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Glyphix Shell Options
DocumentID: 633841
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 3:03:26 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

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Solutions: The Glyphix Shell program links Glyphix and your application, allowing them to run in memory at the same time. WordPerfect and Glyphix create and manage them. Because the two programs are running simultaneously at print time, there are several ways to tailor Glyphix for various system requirements. The standard operation of Glyphix involves a shell of 30K. This shell is capable of creating fonts from 3 to 120 point. Due to its small size, this shell swaps memory to the hard disk in temporary files in much the same way that WP swaps memory to disk when it runs out of free memory. This is the GX version of Glyphix (GX.EXE), and while not their fastest mode, it is faster than some of the competition.

The other two shell versions are non-swapping. In other words, they take more memory, but they are completely self-contained and require no disk-swapping. The small shell version, known as GXS (GXS.EXE), reserves 66K of system RAM. This version creates fonts to a maximum size of 60 point. The large shell, GXL (GXL.EXE), reserves 116K of RAM and prints to the maximum of 120 point. These non-swapping shells are designed for impatient advanced users trying to use all the performance of their hardware. For convenience and simplicity, 90% of Glyphix users use GX, the swapping version.

WordPerfect operates in the same way with all three Glyphix shells. When you exit WordPerfect, the shell terminates itself and returns all of the free memory back to DOS. Unlike TSR programs that consume memory for all applications, Glyphix is an application specific program that does its job and terminates when you are done with WordPerfect.

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