At 02:44 PM 23 02 2008, Kok Chen, W7AY, wrote:
> > Please. A gentle suggestion to those sending linefeeds at the end of
> > their exchanges. It is not helpful. Indeed it is
> > counterproductive. For those of us on the receiving end trying to
> > click on your call, name, or state, the linefeed makes it harder and
> > slows things down.
>
>
>Just for this reason, my homebrew software has a dynamic option in its
>contest interface to replace carriage returns and linefeeds by space
>characters before they are printed to the screen. Perhaps you can
>gently nudge the person who wrote the software you are using to
>provide a similar facility.
>
>Text that extends beyond the current line will cause a scroll to
>occur, however. But at least you can anticipate those.
That is a great suggestion Chen. Thanks very much. I will pass it
on to the N1MM group and see how it is received.
73,
Hank, W6SX
Mammoth Lakes, California
8083 feet high in John Muir's Range of Light
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