Re: Xy4 and cold feet
- From: Matt Gumm <mattgumm@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "xywrite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xywrite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:21:15 -0500
Not sure. The Bluetooth keyboard is brutally expensive, but it works like a
charm.
Matt Gumm
On Mar 15, 2011, at 19:30, Harry Binswanger <hb@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Is there a fold-up or roll-up kbd that works with the iPhone?
>
> BTW, Dragon Naturally Speaking works amazingly well on the iPhone. Not
> flawlessly, of course, but better than you'd expect.
>
>
>> Harry, what we need is a Xy Ap that works on iPhone...well, I can dream,
>> can't i?
>>
>>
>> From: Harry Binswanger <hb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "xywrite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xywrite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tue, March 15, 2011 5:29:02 PM
>> Subject: Re: Xy4 and cold feet
>>
>> Hard typing on a iPhone. My reference was to the DOS command NET USE.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Mar 15, 2011, at 2:11 PM, Harry Binswanger <hb@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> > I beg to differ. Net use in DOS makes it dead easy and transparent.
>> >
>> > Sent from my iPhone
>> >
>> > On Mar 15, 2011, at 12:24 PM, Paul Lagasse <pglagasse@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On 03/15/2011 02:27 PM, Nicholas Clifford wrote:
>> >>> At the risk of going over ground much gone over before, can anyone point
>> >>> me to an easy way to print DOS (like Xy4) through a USB connection?
>> >>> Sorry for the repetition.
>> >>
>> >> Nothing's entirely easy. And the solution may depend on your printer.
>> >> Though I no longer use the following methods (since I work in Linux),
>> >> these did work for me in WinXP, and once set up they were easy to use.
>> >> The first solution prints faster where Xy4 is concerned, if that matters:
>> >>
>> >> 1. For Xy4, you can go to http://users.datarealm.com/xywwweb/ and get and
>> >> install the latest version of XyWWWeb.U2, following the instructions
>> >> there, and then set up Xy4 to use typ --
>> >>
>> >> 2. More generally, see http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/usbprint.html
>> >> -- the PrintFile method described here also works with XyWrite, though I
>> >> think when I tried it out I had to install ghostscript and ghostview into
>> >> folders whose paths did not include spaces, ie c:\gs and c:\gsview. If it
>> >> works for WPDOS and Xy4 it can probably work for other DOS apps.
>> >>
>> >> If you want to know more about typ before embarking on the process of
>> >> setting it up, here's the info from the XYWWWEB.INF file:
>> >>
>> >> {typ}
>> >>
>> >> Print file with Ghostscript RJH 5/29/06
>> >>
>> >> Overcome inability to print with WinXP, non-PCL, USB printers, etc.
>> >>
>> >> Required files/packages:
>> >> DL either Ghostscript AFPL v8.53+ (http://www.cs.wisc.edu/-
>> >> ghost/index.html) or GPL v8.15+
>> >> (http://voxel.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/ghostscript/gs815w32.ex
>> >> e) (basic fonts are included in package -- be sure to click the box
>> >> "Install Fonts" during Setup)
>> >> POSTGHST.PRN (http://www.serve.com/xywwweb/postghst.zip): add to the
>> >> PP: stanza of DFL
>> >> KMD.EXE (http://www.serve.com/xywwweb/WIN95CMD.ZIP), installed in DOS
>> >> Path (preferably in BootDrive:\WINDOWS|WINNT\system32)
>> >>
>> >> Printer drivers are compiled into Ghostscript (not separate files).
>> >> One printer driver must be specified in XyWWWeb.REG (see
>> >> UserVariable GsPrnDev, below). To determine the *name* of an
>> >> appropriate printer driver to specify, see:
>> >> a list of Ghostscript printer devices and the printers with which
>> >> they are compatible:
>> >> http://www.cs.wisc.edu/ghost/doc/printer.htm
>> >> a list of printer drivers:
>> >> http://www.cs.wisc.edu/ghost/doc/AFPL/devices.htm
>> >> and "Details of Ghostscript output devices":
>> >> http://www.cs.wisc.edu/ghost/doc/cvs/Devices.htm#Win
>> >> If you find a printer driver, make SURE that it is compiled into
>> >> Ghostscript! Command: "GSWIN32C -? |more"
>> >> If no printer driver seems compatible with your printer, generic
>> >> driver "mswinpr2" is available, which works (slowly) with ALL
>> >> PRINTERS(!) that can print under Windows.
>> >>
>> >> PRiNter file POSTGHST.PRN now supports A4 printing. See comments in
>> >> POSTGHST.PRN (SEarch for "A4")
>> >>
>> >> To use TYP, the current XyWrite PRiNter file must be a Postscript PRN.
>> >> You may use a different PRN than POSTGHST.PRN, but it *must* have a
>> >> filename beginning with the four letters "POST..." (all XyWrite
>> >> PostScript PRNs are filenamed "POSTsomething.PRN"). Be aware that
>> >> POSTGHST.PRN is specifically set up for Ghostscript fonts, whereas
>> >> factory PRNs are not -- you will need to adapt them manually. Add
>> >> the PS PRN file to the PP: stanza of DFL. Establish it as the
>> >> current PRN using the SETP command, e.g. in STARTUP.INT (the LOAD
>> >> command works too, but eats memory).
>> >> Two or three entries in XyWWWeb.REG must be completed (one-time
>> >> procedure):
>> >> 1.the fully-qualified d:\path\filename for GSWIN32C.EXE (the
>> >> Ghostscript command line executable) in Ghostscript_EXE_Win32 e.g.:
>> >> Ghostscript_EXE_Win32=F:\GS\gs8.53\bin\GSWIN32C.EXE
>> >> 2.the name of the printer device driver you will use in GsPrnDev (add
>> >> this UserVariable to REG's [Ghostscript] stanza if it is not already
>> >> present), e.g.
>> >> GsPrnDev=ljet4
>> >> A specific printer device driver will print hands-off to the default
>> >> printer specified in the Windows Printer control panel, unless you
>> >> indicate a different printer in UserVariable WinPrinter, below.
>> >>
>> >> If no specific driver for your printer is available, you must use
>> >> the generic driver "mswinpr2". You have two options: 1) you can use
>> >> the default printer specified in your Windows Printer control panel,
>> >> for hands-off printing, with this command:
>> >> GsPrnDev=mswinpr2 default
>> >> or 2) you can summon the Set Printer dialog each time you print, and
>> >> manually select a printer (or accept the default) ==> then hit "OK":
>> >> GsPrnDev=mswinpr2 dialog
>> >> The "dialog" option requires that you complete the Set Printer
>> >> dialog, and it also affords the option of setting other Printer
>> >> properties, or even of Canceling the print job (in which latter case
>> >> only you will need to manually close a Ghostscript desktop window).
>> >> 3.(optional) the name of one physical printer to which frame TYP will
>> >> always print (hands-off), whether it is the current "Default
>> >> Printer" or not, in WinPrinter, e.g.:
>> >> WinPrinter=EPSON Stylus C60 Series
>> >> WinPrinter=\\PSNYC\HPLaserJ
>> >> The name of the printer should be written exactly as it appears in
>> >> the Windows Printer control panel. If it is still not recognized,
>> >> run Printers.VBS (command at DOS: "cscript //nologo Printers.VBS"),
>> >> which reports all valid printer names accurately.
>> >>
>> >> Usage:
>> >> All available arguments to the normal TYF (or PRINTF) command are
>> >> legal (except "target_filename", which is nonsensical here):
>> >> TYP [d:\path]filename][,,page_ranges][,o|e|p]<Helpkey>
>> >> e.g.:
>> >> TYP<Helpkey> Print current file
>> >> TYP ,,2/4<Helpkey> Print current file pages 2 and 4
>> >> TYP MYFILE<Helpkey> Print MYFILE
>> >> TYP MYFILE,,-3<Helpkey> Print MYFILE pages 1-3
>> >> TYP MYFILE,,3-9,O<Helpkey> Print MYFILE Odd-numbered pages
>> >> 3,5,7,9
>> >> You must confirm (y|N) printing of DeFined text
>> >>
>> >> --paul lagasse
>> >>
>> >
>
>
> Harry Binswanger
> hb@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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