Re: [Tlf-devel] v1.4 topics

[Thomas Beierlein]

Hi Zoli,

Am Wed, 31 Oct 2018 21:34:39 +0100
schrieb Csahok Zoltan <address@hidden>:

> Hi Tom,
> 
> Some topics from my backlog:
> 
> * improve the "grab a spot while in run mode" use case:
>     - while CQing user grabs a spot using Alt-G
>     - mode switches to Log, freq is saved
>     - change: as soon as the QSO is logged (or Esc'ed) mode+freq
>         switch back automatically
>         (i.e. no need to press # and +)
>     - advanced mode: if supported by radio VFO-B
>         could be used to receive both freqs.
> 
sounds good. Let us add it to the list.

> * grab on-screen spots only ("WYSIWYG"):
>     - use case: screen is full of cluster spots; user wants to jump
> to DL1ABC; by mistake types DL2; Alt-G jumps to DL2XYZ that is also
> spotted but was not visible.
>         result: user is confused.
>     - on the other hand jumping to an off-screen spot could make sense
>         if one knows from another source that the station was spotted.
> 
Not sure about that. We could configure it by a new keyword - but there
are a lot of them already....

> * switch to hamlib's freq_t for frequencies:
>     tlf currently typically uses kHz values as floats
>     demo of a rounding error:
> https://repl.it/repls/EasyForcefulPackage
> 
I think that we should also do. Maybe in the course of doing so we can
factor out the hamlib related stuff into one file withe a proper
interface. That will make maintenance easier in the long term.

73, de Tom DL1JBE

P.S.: The 'todo' list now:

* allow vertical resizing of tlf (more room for cluster messages)
* drop 'scan' menu with noise bridge, panorama scan and smeter
  display (It did not work for a long time and I think no one is
  using it)
* Handling multiplier aliases (see thread started by Nate in June)
* automatically switch back to 'Run' mode from "grab spot" after QSO
* switch to hamlib's freq_t for frequencies ( and maybe factor out
  hamlib stuff to a separate module )
> 
> 73,
> Zoli
> 
> On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 07:02:26AM +0200, Thomas Beierlein wrote:
> 
> > * allow vertical resizing of tlf (more room for cluster messages)
> > * drop 'scan' menu with noise bridge, panorama scan and smeter
> > display (It did not work for a long time and I think no one is
> > using it)
> > 
> > If there are additional ideas please add to the above list and send
> > back.
> > 
> > 73, de Tom DL1JBE  
> 
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