[WriteLog] Re: CW messages and cursor control

[Dez in Cyprus]

Rob, K6RB wrote:

>According to the WriteLog "help" text, if you program a %3 in a message
>exchange, WriteLog is supposed to send "enough T characters" to equal that
>number of digits you want in the serial number. Thus, I would expect it to
>send " T T 1" on the first QSO, and so on. However, my WriteLog sends " 0 0
>1." If I put in %N3, I get the same result. The difference is significant
as
>the time required to send five rather than one "dah" is much greater. Is
>this an error in the help text, or "cockpit" error?

Hello Rob,

You will need to add something like this to your writelog.ini file if you
wish to
use %N3 in your CW exchanges:

[Cut-Numbers]
0=T
1=1
2=2
3=3
4=4
5=5
6=6
7=7
8=8
9=N

You should find that it's all in the Writelog help file.

Hope that helps,

73

Dez - ZC4DW