Re: [Tlf-devel] TLF-1.0.0 released

[Andy Summers]

Hi Thomas and Happy New Year to all,

So far so good on Fedora 14! I was thrilled to see my audio message 
bugfixes made it into the stable release! I'll see how it goes in an 
RSGB contest tomorrow.

Coincidentally I got a Winkeyer USB for Xmas, but it seems I won't be 
able to use it without some changes either to TLF or to OK2CQR's Winkey 
USB server (thus far I've had no luck with Rein's original perl 
version). I wonder if anyone has a good solution? I'll try and explain 
the problem...

I have a TT Orion, which doesn't have separate PTT and key inputs. When 
in CW mode PTT becomes key. Conventionally, RTS would control PTT and 
DTR would be the key. With the Orion you must therefore wire-OR the two 
outputs. The standard arrangement with TLF is to use cwdaemon for CW, 
and this also provides PTT control during phone operation. However, 
cwdaemon also asserts PTT automatically during the CW message, so 
wire-OR-ing just gives you constant key-down for the duration of the CW 
message. I've gotten round this issue by hacking cwdaemon so it doesn't 
automatically assert PTT for a CW message.

Now I have the Winkey I need the ability to turn-off automatic PTT and 
assert/deassert PTT by the usual cwdaemon command (i.e. <ESC>a1). These 
features haven't been implemented in OK2CQR's Winkey USB server yet, but 
Winkey itself looks like it would support it.

Alternatively, a possible TLF feature request would be to add an option 
for PTT via hamlib command, which is why I mention all this on this 
reflector.

Thanks for taking on TLF, Thomas.

73 Andy, G4KNO.

On 25/12/10 12:53, Thomas Beierlein wrote:
> While still some work on TLF is needed to fix problems and add new
> features I think it is time to release a stable TLF-1.0.0 version.
>
> Please find the new version at:
>
> http://www.staff.hs-mittweida.de/~tb/tlf-1.0.0.tar.gz
>
>  From the NEWS file:
>
> tlf-1.0.0
> =========
>
> Major cleanup release. Fixes lot of buffer overruns in string handling,
> which stopped old version from working with new GCC and GLIBC.
>   * Better recognition of hamlib install (tnx F8FCE)
>   * Rewrote handling of initial exchange file. It now allows empty
>     and comment lines (#) and spaces around the callsign. Leading
>     space before comment gets ignored.
>   * Changed ESC handling in comemnt and call input field:
>     Does no longer wipe out call and exchange field if you started
> sending.
>   * New callmaster and cty.dat file (tnx OK1RR).
>
> Bugfixes:
>   * Fix input handling of notes.
>   * Fix autocq handling.
>     - First characters gets no longer swallowed.
>     - CQDELAY from logcfg.dat is now handled correct.
>   * fix calculation of sunrise and sunset times
>   * fix calculation of QSO Rate
>   * fix parsing for MARKERDOTS and MARKERCALL keywords in logcfg.dat
>   * make Backspace and Delete-Keys the same to allow some more terminal
>     input encodings
>
> Enjoy using TLF and keep me informed about bugs, success stories and
> suggestions for new features.
>
> Merry Christmas es gd DX,
>
>         Tom DL1JBE.