I am really running behind my task list ;-)

On 2023-06-30 15:03:-0700, you wrote:
>In the olden times, CHIRP would copy all of the distributed stock configs 
><...> It's also a minor problem<...>
>
>In next,<...> In order to avoid duplication<...> next will purge the stock 
>configs from the personal location<...>only if they are unchanged from the 
>source file).

Great explanation. I thought it must be deliberate, but couldna imagine why. I 
have some application dev experience, so figured there was a reason under the 
hood. I copied them because it was just a test!! and it was easier than getting 
one of my own. Good lesson for me.

> just make any change to those files (like put a comment somewhere in the file 
> after the first header line, prefixed with a '#'). That should cause it to 
> look modified and chirp will leave it alone.

How specifically does chirp decide? For example, if I changed any of the 
files...and I don't really see that happening...the timestamp would change. I 
guess I am inclined to simply copy from the chirp files, and mod from there. I 
like the current way the chirp handles this...I was simply caught by surprise. 
I already group my entries in a similar fashion, keeping them in blocks on even 
boundaries for my convenience. That decision is even more convenient now. I had 
not realized some of the editing features of chirp, and did a lot of busy work 
to manage my file contents. That's all changed since your last vids.

>No, the section/group *does* matter. You can't just put keys wherever you 
>want, they have to be in the right place in order to be honored.

Got it.

>> BOM - yep. I tripped myself here. I have my editor set to change unknown 
>> file types that are UTF-8 to use a BOM. Then when I saved the config file, 
>> CHIRP threw a mysterious (at the time) error, saying that the first line had 
>> an error. Of course, it didn't appear in the editor, so I was puzzled at 
>> first.
>
>I should be able to fix this if you open a bug for the issue to "charge" it 
>against. I think may be the only person that will notice, but it's an easy 
>change in the encoding we use to read the file :)

So I am getting ready to submit the report. First I tested it, and got the 
debug log to attach.
Then I tried to follow directions to submit the bug report, but this page
https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/How_To_Report_Issues
has a link to itself for instructions.

Now I find that my user is 'unknown' on chirp...

I see
"Once you are logged in, click the 
<http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/issues/new>New issue link on the 
menu bar above to get started. "
but don't actually see the New issue link on any menu bar...so I clicked the 
link, and that worked.

Now if I can remember that bug report you asked me to submit quite a while 
ago...I'll look thru my emails...

~R~
72/73 Rich NE1EE
The Dusty Key
On the banks of the Piscataqua

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