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Re: [WriteLog] Re: issues--HOME key

To: "Jim Smith" <jimsmith@shaw.ca>, <writelog@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Re: issues--HOME key
From: "Steve Baron - KB3MM" <SteveBaron@StarLinX.com>
Reply-to: Steve Baron - KB3MM <SteveBaron@StarLinX.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 16:10:58 -0000
List-post: <mailto:writelog@contesting.com>
Must be missing something.  Don't see how mode comes into the picture.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Smith" <jimsmith@shaw.ca>
To: <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 07:49
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Re: issues--HOME key


> Gee, if WL could be made mode aware then the same keystroke which sends 
> your exchange (S&P) or TU QRZ? (Run) could also log the Q.  I've lost 
> lots of Qs by forgetting to hit ENTER after the Q is done.  Doesn't seem 
> to be any way around the problem if program doesn't know what mode 
> you're in.  With a mode aware program this operator error doesn't happen 
> and you save a keystroke on every Q.  Let's see, 1800 Qs means you would 
> save 1800 thumps of the ENTER key.
> 
> How about a key to toggle between S&P and Run modes?
> 
> Sure would be nice if this could be done.
> 
> 73 de Jim Smith    VE7FO
> 
> Ian White, G3SEK wrote:
> 
> >  
> >
> > The whole objective is to avoid wasting keystrokes, and to avoid 
> > jumping too often between the keyboard, mouse and rig. 
> >
> > The next group of suggestions are about smarter support for swapping 
> > between S&P and Running:
> >
> > 3. Automatically detect when Running (e.g. if the last >3 QSOs were 
> > all on the same TX frequency) and then do at least two things:
> >
> > a) Save that Run frequency to a new dedicated button in the S&P memory 
> > window, so you can quickly jump back - and whenever you use that 
> > button, WL recognizes that you're back into Run mode
> > b) While in Run mode, have the option to clear RIT automatically when 
> > each QSO is logged
> > c) There are also other things that could behave differently between 
> > S&P and Run, but I'll leave those for someone else...
> >
> >
> 
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