Hi Mike,
Comments interspersed.
Mike Gilmer, N2MG wrote:
>>1. Once you have your CW messages figured out, why would you want to
>>edit them?
>>
>
>I've learned over the years to never ask, "But why would you want to do
>that?"
>I don't know about you, but while I'm learning a program, or a contest, I
>need to tweak my messages.
>
And so do I. It's taken me 2 years to get some of them right. In my
defence I did say, "Once you have them figured out," but didn't say,
"Even if it took 2 years."
>
>
>>2. When you make a CTRL-J change you are offered the option of saving it
>>in your logcfg.dat. If you do, the change will be written to the end of
>>the file, i.e. after your INPUT CONFIG FILE = statement. Next time you
>>restart TR it does everything that logcfg.dat says to do. Because your
>>CTRL-J change is read after the .icf has been loaded it overwrites
>>whatever value was there before. So, provided you save your CTRL-J
>>changes they will take effect the next time you start TR.
>>
>
>This is contrary to what the manual says.
>
>"Note, however, that the process uses to manage the INPUT CONFIG FILE can be
>a bit
>confusing. The INPUT CONFIG FILE is read after the ordinary configuration
>file; i.e., the
>INPUT CONFIG FILE command does not operate like a standard programming
>"include"
>statement that inserts the contents of the file at that point in the
>standard configuration.
>
+++++++++++++++
>Well, you got me all excited here. Looks like we found a mistake in the
>Manual. I just tried this. My ARRLSSCW.icf near the end sets USER INFO =
>NONE (although the one I sent you set it = TRUE which was a mistake). I then
>started TR from the directory from which I ran the SSCW and the log dutifully
>came up with all my stuff from my .icf. I used CTRL-J to change USER INFO to
>NAME, saved the change and exited TR. I then examined logcfg.dat with a text
>editor and, sure enough, the last line is USER INFO = NAME. I then restarted
>TR and used CTRL-J to see what USER INFO was set to. It was now set to NAME.
>I'm using 6.59. Why don't you try it and see what you get? Maybe it's
>different in your version.
>
73 de Jim Smith VE7FO
|