Re: [Tlf-devel] Entry issues & key issues

[Thomas Beierlein]

Hi Adam and Zoli,

maybe I can add some additional information related to the exchange
problem.

Adam as Zoli told you the normal sequence is just to press ENTER after
entering the call and again after the exchange. TAB is mostly to allow
you to come back to the call input field from the exchange field for
corrections.

Normally in your input sequence (TAB and then ENTER) the exchange is
kept intact but you have to press ENTER twice.

ARRLFD is a little bit special here. It sets the RECALL_MULTS keyword
automatically and tries to find an already known exchange from having
worked the station on other band or from an INITIAL_EXCHANGE file to
fill it in.

If TLF has no information about the exchange field it clears the
exchange field and that is what you can observe.

So best would be to always use the ENTER key to switch to the next
state of the QSO. 

As a sidenote: Maybe we should rethink the behaviour of the
RECALL_MULTS and it should only pick up old exchange if the comment
field is empty. 

73, de Tom DL1JBE


Am Sun, 30 Jun 2019 08:48:12 -0700 schrieb Adam Clark <address@hidden>:

> Hi Zoli,
> 
> Upon further testing, if I use the following sequence:
> 
> - input call
> - Hit Tab to move the cursor to the exchange field
> - Input exchange
> - Hit Enter
> 
> The exchange is erased and upon re-entering the exchange and pressing
> Enter, it is logged.
> 
> If, I use Enter to move from the call sign entry to the exchange
> fields, pressing Enter in the exchange field is logging on the first
> try.
> 
> I have attached my logcfg.dat and arrlfd as requested, too.
> 
> Thanks!
> 73,
> Adam
> 
> On Saturday, June 29, 2019 9:56:20 AM PDT Csahok Zoltan wrote:
> > Hi Adam,
> > 
> > Thanks for the update. I also tried it with Konsole (v18.04.0, KDE
> > 5.54) and the cursor keys worked.
> > 
> > For the FD issue: is this the sequence that you use?
> > - input call
> > - Enter << cursor moves to exchange field
> > - input exchange
> > - Enter << here your exchange gets erased, QSO is not logged
> > 
> > Maybe send me your logcfg.dat and rules file, as with my setup it
> > works and I beleive I don't nothing special.
> > 
> > 73,
> > Zoli
> > 
> > On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 03:45:54PM -0700, Adam Clark wrote:  
> > > Hi again Zoli,
> > > 
> > > Just thought I'd let you know that I tested with the git version
> > > of tlf, and adding some test entries (still using the field day
> > > setup/config), I have to re-enter the exchange each time.
> > > 
> > > However, cursor keys work, so that's a bonus!
> > > 
> > > 73,
> > > Adam  



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