[WriteLog] modes again

[Steve Baron - KB3MM]

Yes, redefining a standard function like
NumLock isn't 'nice' <gr>

And we did without this new bit for years !

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Pixton" <jpixton at shentel.net>
To: "Terry Dunlap" <kk6t at pacbell.net>; <writelog at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 12:09
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] modes again


> BTW
>
> The commands for the bandmap are in the [Entry] section. Bring up the help
> file and you will find four parameters dealing with that. There might be a
> master parameter that set to zero would turn the rest off but I set each
> one to zero so I would not fool myself at some later reading.
>
> Also notice that there is a new (I think) headphones parameter. But I
think
> these are on the menus.
>
> I went thru the whole ini help file and one of my ini files I use to set
up
> for contests (the one I need for wpx). Now I have to go thru the rest of
> them making the same corrections.
>
> Don't forget the Keypad1 and Keypad 7 if you are used to using the number
> pad to enter serial numbers. Another example of a feature being turned on
> that violates the normal condition of those keys as Number keys when Num
> Lock is on (one of my pre-contest check list items. "Is NumLock turned
On?"
>
> Doing a Setup, Save Configuration will write all these new keyboard
> shortcuts into your ini files.
>
> With all this necessary editing, we sure better have a good frontend
> interface if we finally move all these items to the registery doing away
> with the ini file.
>
>
> Jerry, W6IHG
>
> At 11:10 AM 2/9/2004 -0800, Terry Dunlap wrote:
> >At 12:35 PM 2/9/2004 +0000, you wrote:
> >>BUT the example of FILLING from the Bandmap being active when I had done
> >>nothing to activate it is in my opinion wrong. There were no commands in
> >>my writelog.ini file to cause this feature to be turned on but yet it
> >>was. I had to stop and read the new help pages on the [Bandmap] to find
> >>out there are not one but four new parameters to be added and set to
zero
> >>to turn them off.
> >
> >This one was driving me CRAZY during the XE contest.  I still haven't
> >found the help
> >info to turn this stuff off!
> >
> >
> >>IMHO, all these neat features should default OFF. If I do nothing
> >>explicit to turn them on then they stay off. I should not have to turn
> >>off someone else's nice to have "efficiency" feature.
> >
> >Absolutely!!!  An upgrade should NOT change any of your preferred program
> >characteristics.  The user should
> >have to turn anything new on by his choice!
> >
> >
> >73 de Terry KK6T
>
> ------------------------------------------
> Dr. Jerry R. Pixton, PIXOS Designs LLC
> http://www.pixos.com/designs/RadioTuner/
> jpixton at shentel.net
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>
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