[WriteLog] Learning WriteLog

[Bob Wolbert, K6XX]

Keith,

Thank you. Yes, I've spent hours on both sites. K9JY was especially 
helpful and the most up-to-date, but is still way behind on version 
differences!

The ini file location is especially important. Thank you for showing me 
where to look. Windoze search did not locate any WL .ini files (I guess 
it doesn't look there?)

Now, as to my specific requests...?

73 de Bob, K6XX

On 2/21/2023 12:10 PM, Keith Regli wrote:
> You may have found them, but here are some links.  If not, these should 
> help:
> 
> K9JY website <https://k9jy.com/blog/>
> 
> AA5AU <https://www.rttycontesting.com/tutorials/writelog/>
> 
> The ini file is found using
> Run Regedit.exe and go to Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\W5XD
> 
> 
> On Tue, Feb 21, 2023 at 12:49 PM Bob Wolbert, K6XX <k6xx at k6xx.com 
> <mailto:k6xx at k6xx.com>> wrote:
> 
>     I promised to learn WL for a contest this summer and have been
>     struggling with it since December. It is difficult for a new user to
>     adopt WL. “Help” is unhelpful—-a prime example: writelog.ini is
>     discussed throughout, but no longer exists. Most of my recent Help
>     searches have not answered my issues, hence this post.
> 
>     As background, I’ve entered ‘a few’ contests over the years, and
>     started
>     confuzer logging with CT, progressed through TRLog, TR4Win, then to
>     N1MM+. I’ve heard glowing reviews for WL over the years, but need
>     expert
>     suggestions to optimize the experience. Bluntly, the way it runs seems
>     rather clunky.
> 
>     I have mostly figured out running.
> 
>     BUT… How to S&P in WL? The way I’ve been doing it is awkward.
> 
>     Enter call, then Spacebar.
> 
>     If Non Dupe, F4 to send my callsign, then “,” or F2, which is
>     programmed
>     to autolog without requiring a further ENTER.
> 
>     If Dupe,  F12 to clear it from the callsign window, then turn the big
>     knob. Is there way to autoclear this dupe to eliminate second
>     keystroke?
>     F12 is in the middle of a row on craptop, so not as easily located as
>     with a full-size keyboard. While a key redefinition would work, I’d
>     rather eliminate this redundant keystroke and have it flash off a
>     few ms
>     after pressing the spacebar (and still show up in the bandmap, of
>     course). Is this possible?
> 
>     In both cases, there are extra keystrokes from various places around
>     the
>     keyboard. Isn’t there a more efficient technique? I’m used to TRLog/ESM
>     functionality where the ENTER key is my friend.
> 
>     Bandmap:
>     When we tune back to same frequency, the callsign is not automatically
>     entered unless I mouse click on it (and the recorded bandmap frequency
>     may no longer be zero beat). Can this be automated? Any way to avoid
>     using the rodent?
> 
>     General Functionality
>     Editing my frequent mistakes has been difficult. Why does the cursor
>     key
>     move between fields?! If the cursor is in the middle of a callsign, I
>     don’t want to have to watch and count the keystrokes to edit a
>     prefix or
>     suffix. I just want to hit “lots” of arrows to guarantee the cursor is
>     at the beginning or end of a field, and then fix the call. For example,
>     5 keystrokes generally assure me that I’m at the correct spot in all of
>     the other logging programs. But in WL, I could be in a completely
>     different part of the exchange. Sometimes. It isn’t consistent. Isn’t
>     there a better way?
> 
>     Why does the default contest setup have fields for “Country” (full
>     name,
>     spelled out) and “C” fields? These seem unnecessary and exacerbate my
>     cursor movement problem. What the heck is “C”? Any downside to
>     eliminating them from the entry window?
> 
> 
>     Nice Features Hiding or Missing?
>     The other loggers have features that I can’t find in WL.
> 
>     Multiplier Window. How do I:
>         —DX contest—show the world, not just one continent.
>         —Show both Zones and DX mults at the same time?
> 
>     Partial check. In the contest I’m preparing WL for, SCP databases are
>     verboten, but we are allowed both full and partial calls from our own
>     log. How is this done? If the SCP window is the only way, how does one
>     clear out the SCP file? I really miss seeing possible callsign matches
>     winnow down as more letters are entered. Or watch the “duplicity” of a
>     callsign that I’ve tuned before typing the entire thing (and hitting
>     the
>     spacebar!).
> 
>     Bandmap decay time. Is it adjustable?
> 
>     I’ll end on a minor nit: in WPX RTTY, INSert kept selecting my callsign
>     and I then called myself. This was addressed by logging myself on each
>     band so that I became a dupe.  How is this avoided?
> 
>     Suggestions are appreciated. TU!
> 
>     73 de Bob, K6XX
> 
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