Re: TLF-1.4.0 release

[Csahok Zoltan]

Thanks, Tom!

Now it's time for feature requests and bug reports. :-)

73,
Zoli

On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 03:06:33PM +0100, Thomas Beierlein wrote:
> 
> After a lot of work by all people contributing to TLF I would like to
> announce the release of the new TLF-1.4.0 version.
> 
> You can find it at 
> 
> http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/tlf/tlf-1.4.0.tar.gz or 
> https://github.com/Tlf/tlf/releases/download/tlf-1.4.0/tlf-1.4.0.tar.gz
> 
> 
> Besides some fixed bugs and internal improvements it provides 
> the following new features (see also the NEWS file and the man page
> for details):
> 
>     TLF now allows the use of aliases in multiplier files. So you can
>     have different section codes in exchange which count as the same
>     multiplier. See discussion of MULT_FILE in man page for details.
>     (Tnx for suggesting to N0NB). 
> 
>     A new CALLMASTER= keyword was added to allow naming the used
>     callmaster database file (default is still 'callmaster').
> 
>     If RECALL_MULTS is set the content of the exchange field got
>     always overwritten (e.g. by setting from initial exchange file).
>     Now TLF keeps the content of the exchange field if it is not empty
>     - actual input gets precedence over stored 'old' data.
> 
>     TLF now respects the number of lines of your console window (linux
>     console or terminal window). You can also resize the window
>     vertically while TLF is running. The extra space is used to display
>     additional lines for the bandmap.
> 
>     The startup code was rewritten to allow a better readability of
>     the startup messages by users
>       * 'verbose' startup ('tlf -v') waits for a key press before
>         clearing the screen
>       * If started in an empty directory (new contest or first start)
>         TLF switches to verbose mode automatically.
> 
> 
> 
> Major changes:
>     Building TLF without Hamlib support is no longer supported. 
> 
>     The old audio SCAN functionality got dropped as it was no longer
>     working. 
> 
>     The handling of multiplier entries in the logfile got changed to
>     unify the handling between different contests.
>     As a downside it may happen (depending on the contest rules) that
>     TLF will get the multiplier counts wrong for logfiles written with
>     an older version of TLF.
>     In such an case you can export your logfile to cabrillo and
>     re-import it to a new logfile in actual format (use 'tlf -i' for
>     that).
> 
> Bugfixes:
>     - Correct color display for TERM=xterm-256color
>     - Correct transposition of check and section for arrlss (Tnx N0NB)
>     - The old CQWW simulator code got repaired and should be working
>       again (see :sim in man page).
>     - Fix segmentation fault on return from editlog(), 
>     - Adapt to new 'rigmode' interface in hamlib library
>     - Correct some problem in sideband selection when switching CW <->
>       SSB
>     - Fix segfault on missing RIGPORT definition (tnx N0NB)
>     - Fix possible segfaults in readcabrillo() function
> 
> 
> For a more detailed discussion of the new features please read the
> NEWS file and the man page. 
> 
> As always reports about problems (or success) are welcome.
> 
> 
> 73 es gd DX,  de Tom DL1JBE.
> 
> -- 
> "Do what is needful!"
> Ursula LeGuin: Earthsea
> --
>