Re: Hamlib keying?

2024-10-29 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Am Tue, 29 Oct 2024 14:49:48 +0100 schrieb Christoph Berg : > Re: Thomas Beierlein > > Doing the same tests with the Icom rig shows no problems - it works > > as expected. > > Also Icom here, where it works. > Good to hear. > Another useful test might be if you ca

Re: Hamlib keying?

2024-10-29 Thread Thomas Beierlein
> 73 m. > > Dne 29. 10. 24 v 14:31 Thomas Beierlein napsal(a): > > Hi, > > > > in meantime I had a chance to check the report. Tested it with my > > TS-590 and an IC-705. > > > > I have to confirm your observations with the TS-590. After each > &g

Re: Hamlib keying?

2024-10-29 Thread Thomas Beierlein
; Martin, OK1RR > > > Dne 17. 10. 24 v 6:47 Thomas Beierlein napsal(a): > > Back to the original question: > > > > You can use 'HAMLIB_KEYER' instead of 'NETKEYER' in logcfg.dat. > > > > There are some limitations due

Re: Hamlib keying?

2024-10-17 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Am Thu, 17 Oct 2024 10:46:47 +0200 schrieb Christoph Berg : > Re: Thomas Beierlein > > * Changing key speed while sending is not supported. Also no > > embedded '+++' or '...' to speed up and down parts of the message. > > But you can change the spee

Re: Hamlib keying?

2024-10-16 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Back to the original question: You can use 'HAMLIB_KEYER' instead of 'NETKEYER' in logcfg.dat. There are some limitations due to hamlibs implementation: * Not all rigs support early stop of CW messages. You will get an information during startup if that is the case. * Changing key speed while

Re: ToDo item: switch logfile to database

2023-12-29 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Hi, see below: Am Fri, 29 Dec 2023 03:20:05 + schrieb Drew Arnett : > tangent: Variable length fields are handled easily with line > separators delimiting records and space, comma, tab delimiting fields > in a record. It may be the UI (especially a TUI) where expected max > field length may

Re: ToDo item: switch logfile to database

2023-12-28 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Am Thu, 28 Dec 2023 20:06:42 +0100 schrieb Christoph Berg : > Re: Thomas Beierlein > > Two points here: > > > > - Journaling is easy, but to be honest TLF provides quite some > > robustness in that sense too. I have not heard any complies about > > lost d

Re: ToDo item: switch logfile to database

2023-12-28 Thread Thomas Beierlein
See answers inline. Am Thu, 28 Dec 2023 15:39:54 + schrieb Drew Arnett : > Would a database store offer any useful utility? Journaling or ? for > robustness? Two points here: - Journaling is easy, but to be honest TLF provides quite some robustness in that sense too. I have not heard a

Re: ToDo item: switch logfile to database

2023-12-28 Thread Thomas Beierlein
It is true that the mentioned use of an external database adds some complexity and problems. These data bases are well equipment for handling LARGE number of data elements (e.g. your whole qso history as in case of CQRLog). What we discussed for TLF was mostly the use of an sqlite database which w

Re: ToDo item: switch logfile to database

2023-12-27 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Hi Marcin, the move to a database representation of the log file was discussed some month ago. It got some pro and con arguments. Therefore there was no final decision to implement it. For the time being we will stay with the actual log file format. Seems we missed to drop it from the ToDo list

Re: Trouble building on Slackware64-15.0

2023-10-15 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Hi Brian, Hamlib changed the name of the macro around hamlib-4.3 od 4.4. You have to replace FILPATHLEN by HAMLIB_FILPATHLEN. Afterwards tlf-1.4.1 should compile fine. But better have a look at https://github.com/Tlf/tlf and pick up the actual development version. There is quite a lot of new fea

Re: Color changes

2023-04-11 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Am Tue, 11 Apr 2023 20:04:24 +0200 schrieb Martin Kratoska : > Yes, I played a lot with Xresources but there is not a solution. For > the better visibility to my old eyes I need simply to replace the > "bright" cyan color with bright red color. That's all. I am looking > into the source code where

Re: TLF 1.5~git - BUG in FOC Marathon

2023-02-15 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Hi Martin, just found time to check your observations. I can not confirm your problems. Can you please double check that you downloaded and installed the code from the link below? https://github.com/dl1jbe/tlf/tree/fix_focm The main repo still contains the bug. I just just did some tes

Re: TLF 1.5~git - BUG in FOC Marathon

2023-02-06 Thread Thomas Beierlein
DL1JBE Am Sat, 4 Feb 2023 11:32:18 +0100 schrieb Thomas Beierlein : > Thanks for the report. We will look into it. > > Checking my old test logs from 2014 the old log file is correct. So it > seems something happened in meantime. > > 73, de Tom DL1JBE > > Am Fri, 3

Re: TLF 1.5~git - BUG in FOC Marathon

2023-02-04 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Thanks for the report. We will look into it. Checking my old test logs from 2014 the old log file is correct. So it seems something happened in meantime. 73, de Tom DL1JBE Am Fri, 3 Feb 2023 10:51:12 +0100 schrieb Martin Kratoska : > Just before the event I found a bad bug - when I leave the pr

Re: tlf wrong keying

2023-01-03 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Hi dear OM, it looks like you use the standard rules for CQWW but need a personalized rule file. The default rules for CQWW are defined in /usr/share/tlf/rules/cqww (or /usr/local/share/tlf/cqww depending on your installation). Please prepare a directory for the contest (e.g. 'cqww2023') with a

Re: What is the tlf future?

2022-10-15 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Hi Nate and others, let me fill in some minor notes from my side, Am Fri, 14 Oct 2022 13:14:11 -0500 schrieb Nate Bargmann : snip > > Having dabbled with porting a GTK program from GTK 2 to GTK 3 I have > come to appreciate that GUI toolkits are not not for the faint of > heart. Simi

Re: How to add a contest?

2022-10-09 Thread Thomas Beierlein
FOC MARATHON got added on your request back in 2014. Just set 'RULES=focmarathon' in logcfg.dat. See also 'focmarathon' file in rules directory. 73, de Tom DL1JBE Am Sat, 8 Oct 2022 05:52:34 +0200 schrieb Martin Kratoska : > Some contests can't be added simply by modifying the GENERAL QS

Re: Re-sending a serial in S&P mode

2022-05-23 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Just added an issue on https://github.com/Tlf/tlf/issues/332 to keep track of the problem. 73, de Tom Am Mon, 23 May 2022 21:23:59 +0200 schrieb Csahok Zoltan : > Yes, underscore (_) is unfortunately hardcoded to send > > no matter how F3 or S&P_TU_MSG is configured. > One more issue to be f

Re: Fix sending cluster spots

2022-03-26 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Koos, Alan, thanks for the feedback so far. 73, de Tom Am Fri, 25 Mar 2022 21:41:56 +0100 schrieb Koos van den Hout PE4KH : > On 3/25/22 20:22, Thomas Beierlein wrote: > > > I would further suggest the following behavior: > > > > * TLF prepares the string 'DX fre

Fix sending cluster spots

2022-03-25 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Hi all, I would like to continue with the discussion how to fix the non working Ctrl-B (send spot to cluster) function. Some first feedback went in favor of the following: Am Tue, 1 Mar 2022 19:31:02 +0100 schrieb Thomas Beierlein : > c) Let Ctrl-B format the cluster message, but show it

Re: TLF logger, countrylist file format?

2022-03-04 Thread Thomas Beierlein
t relying on it for scoring points, it'd be nice > to get it working though. Thanks, > Gerard, ZL2GVA > > > > From: Thomas Beierlein > Sent: Friday, March 4, 2022 10:14 AM > To: Gerard van Antwerpen > Subject: Re: TLF logge

Re: Spots Posting as "DX de TLF-A"

2022-03-01 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Hi Alan and Zoli, Am Tue, 1 Mar 2022 19:07:34 +0100 schrieb Csahok Zoltan : > Hi Alan, > > Ctrl-A sends the spot only to other networked TLF nodes, > hence the "de TLF-A" where "A" is the node id (1st node). > > man page says: > Ctrl-A Add a spot to bandmap and broadcast it on the local networ

Re: Documentation Updating

2022-02-24 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Hi Alan and all others, good summary from your side. Am Thu, 24 Feb 2022 08:49:52 -0500 schrieb Alan Dove : > Hey, folks: > > That's an excellent point, Ervin; users coming from N1MM+ on Windows > or Skookum on Mac may have trouble understanding the logic of TLF. It > also fits in with somethi

Re: Documentation Updating

2022-02-23 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Seems the ball is rolling :-). Fine. Having the main documentation distributed with TLf in the main repo seems sensible. Regards Ervins idea of an additional repo I would recommend the existing tlf.github.io for any web page related documents. These documents are easily rendered as GH pages by gi

Re: Documentation Updating

2022-02-23 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Hi Alan, Am Wed, 23 Feb 2022 09:20:52 -0500 schrieb Alan Dove : > Hey, folks: > > As a recent convert to Linux-based ham radio and TLF, I'd like to help > a bit with the project if I can. My coding is rudimentary at best, but > I've worked as a technical writer for over 20 years and feel I could

Re: Cabrillo Export Error

2022-02-21 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Hi Alan, during preparation of the cabrillo file (:write) there is a first question about the exchange you gave. What did you enter here? It should only be the specific part without the report - that would be 'MA' in your case. Please check. 73, de Tom Am Mon, 21 Feb 2022 18:37:02 -0500 schri

Re: DX Cluster Setup Help

2022-02-17 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Hi Alan, besides Ervins ideas some more information could be helpful. - Which version of TLF? - Maybe you could post your logcfg.dat. - How do you start TLF? 73, de Tom Am Thu, 17 Feb 2022 17:35:48 +0100 schrieb Ervin Hegedüs : > Hi Alan, > > On Thu, Feb 17, 2022 at 11:21:30AM -0500, Alan Dov

Re: Xplanet works for a while then quits

2021-12-19 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Hi Jack, hi Zoli, I agree with Zoli that you should drop the '--output xplanet_image.jpeg' part of your command. That way you will no longer create the massive load of old data in your Trash folder. By the way find below the command I use to start xplanet here: xplanet -window -config d

Re: Xplanet works for a while then quits

2021-12-16 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Hi Jack, I just had a second look how TLF handles the marker file. There is no special magic on the work here. TLF just opens the existing file and replaces its content - the old file gets not deleted, no new file created. Can you please provide the command you use to start xplanet? Maybe anythi

Re: Hamlib keying

2021-12-01 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Hi Chris, Am Tue, 30 Nov 2021 20:28:10 +0100 schrieb Thomas Beierlein : > > > > - Sending Fx-messages does not work at all and gives no error or > > > warning. > > > > That shouldn't make a difference and is probably a followup error > > from

Re: Hamlib keying

2021-11-30 Thread Thomas Beierlein
quest: https://github.com/Tlf/tlf/pull/294 > > Re: Thomas Beierlein > > > The general feature (calling stop_morse) already works, only the > > > support in rigctld was missing. > > > > > Just made some first tests (TS590S + Hamlib-4.3.1) with mixed > >

Bug fix for SEND-DE available

2021-11-26 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Hi, If you picked up the latest code from github in last two days, there is the chance of unwanted behavior of TLF. The SEND-DE keyword will automatically be activated without a chance to deactivate it. I just pushed up a fix for that. So. If you got the actual version in last two days please up

New exchange checking in TLF

2021-11-15 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Hi all, TLF just got an overhaul of the code to check and parse the qso exchange. It should make the logic to recognize your exchange input more robust. Thanks to Zoli HA5CQZ. In preparation for the ARRL SS coming next weekend we recommend to give the new implementation a thorough test before st

Re: Hamlib keying

2021-11-01 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Am Mon, 1 Nov 2021 22:36:08 +0100 schrieb Christoph Berg : > Re: Thomas Beierlein > > Am Fri, 29 Oct 2021 22:40:10 +0200 > > schrieb Christoph Berg : ... > > > > > > \stop_morse was simply not implemented in rigctld yet, but the > > > patch h

Re: Moving the bandmap.

2021-11-01 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Hi Zoli, Hi Lukasz, how about adding it to the FAQ? 73, de Tom Am Mon, 1 Nov 2021 08:11:48 +0100 schrieb Csahok Zoltan : > Hi Lukasz, > > Even though Tlf can be started without rig control but some of its > functionality will be limited as you have exprienced it. > To overcome this you can use

Re: Hamlib keying

2021-10-31 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Am Fri, 29 Oct 2021 22:40:10 +0200 schrieb Christoph Berg : > Re: To tlf-devel@nongnu.org > > In fact aborting the message does work, but rigctld isn't properly > > forwarding the request through for the IC-7610 here. > > \stop_morse was simply not implemented in rigctld yet, but the patch > ha

Re: Can you prevent mode switching?

2021-10-28 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Am Thu, 28 Oct 2021 05:03:06 -0500 schrieb Nate Bargmann : > * On 2021 28 Oct 01:01 -0500, Thomas Beierlein wrote: > > - Add a new keyword as suggested above. > > - On bandswitch record not only the old frequency but also the > > mode. So TLF may start with turning the rig

Re: Can you prevent mode switching?

2021-10-27 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Am Thu, 28 Oct 2021 10:22:13 +0800 schrieb Onno VK6FLAB : > The mode change is still being populated on band change, even if I > comment out the band-change rig_set_mode call at the bottom of > src/gettxinfo.c. > The change mode happens actually in handle_trx_bandswitch in gettxinfo.c It is calle

Re: Can you prevent mode switching?

2021-10-27 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Am Wed, 27 Oct 2021 09:54:38 +0800 schrieb Onno VK6FLAB : > When I change bands, TLF automatically changes the mode (CW/LSB/USB), > even if I don't want it to do that. Can I decouple the TLF mode from > the radio mode without losing rig control? > > Specifically I want to leave TLF in CW mode, bu

Re: Hamlib keying

2021-10-26 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Hi Christoph, there were some request for that feature from time to time. Iirc the last time someone told us there was some cwdaemon like program talking to the rig via hamlib. But anyway - your work looks promising. What most users will miss is the ability to abort the message. It would be good

Re: How do you disable bands?

2021-10-26 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Am Wed, 27 Oct 2021 08:14:43 +0800 schrieb Onno VK6FLAB : > My station is only capable of operating on a selected set of bands, I > cannot operate on 160m or 20m. How do I disable these bands, so my > arrow keys switch from 10m to 80m and from 40m to 15m? > > Hi Onno, there is no way to disab

Re: The state QSO Party thread

2021-09-05 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Hi Nate, Am Fri, 3 Sep 2021 21:08:50 -0500 schrieb Nate Bargmann : > > For some of these events it may be necessary to simply use Tlf as a > logger as anything resembling accurate scoring may not be possible > given the notion that stations are usually worked once or once per > band/mode. Sta

Re: No luck trying to pkill play_vk with escape

2021-08-28 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Am Sat, 28 Aug 2021 17:33:46 -0500 schrieb Nate Bargmann : > Removing the '&' from play_vk eliminates the auto_cq confusion, but > then Escape does nothing except cancel auto_cq. > > 73, Nate > That is understandable. With the '&' attached play_vk starts playing the soundfile but returns imme

Re: No luck trying to pkill play_vk with escape

2021-08-28 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Am Sat, 28 Aug 2021 07:40:40 -0500 schrieb Nate Bargmann : > Hi Tom. > > A quick test shows that it works to some degree but may still leave > the radio in TX mode. I'll test further this weekend but it's a > critical first step. > > 73, Nate > Hi Nate, thanks for the test. I overlooked the n

Re: No luck trying to pkill play_vk with escape

2021-08-28 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Am Fri, 27 Aug 2021 21:25:05 -0500 schrieb Nate Bargmann : > A thought I just had, is I wonder if threading has anything to do with > this? While pgrep only returns one PID when Tlf is running, htop > shows two PIDs. > > Oddly, I figured calling pkill via system() would as the same method > is u

Re: Rules for french "Coupe du REF"

2021-03-01 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Hi Stephane, I am just looking into your code. The idea of your changes is clear to me. There are some problems and questions so far: - Any existing contest rules for ARRL10M and ARRL160m seems to be affected. They do set dx_arrlsections via DX_&_SECTIONS but are not recognized via the CONT

Re: Rules for french "Coupe du REF"

2021-02-28 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Hi Stephane, thanks for your report and also the suggestions. We will kook into it. The problem with mixed country/section scoring was also apparent in the EUDX contest some weeks ago. Am Sun, 28 Feb 2021 23:07:17 +0100 schrieb Stephane Fillod : > Let's start first in this mail with multipliers/s

Re: why 25 rows?

2021-02-25 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Hi Drew, hi Christoph, Am Thu, 25 Feb 2021 17:04:52 +0100 schrieb Christoph Berg : > Re: Drew Arnett > > Dumb question: why 25 rows? Sorry for asking first, before > > examining code. > > I think you can start with more rows and then resize to 20 rows and it > still works. The restriction se

Re: [Tlf/tlf] Bandmap improvements (#31)

2021-02-06 Thread Thomas Beierlein
ith 'gdb'. > > 73 Fred > > Am 02.02.21 um 21:18 schrieb Thomas Beierlein: > > Hi Fred, > > > > Just saw Zolis test results for the RBN. Normally bandmap seems to > > be very stable even during large contests (at least with normal DX > > cluster).

Re: [Tlf/tlf] Bandmap improvements (#31)

2021-02-05 Thread Thomas Beierlein
at the weekend in EUDX contest with 'gdb'. > > 73 Fred > > Am 02.02.21 um 21:18 schrieb Thomas Beierlein: > > Hi Fred, > > > > Just saw Zolis test results for the RBN. Normally bandmap seems to > > be very stable even during large contests (at least

Re: graphical bandmap view

2021-02-04 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Am Thu, 4 Feb 2021 20:19:22 +0100 schrieb Zoltan Csahok : > In case one is interested in a non-curses bandmap for Tlf: > https://github.com/zcsahok/tlf_bandmap > > 73, > Zoli > > Looks nice. Especially as you can have more than one running for each band. As I see it is limited to CW at the mo

Re: [Tlf/tlf] Bandmap improvements (#31)

2021-02-02 Thread Thomas Beierlein
em, I have no crashes. Maybe there is > > some way to instrument the code, I just see segmentation fault if > > it happens. > > > > 73 Fred > > > > Am 30.01.21 um 17:01 schrieb Thomas Beierlein: > >> Hi Fred, > >> > >> Am Sat,

Re: [Tlf/tlf] Bandmap improvements (#31)

2021-01-30 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Hi Fred, Am Sat, 30 Jan 2021 14:19:59 +0100 schrieb Fred Siegmund : > Also I noticed that logcfg.dat gets copied to the /bin directory and > used from there. Seems to be new. > maybe by accident TLf got started there? It normally assumes to be started from a contest working directory. If there

Re: Anyone else compiling with GCC 10.2 on Debian Testing?

2021-01-17 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Am Sun, 17 Jan 2021 21:31:08 +0100 schrieb Thomas Beierlein : > Am Sun, 17 Jan 2021 14:11:13 -0600 > schrieb Nate Bargmann : > > > As Tom points out, Hamlib up to version 3.3 had rig_model_t as type > > int. Since 4.0 it is now of type uint32_t so this probably needs >

Re: Anyone else compiling with GCC 10.2 on Debian Testing?

2021-01-17 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Am Sun, 17 Jan 2021 14:11:13 -0600 schrieb Nate Bargmann : > As Tom points out, Hamlib up to version 3.3 had rig_model_t as type > int. Since 4.0 it is now of type uint32_t so this probably needs > version checking for Hamlib 4.0 so Tlf users with older Hamlib > versions aren't left out. > > 73,

Re: Anyone else compiling with GCC 10.2 on Debian Testing?

2021-01-17 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Am Sun, 17 Jan 2021 19:07:28 +0100 schrieb Thomas Beierlein : > I am not sure. I had a look into the definition of rig_model_t (the > type of myrig_model). As far as I could tell it is typedef'd to an > int. But then I do not understand the warning. Seem I must look a > little bi

Re: Anyone else compiling with GCC 10.2 on Debian Testing?

2021-01-17 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Am Sun, 17 Jan 2021 09:59:47 -0600 schrieb Nate Bargmann : > Is the pointer warning this one: > > In file included from ../../tlf/src/parse_logcfg.c:46: > ../../tlf/src/parse_logcfg.h:102:28: warning: pointer targets in > initialization of ‘int *’ from ‘rig_model_t *’ {aka ‘unsigned int *’} > dif

Re: Anyone else compiling with GCC 10.2 on Debian Testing?

2021-01-16 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Am Sat, 16 Jan 2021 20:47:06 -0600 schrieb Nate Bargmann : > I am asking as I'm seeing a number of compiler warnings that could be > harmless but should probably be looked at. It looks like GCC 10.2.1 > or maybe a slightly later version will be the default in the > forthcoming Debian 11. > > If

Re: TLF and Hamlib 4 - things to look for

2020-12-16 Thread Thomas Beierlein
2020 14:51:02 + schrieb Drew Arnett : > Dumb question: Can some of this be avoided by running rigctld and > then pointing tlf to the daemon? They didn't change the network > protocol for rigctld, did they? > > Best regards, > > Drew > n7da > > On

TLF and Hamlib 4 - things to look for

2020-12-15 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Hi all, if you want to play with the new Hamlib 4 release candidates for TLF there are some points to remember: 1. Hamlib 4 has changed the scheme for rig numbers to make room for more new rigs. Please have a look with 'rigctl -l', find your new rig number and adapt logcfg.dat accordingly.

Re: mode switchs not working

2020-11-25 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Am Tue, 24 Nov 2020 12:17:25 -0800 schrieb glenn biagioni : > hello developers of tlf great logging software i love it. > only problem however is not able to change band mode ie > :ssb. the program opens in cw. when i make an ssb contact, > i end up logging it in cw mode. i was using linux mint so

Country/Continent Scoring - Request for Comment

2020-11-19 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Hi all, the actual country/continent scoring logic in TLf is quite complex. There are some ideas to make it more robust and easier to use. Please have a look at https://github.com/Tlf/tlf/issues/178 I would like to ask for any comments, especially for potential problems you are aware of. 73, de

Re: Rules file for SAC contest

2020-08-31 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Hi Pontus, the keywords are documented in the man page. What is missing is a detailed description of possible combinations and internal precedences. At the moment I am working on such a documentation but it will take a littel more time. 73, de Tom Am Sat, 29 Aug 2020 15:16:36 +0200 schrieb Po

Re: STAYHOME Contest

2020-06-05 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Am Fri, 5 Jun 2020 10:29:57 -0300 schrieb Carlos Alberto : > Hello Rein and friends... 73 ... > How can I add a list of multipliers > for the COVID contest, from STAYHOME stations? > Thank you. > RULES: > https://www.dropbox.com/s/t8sj9o6ms90bc0c/COVID%20RULES%20FINAL%2007%20rev7_rules.pdf?dl=0 >

Re: A unified color scheme?

2020-05-24 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Am Sun, 24 May 2020 07:38:35 -0500 schrieb Nate Bargmann : > * On 2020 24 May 02:46 -0500, Thomas Beierlein wrote: > > > it is as soon as TLF does not know the TERM setting. Atm it > > recognizes 'xterm', 'xterm-256color' and 'rxvt' (with &g

Re: A unified color scheme?

2020-05-24 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Hi to all of you, Am Sat, 23 May 2020 20:52:00 -0500 schrieb Nate Bargmann : > Hi Matthew and Jim. Thanks for sharing your screenshots and thoughts! > > Are either of you customizing the colors through the respective > terminal settings (Konsole)/Xresources (Rxvt) or through LOGCFG.DAT? > > I

Re: A unified color scheme?

2020-05-24 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Am Sat, 23 May 2020 13:01:38 -0500 schrieb Nate Bargmann : > > > The screenshots are coming through. I guess forst screen shot is > > from pure Linux console, second one from xterm with your Xresource > > file and the last from urxvt? > > > > The problem with the different shades of white in the

Re: Rethinking the need for CT compatible mode

2020-05-23 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Am Thu, 21 May 2020 07:19:00 -0500 schrieb Nate Bargmann : > What's the thinking on this? I'd like to simplify the code page and > the man page, if possible. > > 73, Nate > Hi Nate, thanks you brought it on the table again. The last comments from Fred DH5FS questioned the use of the Enter-se

Re: A unified color scheme?

2020-05-23 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Hi Nate, these are really good and valid points. From my experience in last years I can confirm that color handling via ncurses is quite some nightmare especially when you use a terminal emulator under X. So thanks for the link below with some thorough discussion about the problems. Am Fri, 22

Re: Problems with CQ-M contest / a 3rd way -- correction

2020-05-08 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Sorry there was something worng in my last mail. Am Fri, 8 May 2020 10:21:43 +0200 schrieb Thomas Beierlein : > Write all countries from AS into an file and use it for COUNTRYLIST. > Set COUTNRY_LIST_POINTS to 2. > > The format of the file should be: > > contestname

Re: Problems with CQ-M contest / a 3rd way

2020-05-08 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Thomas Beierlein : > Hi, > > you are right. After CQM changed their scoring rules we got a problem. > Thanks for pointing it out. > > I did a quick check of the code. As it looks the CONTINENTLIST > features is not well thoughed out. It is used to control acceptance > o

Re: Problems with CQ-M contest

2020-05-08 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Hi, you are right. After CQM changed their scoring rules we got a problem. Thanks for pointing it out. I did a quick check of the code. As it looks the CONTINENTLIST features is not well thoughed out. It is used to control acceptance of countries as multi and also to control the given points (bu

TLF-1.4.1 maintenance and bugfix release

2020-04-29 Thread Thomas Beierlein
After a lot of work by all people contributing to TLF I would like to announce the release of the new TLF-1.4.1 version. You can find it at https://www.hs-mittweida.de/tb/tlf-1.4.1.tar.gz or at https://github.com/Tlf/tlf/releases/download/tlf-1.4.1/tlf-1.4.1.tar.gz Fixed bugs: - Fix compile er

Re: 1.5 release plan

2020-04-20 Thread Thomas Beierlein
luster. It is annoying > and I end up turning off the speakers. > > Best regards, > Juanjo > EA8BGO > > El dom., 19 abr. 2020 a las 18:42, Ervin Hegedüs () > escribió: > > > Hi Thomas, > > > > On Sun, Apr 19, 2020 at 06:28:01PM +0200, Thomas Beierl

Re: 1.5 release plan

2020-04-19 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Hi Ervin, Am Sat, 18 Apr 2020 20:59:20 +0200 schrieb Ervin Hegedüs : > Hi there, > > is there any plan to release the version 1.5? > thanks for the question. I think an 1.5 is not quite ready. But besides the GCC-10 fixes there are some useful things in the actual code. I think best would b

Re: Using a Different Configuration File

2020-02-19 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Hi Austin, I had a look at the Arch repository. From there I think you have a tlf-1.3.0 version. You have two ways to solve your problem: 1. Drop the space between '-f' and the filename, e.g. $ tlf -fqrpfoxhunt.dat 2. Use a separate directory, name the config file there just 'logcfg.dat' and c

TLF - some news

2020-02-16 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Hi all, there were some changes and improvements on TLF in last weeks. These mail tries to summarize the main points: - Thanks to the work of W8BSD from TLF-1.3.1 on TLF could use the CT9 cty.dat files with full call sign exceptions (marked by =). As that version in meantime is widely availab

Re: micromuf

2020-02-10 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Am Mon, 10 Feb 2020 21:28:18 +0100 schrieb Csahok Zoltan : > While working on improving the handling of WWV messages > I did some digital archeology and found that the propagation > display (Ctrl-P) is a straight port of MICROMUF.PAS, a MUF/LUF tool > from the 80s. It was originally written in Bas

BUGFIX for TLF users from W/VE for coming ARRLDX contest

2020-02-08 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Hi all, TLF-1.4.0 and older versions are containing a bug in scoring qsos for the ARRLDX contest. The bug is only effective for stations working from US and Canada. So all other stations can ignore these mail. According to the contest rules intra W/VE qsos should not count as multi and should get

Re: Real RST possible?

2020-01-30 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Am Tue, 28 Jan 2020 16:47:05 -0600 schrieb jim smith : > On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 20:13:04 +0100 > Thomas Beierlein wrote: > > > Ok, That would only extend the functionality of CHANGE_RST. If > > changing only the first two numbers are enough that would be the > > most

Re: Real RST possible?

2020-01-30 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Am Tue, 28 Jan 2020 21:42:06 +0100 schrieb Csahok Zoltan : > > > Tap Page-Dn until '1' is reached and then like an odometer the > > > first numeral rolls down to '4', the next tap rolls the first > > > numeral down to '3' and so on while leaving the second numeral at > > > '1', then tap Page-Up to

Re: Real RST possible?

2020-01-28 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Am Tue, 28 Jan 2020 07:55:47 -0600 schrieb Nate Bargmann : > * On 2020 28 Jan 00:29 -0600, Thomas Beierlein wrote: > > Hi Jim, Nate and Zoli, > > > > we should keep in mind to integrate it in the flow of the qso, > > especially in contests. > > > > What

Anyone using TLF for ARRLDX contest from W or VE?

2020-01-28 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Hi all, I am in the process to rework and check scoring in TLF. Reading the code it seems that the 'arrldx_usa' rules implementation is broken for a long time: For US/VE stations it should score any country out of W/VE as Multi and score 3 points per qso. Any QSOs to other W/VE stations should gi

Re: Real RST possible?

2020-01-27 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Hi Jim, Nate and Zoli, we should keep in mind to integrate it in the flow of the qso, especially in contests. What I mean is running in CQ mode I need the RST of the other station *before* answering his call and will get his RST in his reply. Running in S&P I would first get my RST from him and

Re: Rethinking the need for CT compatible mode

2020-01-13 Thread Thomas Beierlein
ave to leave QRG after CQ, I don't like ESM (and changing between CQ > and S&P all the time). > > 73 Fred > > Am 12.01.20 um 19:48 schrieb Thomas Beierlein: > > Hi Nate and Zoli, > > > > in last days I checked the mailing list archive and my personal > &

Re: Rethinking the need for CT compatible mode

2020-01-12 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Hi Nate and Zoli, in last days I checked the mailing list archive and my personal remarks. As far as I found Nate you were the first one to ask about the CT mode compatibility in last 5 years. So it seems that there is not so much interest in it. From my point of view I am open for removal. 7

Re: padding in cwdaemon packets

2019-12-08 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Hi Drew and Zoli, Am Sun, 8 Dec 2019 17:51:12 +0100 schrieb Csahok Zoltan : > Hi Drew, > > Trailing zero and newline have most likely historical origin. > > The zero was introduced abt 9 years ago in this commit: > https://github.com/Tlf/tlf/commit/5a2be34d01b296bc8b8d8b362407cc3077e3c6d8#diff-

Re: Preparations for TLF-1.4.0 release

2019-12-02 Thread Thomas Beierlein
WW-MM 14.01095 > > CW 599 599 100 > > EI2IDB 6 16 1 > > 6 3 1 > > EU 1 > > 1 True > > DESKTOP-2OSIL1H 0 > > > > ADIF Specification: > https://adif.org/306/ADIF_306.htm#QSO_Field_CONTEST_ID > > Thanks, > > 73! de > Slav, SP3RXO & EI2ID

Re: Preparations for TLF-1.4.0 release

2019-12-01 Thread Thomas Beierlein
73! > Slav, SP3RXO & EI2IDB > FISTS #19019 > > W dniu 04.11.2019 o 19:06, Thomas Beierlein pisze: > > Hi Slav, > > > > reading through the ADIF specification at > > http://adif.org.uk/310/ADIF_310.htm > > I can find only a reference to a CONTEST_ID bu

Re: TLF-1.4.0 release

2019-11-25 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Am Sat, 23 Nov 2019 18:30:01 -0600 schrieb Nate Bargmann : > * On 2019 23 Nov 08:14 -0600, Drew Arnett wrote: > > Resize is fine, but please continue to support 80x25 long term. I > > don't see classic TUI losing value anytime soon. > > Do you mean that Tlf should enforce a minimum 80x25 termi

Re: tlf and the nano editor

2019-11-25 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Very nice. Glad to hear it. So it seems the new editor feature is running well. I will wait two or three more days. If no one has problems with it, I will merge the patch into the master version. 73, de Tom Am Mon, 25 Nov 2019 12:35:25 -0600 schrieb Nate Bargmann : > * On 2019 25 Nov 07:46 -06

Re: Support for K3NG Arduino keyer

2019-11-24 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Hi Andy, there are some UDP clients controlling K1EL like keyers (and also the K3NG). See the mailing archive from just last week. There was a discussion about it. From memory: - There is Winkeydaemon at Nate's N0NB github account https://github.com/N0NB/winkeydaemon and - a second one is the

Re: tlf and the nano editor

2019-11-24 Thread Thomas Beierlein
ronment if not defined in > > logcfg.dat > >- Show warning if editor program not found > > @nate: I tested it with gedit and gvim -> works. What is emacs doing? > > > 73, de Tom DL1JBE > > > Am Fri, 22 Nov 2019 20:19:53 +0100 > schrieb Thomas Beierle

Re: tlf and the nano editor

2019-11-23 Thread Thomas Beierlein
ot found @nate: I tested it with gedit and gvim -> works. What is emacs doing? 73, de Tom DL1JBE Am Fri, 22 Nov 2019 20:19:53 +0100 schrieb Thomas Beierlein : > Hi all, > > as the fixed choice of editors is quite a nuisance I prepared a > changed version for tests. Please find

Re: tlf and the nano editor

2019-11-22 Thread Thomas Beierlein
in changepars.c > > Thanks, > > Joop > > Op 22-11-19 om 20:19 schreef Thomas Beierlein: > > Hi all, > > > > as the fixed choice of editors is quite a nuisance I prepared a > > changed version for tests. Please find it at > > https://github.com/dl1jbe

Re: tlf and the nano editor

2019-11-22 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Hi all, as the fixed choice of editors is quite a nuisance I prepared a changed version for tests. Please find it at https://github.com/dl1jbe/tlf/tree/new_editor Download the code and build TLF as told in the INSTALL file. Do not forget the 'autoreconf -i' step. The new version accepts any stri

Re: Don't forget Winkeydaemon!

2019-11-21 Thread Thomas Beierlein
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am Thu, 21 Nov 2019 19:31:11 -0600 schrieb Nate Bargmann : > Many years ago (late 2007) Rein, PA0R, wrote up a Perl script to work > with the K1EL series of Winkeyers. I found that it worked with my > HamGadgets MK-1 which has a K1EL compatible inter

Re: TLF-1.4.0 release

2019-11-21 Thread Thomas Beierlein
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Nate, Am Thu, 21 Nov 2019 20:17:41 -0600 schrieb Nate Bargmann : > Some items to add to your list, Tom. > snip . I will add the points to the list. Thanks. I am sure there will be some discussion about the menus. Let us see. One last poin

Re: GLib version?

2019-11-20 Thread Thomas Beierlein
Hi Zoli, Am Wed, 20 Nov 2019 19:48:12 +0100 schrieb Csahok Zoltan : > I would like to use GLib version >=2.40 for set-related hash table > functions (g_hash_table_add). I tried the same back in 2015 while coding the focm.c contest module. At that time 2.40 was just out for some months but not w

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