[RTTY] NAQP and Linefeeds

[W6SX Hank Garretson]

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