[Tlf-devel] A crazy idea

[Nate Bargmann]

Hi all.

I just discovered the list as the radio bug is getting a little more
active as we head toward fall.  As a result I decided to see what was
happening with TLF.  It's good to see the progress.  Now, on to my crazy
idea.

At my behest and perhaps others, Rein added the CT compatibility mode.
I haven't done much with it as I still find things "wrong" like the
screen layout.  So it dawned on me this evening to develop another UI
that looks like the CT screen and utilizes as many of the CT keystrokes
and commands as possible while still using the guts of TLF.  Looking
through some of the current TLF source files it appears the current TR
UI is very closely bound to what I would call the backend stuff,
scoring, logfile, read config file, etc.  I don't think breaking all
this stuff apart is a good idea until after TLF reaches 1.0.

If a clean seperation can be acheived, then there is no reason why an X
GUI could not be built using the same TLF backend code.  Someone may
wish to write a Writelog clone or go off in some other direction.  Doing
so would not require them to duplicate things like CW generation, the
voice keyer mode (I think this is really cool), logfile maintenance,
handling DX spots, Cabrillo output and so on.  In fact, I think it would
be quite possible that different operators could use the UI they prefer
during the same contest.  There would also be the option of different
UIs in use simultaneously at a networked multi-op station.

Am I dreaming too much?

73, de Nate >>

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