I just discovered a clever little trick for N1MM. This may have been
discussed before but if so, I missed it.
One major annoyance (to me anyway) is how a line of text will jump up
just as I am trying to click on the call or exchange. I know Writelog
solved this problem years ago by having the old text stay in place
while inserting the new text down a line. There is a way to make N1MM
do a similar thing and I found it very useful.
All you need to do is clear the receive screen after sending each
macro. This makes the new incoming text appear at the top of your
received text area and it stays there until all lines are printed, at
which time it begins scrolling in the normal way. If your receive text
area is set to have at least four or more lines, this should be enough
area and works like a charm.
To make this happen automatically, just put {END}{CLRRX} at the end of
all of your macros. Then when you send a macro, the transmitted text
will print as usual, but at the end of the macro the RX window will
clear and the new incoming text will print on the top line (or second
line if the other station starts his macro with [ENTER}).
And it STAYS there!! No more chasing with the mouse.
By the way, the reason for the {END} command is to ensure the macro
executes fully before clearing the RX screen. It will work with only
the {CLRRX} command, but you may get extra unnecessary line feeds. The
{END} command eliminates them.
Give it a try and let me know how you like it. I found operating to be
MUCH more enjoyable.
73, Bill W6WRT
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