX Dictionaries
  • Roget International Thesaurus (Crowell, 1911), plus XyWrite Dictionary Lookup Engine. The Project Gutenberg Etext, programmed for Xy4|XyWin|NBWin
  • Roget Thesaurus Lookup Engine for III+|NotaBene v3|v4.x
  • Toggle between Microlytics and PCLEX multilingual thesauri/spellers. Includes improved PCLEX thesaurus frame. A complete package of homebrew .U2 and .DLG frames for Xy4DOS and Signature (and possibly XyWin and NBWin). The PCLEX dictionaries (complete) were supplied in national Sig distributions (filenames *.DIC), and were available as freeware from IBM at http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/asd-bin/doc/en_us/nsdicts/f-server.htm in 27(!) different flavors: Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch (permissive spelling version), Dutch (restrictive spelling version), Dutch (South African Afrikaans version), English (Australia), English (United Kingdom), English (United States), Finnish, French (Canada), French (National), German (National reform; lacks thesaurus, whereas old non-reform version has thesaurus capability), German (Swiss), Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian (Bokmal), Norwegian (Nynorsk), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (National), Russian (DBCS, apparently no thesaurus), Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish. PCLEX spellers/thesauri — alternatives to the default Xy4-DOS Microlytics wordlist, which still can be used alongside them — require four special DLLs for operation under Xy4-DOS, and one special DLL under XyWin, SmartWords, or NotaBene for Windows (PCLEX spellers do not work with Xy3). For information and installation information, see SPELLERS.DOC, inside this SIG_THES.ZIP package.
    N.B.: Fatal problems with PCLEX dictionaries operating under NBWin are apparent, and require further investigation.
    Author’s Query : If you own, or know of, additional Microlytics dictionaries (apart from US English, UK English, German, French, Italian, and Catalan), please drop me a note!
  • SPELL,SP: Batch SPELL and CORRECT
  • SPLPREP: Prepare current file for PCLEX spelling
  • TOGGLEDCT,TD: Toggle Microlytics and PCLEX spellers

    Utilities

    • AE*,EXPAND*: Expand VAriable statements, Save/Get contents and user-created abbreviations for use on the CMline
    • ALARM (Rexx): Set Alarms|Reminders from CMline (requires XyShell)
    • ALRM (AutoIt): Set Alarms|Reminders from CMline (A.EXE — in U2EXTRAS.ZIP — must be present in Editor’s directory)
    • New!>TAM: TAM Tiny Alarm with Message; msgbox.exe and waitRun.exe (in U2EXTRAS.ZIP) must be present in Editor's directory or subdirectory .\U2EXTRAS thereof if it exists
    • BANNER,B2: Screen Saver with configurable message (requires XyShell)
    • BLANK: Blank the screen, with optional message & password
    • BLANK2: Blank the screen, with optional moving message (no phosphor burn) and/or password (requires XyShell)
    • CALNDR, MO: Display a pop-up CALeNDaR of any month. Defaults to display the current month (today is highlighted); argument “mm/[yy]yy” displays any alternate month in range AD 1583-9999 (year defaults to "[20]yy"). Frame New!> MO displays a compact calendar and supports cycling between months|years
    • DAYSPAST: Calculate days between two dates in year range 1583-9999
    • DEADLINE,DDL,DAYS,DOW,DOW/NV,DOY,DOY/NV,JDN,JDN/NV: Date Calculator v2. Days to/from dates|Days between Dates|Day of Week|Day of Year
    • DIAL: Telephone Dialer for Voice Calls. DIAL.PM v2.1h for Xy4|XyWin. Dial Number at CursorPosition. Added: fine-tuned defaults; a DOS|OS/2 switch; REDIAL.PM rewritten for greater flexibility and more accurate timing. Employ in .KBD file thus: nn=NOJM,(,2,.,P,r,s,K,b,d,A,r,g,),d,i,a,l,NO
      • REDIAL: ReDial a number repeatedly until you manually BreaK (Ctrl-Break|Ctrl-Pause|Ctrl-ScrollLock)
    • DS: Put date-time stamp in form [yyyy-mm-dd=DoW=h:mm]
    • DSS: Put date-time stamp at cursor position in form [yyyy-mm-dd+hh:mm]
    • DUMPEM,DUMPFN: List contents of footnotes and other embedded commands (LB|NT etc.) to UNTITLED screen
    • END: Go to EOF and ‘disappear’ the text. Put [optional] password in «SV01,pw»
    • Undocumented Freestanding Use of Word-4-Word Text Conversion Filters [listed herewith] distributed with Xy4-DOS. Permits conversions between formats without using XyWrite (or even XyWrite documents). N.B.: Enables easy conversion between Xy3(+) and other formats. Instructions+Necessary Links
      Note that, until 2000, additional and/or newer filters were available (free) from Hungarian institutional server ftp.iif.hu, including HTML, Rich Text Format, WordPerfect v6.1, and MSWord for Windows v7.0 (which generates excellent MSWord v8.0-compatible output), as well as the newest XyWrite formats. Filters were provided in both .EXE (Xy4-DOS) and .DLL (XyWin) formats: Complete filter set circa 2000, also W4W executables and PDF.

      To employ these filters successfully, we strongly recommend that you follow the detailed instructions for DOS-only use, i.e. that you NOT use XyWrite Menus for either export (the “Save As” method) or import, because lack of available memory incapacitates these filters
    • GETXYOS: Make your XyWrite set-up OS-aware! This essential XPL utility identifies the operating system to XyWrite, enabling programs to branch intelligently in a multi-OS environment
    • HOLIDAYS,HOL.CA,HOL.US,HOL.??: List U.S.|Canadian|other holidays (dates and days of week) for any year
    • LIST.COM, originally from Software@Buerg Computers. The classic DOS file viewer, by Vernon D. Buerg (shareware). Indispensable, period.
    • LIST,LIST2,HV,VW: LIST|HyperView|[any file viewer] DF block, screen or file, DIRlist file, or @SaveGet#
    • LOG,L: Record time-stamped text entries from the command line
    • New!> METRIC: Convert MM CM MeTer KM/DI IN FT YD MI|LiTer/ON(fluid) PT QT GaL|GM KG/OZ LB ToN; “metric/” inserts value at cursor position
    • MINITRUE: Powerful DOS Search/Replace Utility. A freeware hybrid of grep, sed, more/less. Multiple files. Bells & whistles galore, great for your toolkit.
    • XyWWWebsite: Oxford English Dictionary (OED) on CD-ROM in a 16- or 32-bit Windows environment: Hard-disk installation, bugs, word processing macros, networking, fonts, etc.
      U2 interfaces for the OED:
      • DDEOED: Lookup DeFined word in the OED. For XyWin only
      • OED: Launch an OED definition inquiry (Xy4+, NBWin; OS/2 requires XyShell)
      • OEDDOS: Launch an OED definition inquiry (Xy4+, NBWin)
      • OEDD: Launch|Switch focus to|Look up word in the OED (lookup via Clipboard in OED v4 only) New!>(OEDD.exe (part of U2EXTRAS.ZIP) must be present in Editor’s directory)
    • PORTABLE.PM (ZIP archive - 3KB): Freestanding (RUN-style) program that creates path-free versions of your STARTUP.INT and SETTINGS.DFL files, enabling a “portable” XyWrite setup that can be copied to any directory without the need to modify path statements in these two key files. For XyWrite 4 (DOS). (Download ZIP file here. [screenshot])
    • POSTAGE: Calculate U.S. domestic 1st-class postage
    • POSTAGE2: Calculate domestic postage worldwide
    • RHUD: Xy4DOS Interface for the Random House Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Second Edition. RHUD.PM, for Xy4-DOS only, looks up the word under the cursor, or the first word on the command line (if XyWrite’s cursor is on the CMline); RHUD pops up over the Xy4 screen. RHUD.PM works with the first edition of the R.H.U.D. CD-ROM, CDRM1097300, 1993, “Version for Macintosh, DOS, and Windows”, originally bundled with hardcover copies of “R.H.U.D., 2nd Edition” (check your used bookstore — this is an eye-popping adjunct to XyWrite); RHUD.PM does not work with subsequent MSWindows-only CD-ROMs of R.H.U.D., which were both bundled and sold separately
    • ROGET: Roget’s Thesaurus (1911, but still great). Generic Lookup Engine for Roget Thesaurus, q.v.
    • SETSLEEPRATE: Set 1-second counter value for pause|sleep
    • TIMER: Use XyWrite’s built-in stopwatch function
    • TIME: Get the local time in over 150 cities around the world
    • New!> VANE: Get plain-text weather reports from 9,000+ locations worldwide
    • New!> VER,VER/R: Report DOS version information on PRompt line. VER/R reports extended DOS version information in vDosPlus
    • WEATH*,MAP: Get weather|map for any lcation via Google
    • XST*: XSTREET: Manhattan cross street locator
    • XyLite Emergency Word Processing System. Patch a real system together from the Internet
    • YEAR: Display a pop-up calendar of any 12-month period. YEAR defaults to display the next twelve months; argument "[m]m/[yy]yy" displays any alternate 12-month period in range AD 1583-9999, commencing from the specified month (year defaults to "[20]yy")
    • ZIPVIEW*,ZV*: View ZIPfile internal directory, then Read|List|eXtract|Save constituent file

    XyWrite System Management

    • CASG: Call contents of any Save/Get (a/k/a text macro) into an editing screen
    • COLROW: Change columns,rows of DOS text-mode display (options are 80,25 80,43 80,50 132,25 132,43 132,50)
    • COLROWUV: Change columns,rows of Ultravision text-mode display (options are 80,25 80,36 80,50 80,63 94,25 94,36 94,50 94,63 108,25 108,43 120,25 120,43 132,25 132,44)
    • New!> DCOLORS: Load XyWrite's default (black & white) colors; current color settings are backed up to SAVED.DSP; see also frame WCOLORS
    • DEL26: Delete the first 1Ah|Ascii-26|Control-Z|“EOF” character from current text file. Delete a single Ascii-26 encountered anywhere in a file, replacing it with an Ascii-5 (spade symbol). Use sequentially to remove all Ascii-26s from a file. Ascii-26s usually prevent XyWrite from displaying any subsequent text
    • New!> TESTDD: Show effect of DD setting, which controls the color of DeFined text and command triangles Show effect of numeric MoDe settings for any text mode; on exit, current display values are saved to TEMP.DSP; TestMoDe R operates on redline MoDes
    • New!> WCOLORS: Write current screen-color settings to file (default filename = SAVED.DSP); WCOLORS/NV suppresses the confirmatory PRompt on EXit
    • ZAP26: Zap terminal 1Ah|Ascii-26|Control-Z|“EOF” from current text file. Eliminate the end-of-file character (and delete all text between Ascii-26 and true EOF); tiny and fast!
    • New!>ZAP1A,ZAPPR: Delete the Ascii-26 end_of_file marker. Uses an updated (tiny) zap1a.exe (in U2EXTRAS.ZIP)
      • SA: SAve file without Ascii-26 EoF marker (uses ZAP1A.A3X)
    • ZAPEoF: Same as ZAP1A; uses zap1a.exe
    • DMFONT: Set NBWin eXPanded [Codes], Draft, and Page-Line Mode to any font, Regular, SZ=18. Fix for NBWin draft font, which is too small. Optional trick installs small characters on CMline, large chars in Text
    • EF!TG: Func EF if cursor on marker, else func TG
    • FILEMENU: CAll a File from a Menu of Filenames. A “favorites” file list
    • FINDFRM: Find frames in DG|HL|MN|U1|U2|U3|U4 by keyword or $tring
    • FINDKEY: Find key assignment(s) in .KBD file for any $tring|func
    • FINITO: Save the Stack, then Quit (For users of STACK.PM Only)
    • FLIST: List Help frames called in any XPL file (fast!)
    • GetDD: Get DeFine Display value: S/G50 In=MD value (cf. TABLE COLOR<Helpkey>), S/G50 Out=«VADD» “GetDD/NV”=no PRompts
    • GOFILEDD,GFD: Set current d:\path to current File|DIR_Display Drive:\Directory
    • GOXYDD,GXD: Set current d:\path to Editor’s Drive:\Directory
    • KEYSTROKES: List current .KBD assignments for functions
    • KILLMEM: Kill unnecessary memory-hog Save/Gets
    • KILLMEM2, $Z: Free up Save/Get memory on the fly (adjunct to KILLMEM)
    • LOADNO: Load a dummy Help file of any type (DG|HL|MN|U1-U9)
    • PRSCMLINE: Pass CMline “framename[ argument[,arg...]]<Helpkey>” to U2. Primary interface between direct keyed input and U2
    • PRSDEFINE: Pass DeFined “framename[ argument[,arg...]]” to U2 from Text. Interface between text file and U2
    • PRSEXE50: Execute S/G 50 as command+args or U2 .framename+args
    • PRSEXECM: Execute CMline as command or U2 .framename. Replacement for func XC:
      67=NOXH[$S]JM(,2,.,P,r,s,E,x,e,C,M,)
    • PRSKBDARG: Pass “framename argument[,arg...]NO” to U2 from .KBD file. Interface between KeyBoarD file and U2
    • PATH&FN: Parse Path & Filename into S/G 50
      Input: «SV50,D:\PATH\FILENAME.EXT»
      Output: «SV50,D:\PATH\,FILENAME.EXT»
      Path = «VA@50,1», Filename = «VA@50,2»
    • PRSPRMPT: Solicit U2 “framename[ argument[,arg...]]” via PRoMPT line. Secondary interface between direct keyed input and U2
    • PRSSG50: Pass S/G 50 to U2 as “framename[ argument[,arg...]]<Helpkey>”
    • SCRNREST: Restore exact screen appearance. Input: S/G 50=top_of_screen[HM ]|bottom_of_screen[BS ]|current_CursorPosition, e.g. «SV50,4068|4561|4328»
    • SEELDSGT: Display LDSGT library as ordinary file
    • SETDT: Set VA$DT DisplayType 0|1|2|4|8|9|10|12|16|17|18|20|24|25|26|28
    • SETSI: Write test screen to console for setting SI VAriable. Adjust the width of XyWrite graphical (func WZ) displays
    • SETWZ: Set Graphic View to a single user-specified color
    • SLEEP: Accurate XySleep (cf. Rexx “SysSleep” command)
    • TESTPRS: Test all functions of the “Prs” family of Help frames
    • TG: Enhanced replacement for pure func TG. ToGgle between eXPanded view and the view previously displayed
    • TICKER,TICKER/*: Display a ticker-style scrolling status-line message [DOS only]
    • UND: Set|restore UnderLine. Requires file UNDERLN.EXE in EDITOR directory
    • U2MENU: Create a fixed menu of often-used (or rarely-used!) framenames, commands, etc.
    • USEANY,DG,HL,U#: Pass arguments to and run frames in any loaded Help file (syntax: framename[ arg[,arg...]])
    • XQUIT: Save Stack (if present) and session information (via SAVESESS), then Quit
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    Other Sites and Sources

  • The Technology Group [TTG] of Baltimore, formerly at http://www.tgrp.com, was the publisher of XyWrite. TTG went out of business on 12 September 2001. If anyone can supply a contact with a former principal of TTG (e.g. Kenneth B. Frank, President), please notify XyWWWeb. TTG was the sole source of official support for XyWrite products
  • www.XyWrite.com: many useful XyWrite-related files, including Y2K-patched versions of Editor, XyWrite 3 and XyWrite 4 printer drivers, Word-4-Word document format converters, Speedo fonts, Application Notes, and much more
  • Kari Eveli’s XyWrite Utilities, with copious information on running XyWrite in a variety of virtual environments
  • Kari Eveli’s DOSBox-X support files. Run old vDosPlus XyWrite installs in DOSBox-X
  • Miscellaneous Xy-related (more or less) downloads, including selected e-texts
  • Diane Fisher’s rewarding, XyWrite3-only !xyWise/!xyWiz/!xyWWWiz/PostScript & ... site. Annie knows her stuff: an authentic XyWrite guru, worth a long look. Lots of ideas and idiosyncratic programming; plus XyWrite==>PostScript expertise
  • NotaBene’s Web Page
  • the NotaBene mail list (notabene@h-net.msu.edu). Send one-line subscription requests to listserv@h-net.msu.edu: After you send the above message, the listserv will send you an e-mail asking you to confirm that you want to subscribe. To do so, reply to that e-mail with only the word ‘ok’ in the message.
  • A NotaBene Miscellany, a well-organized collection of FAQs, downloads and links maintained by Rick Penticoff and Mary Bernard.
  • The Latin Page: Latin-English, English-Latin lookups, in the great Latin Dictionary, founded on E. A. Andrews’ translation of Wm. Freund’s Latin-German dictionary, “revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten” by Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1879) [classical Greek, and Italian — and Shakespeare too!]
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