One of the big problems I see is the current (and most likely) WYSIWYG concept.
The XyWrite screen really doesn’t satisfy that modern need. However, that said,
there is nothing to prevent the addition of a non-editable ‘print view’ screen
which could be brought up as a side-by-side “preview” with the standard XyWrite
editing window next to it. Result: rapid entry/editing with a real-time view
of the output.
For those who are seriously into using XyWrite as a publishing tool, the
preview window could be shown in a 2nd monitor with real-time updates from the
text being input from the original XyWrite editing window on the main screen.
I actually remember seeing that sort of thing back at Atex when they were
developing automatic paging algorithms for newspaper publishing. It was amazing
to see back then…
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Yes, that is the kind of compatibility we should be aiming for. I am a
second-generation Xywriter; I inherited the program from my father. He was a
technical writer for hp, intel, and a host of others in Silicon Valley. I
remember him mentioning Ventura and that Xy would export directly to Ventura.
We should investigate the current apps and what formats they import, and then
see whether Xy can be persuaded to export such formats, keeping the underlying
engine tightly coded and, of course, the UI as is.
I don’t see much point in investing anything in a Xy upgrade if it remains an
island.
<md fl>
On 18 Apr 2018, at 20:31, Philip White
<pdwhite@xxxxxxx<mailto:pdwhite@xxxxxxx>> wrote:
I supported Ventura Publisher for my publishing clients. Ventura was originally
written for the short-lived GEM OS. When the first DOS/Windows versions of
VenturA came out, it still ran in a GEM environment which was brought up as a
DOS application which, in turn, ran Ventura.
I discovered that Ventura’s internal tagged formatting script could be easily
generated from XyWrite or Word Perfect. The result could simply be ‘poured’
into Ventura and the final ‘PUB’ was nearly ready to go with very few
additional tweaks necessary.
I think that XyWrite’s current potential would be to do the same for new apps
that use scripted input.
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