[TRLog] INPUT CONFIG FILE vs STDCFG.DAT

[Jim Smith]

Hi Mike,

Comments interspersed.

Mike Gilmer, N2MG wrote:

>>1. Once you have your CW messages figured out, why would you want to
>>edit them?
>>
>
>I've learned over the years to never ask, "But why would you want to do
>that?"
>I don't know about you, but while I'm learning a program, or a contest, I
>need to tweak my messages.
>
And so do I.  It's taken me 2 years to get some of them right.  In my 
defence I did say, "Once you have them figured out," but didn't say, 
"Even if it took 2 years."  

>
>
>>2. When you make a CTRL-J change you are offered the option of saving it
>>in your logcfg.dat.  If you do, the change will be written to the end of
>>the file, i.e. after your INPUT CONFIG FILE = statement.  Next time you
>>restart TR it does everything that logcfg.dat says to do.  Because your
>>CTRL-J change is read after the .icf has been loaded it overwrites
>>whatever value was there before.  So, provided you save your CTRL-J
>>changes they will take effect the next time you start TR.
>>
>
>This is contrary to what the manual says.
>
>"Note, however, that the process uses to manage the INPUT CONFIG FILE can be
>a bit
>confusing. The INPUT CONFIG FILE is read after the ordinary configuration
>file; i.e., the
>INPUT CONFIG FILE command does not operate like a standard programming
>"include"
>statement that inserts the contents of the file at that point in the
>standard configuration.
>
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>Well, you got me all excited here.  Looks like we found a mistake in the Manual.  I just tried this.  My ARRLSSCW.icf near the end sets USER INFO = NONE (although the one I sent you set it = TRUE which was a mistake).  I then started TR from the directory from which I ran the SSCW and the log dutifully came up with all my stuff from my .icf.  I used CTRL-J to change USER INFO to NAME, saved the change and exited TR.  I then examined logcfg.dat with a text editor and, sure enough, the last line is USER INFO = NAME.  I then restarted TR and used CTRL-J to see what USER INFO was set to.  It was now set to NAME.  I'm using 6.59.  Why don't you try it and see what you get?  Maybe it's different in your version.
>

73 de Jim Smith    VE7FO