[TRLog] LONG -- Reflections on first real use of TR LOG, and a few gripes

[K5NZ@aol.com]

In a message dated 6/28/2000 6:15:47 PM, kg5u@hal-pc.org writes:

>f Tree could come up with a special key-function (CTL-Enter, or similar)
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>that would edit the last line entry in the logsheet window, that would
>be
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>great.  Enter data in the callsign field and put it in the right place
>in
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>line five of the viewable logsheet.
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>For instance, I blow W5RRR's call in the callsign field (W5RR).
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>I then follow it up with a typo in the exchange field (W4RRR)
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>I type the correct callsign (W5RRR)in the callsign window (where the cursor
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>is!) and pressing CTL-Enter.  (Is CTL-Enter used anywhere else in TRLog?
>I
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>haven't found it)
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>If I blow the exchange or TRLog butcher's the exchange (I've seen it
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>happen--although, I'm sure I had something to do with it), I can enter
>the
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>correct exchange in the callsign field and press CTL-Enter.
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>For instance, I type 3A STX in the exchange field
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>On hitting Enter, I realize that it was NTX that he sent me.
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>In the callsign field, I type 3A NTX and press CTL-Enter. TRLog recognizes
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>the entry
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>(1) as a correction because of the CTL-Enter, and
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>(2) as a correction to the exchange.
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>TRLog corrects the logsheet entry.
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>To me that would beat the heck out of finding the up arrow (especially
>on an
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>unfamiliar keyboard), spacing around the line, typing in the info (OH CRAP!
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>INSERT IS ON!!! Been there more than a few times???), getting back to the
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>callsign window, answering the "save change" message.
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>Thoughts?
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Jezzzzzzz....  Next we will want TR to work the whole contest for us while we 
hang out at the beach!  Opps... forgot.. It already will...

mike k5nz

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