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[WriteLog] Wish list for .ini file

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Subject: [WriteLog] Wish list for .ini file
From: Steve Baron - KB3MM" <SteveBaron@starlinx.com (Steve Baron - KB3MM)
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 22:42:16 -0000
Isn't there still a 64 LB limit on the size of INI files ?


----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604" <faunt@panix.com>
To: <w7ti@dslextreme.com>
Cc: <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 20:35
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Wish list for .ini file


>    From: Bill Turner <w7ti@dslextreme.com>
To: <writelog@contesting.com>
>    Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 11:04:40 -0800
>
>    One thing I'd like to see in all .ini files:  Put every conceivable
>    entry in there, including the defaults except for those which can not
be
>    changed.  Programmers, apparently to save time and space, often leave
>    out the defaults.  Easier for them, but more difficult for us users who
>    want to edit.
>
>    Is there any compelling reason not to?  HD space is no longer an issue
>    and even the largest .ini file can be read in a fraction of a second.
>
>    So how about it, guys?
>
> Two things to add here:  If it actually takes extra time to process
> some of this stuff, then they could be commented out.  This would help
> with the "oops, the last word in the command should be upper case"
> problem, and misspellings of added commands.
>
> And if there were substantial comments in the .ini file, then it could
> function as its own help file to some large degree.
>
> When I was at ZF2QS, neither of us could recall the command that does
> away with the "it's been 20 QSO's since you saved the file", but it's
> in my .ini file at home.  I couldn't locate it using the help system,
> either.
>
> If comments are handled efficiently, then this something that us users
> could do, without bugging the authors.
>
> 73, doug
>
>
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