[WriteLog] Insert Key

[Ed Muns]

Comments below ...
 
> Also, thanks to Jay, WS7I for his help.  I may get this 
> figured out eventually.  Hi Hi

Jay's overall explanation was excellent and complete.

> I just hit the Insert key when I see the highlighted call in 
> the RTTYrite Receive window.  It moves the call to the Data 
> Input Window and promptly send the contents of my F10 Key, 
> which I have as my key to hit when I want to use "And now..." 
> when I see 2 calls and finish one then pick up the other.  
> For this particular contest the F10 macro is "%R%P1 TU NOW %C 599
> 1963 1963 de W0RAA%E" (without the quotes, of course).  Once 
> I have the info from the station I hit my F3 Key and send "%R 
> %C TU GL DE w0raa CQ%L%O%E". 
> So basically my sequence if I am in Run mode is F2 for CQ, F3 
> for my report to the station calling and F4 to QSL, log him 
> and Zero my RIT if I had to use it.
> 
> I'm a little confused why the F10 key is chosen to send a 
> report.  I know I'm doing something wrong.

As Jay explained, the writelog.ini file has a parameter for specifying which
Fn key is executed with the INSERT key.  You need to change that parameter
from F10 (as it obviously is currently set in your writelog.ini file) to the
Fn key you have for your exchange.

> People on here 
> say click on the call in the RTTYrite receive window, the hit 
> the Insert.

This works too.  In fact, if you need to repeat the exchange, you can just
hit the INSERT key and your exchange will be sent.

> I thought the Insert was primarily used to 
> "Grab" a call and move it to the Data Input window without 
> having to click on the call.

This is true, but it can be used repetitively to repeat the exchange.

> Maybe my confusion, since I 
> assumed (I guess
> incorrectly) that after the call was in the Data Entry 
> window, hitting the Insert would move the cursor to the next 
> field.

Up until version 10.79, this was NOT the case.  The cursor stayed in the
call sign field after the INSERT key stuffed the call sign in the entry
window and sent your exchange.  The enhancement in 10.79 was to add a
parameter to the writelog.ini file for the user to specify whether the
cursor advanced, or not, after an INSERT operation.  The reason for this
enhancement was to allow INSERT to advance the cursor like other entry
operations do.

> Why?  If I click on AL9A, it goes to the Data Entry 
> window, and when you send a report, I click on what you send 
> and it goes to the proper field.  Why do we need an Insert 
> Key?  It seems to be confusing things, at least for me.

The value of the INSERT key is to combine two keystrokes into one.  Using
INSERT (1) grabs the call sign and stuffs it into the call sign entry field,
and (2) sends your exchange.

The issue of advancing the cursor, or not, has to do with how you get the
other station's exchange into the exchange entry field.  If you always click
in the exchange from the rttyrite window, then the cursor advancement is a
moot point.  But, if you use Pre-Fill and the exchange is already there, you
need the cursor in the exchange field so that hitting Enter (if in ESM mode)
or '+' will log the contact and send your TU/CQ message.  Otherwise, you
have to hit SPACE to advance the cursor from the call sign entry field to
the exchange entry field.  After hitting SPACE several thousand times in a
number of contests, I really appreciate this cursor advance enhancement for
the INSERT function.   ;>)

Ed - W0YK