Re: [Xlog-discussion] Re: XLog - some impressions and feature requests (plus release goals)

[Luc Langehegermann]

On Tuesday 03 December 2002 17:03, Joop Stakenborg wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Dec 2002 19:16:31 +0100
>
> With mode you probably mean satellite mode? You could use one of the
> free fields for this. Uplink and downlink would be the first and
> second frequency field (VFOA and VFOB (to be implemented)).

Well no... an example:

Mode: SSB
Uplink: 2401322500
Downlink: 435664500
Satellite: AO-40

>
> > > Have a look at 0.8beta3 and select 'Tools->Worked B4' from the menu.
> > > Is this what you were thinking of?
> >
> > Well... partly yes. I would also like to fill the fields in the new QSO
> > Frame. Ie fill in the name, qth, ... from the previous qso. That will
> > also be
>
> I see, you need something like 'type ahead find' to fill in the fields
> in the QSO frame. I will have a look at the kpsk source to see what you
> mean.

Well also here an example:

I enter DJ1KM as Call. I have had already a contact with him, and the name 
fields gets automatically set to 'Reinhard' ie, name field from our last QSO. 
That is the way it works in kpsk.

>
> > important for an interfacing with kpsk. It would also be nice to be able
> > to define which fields will be shown in the worked B4 window.
>
> Okay, that's do-able.
>
> > BTW, thank you for making KGTSLog obsolete :-)
> >
> > 73, Luc
>
> So, goals for 0.8beta4 will be:
>
> - Second frequency field, enabled/disabled from the log-editor.
> - Remote logging should work with the free fields
> - Type ahead find
> - Define fields in the 'Worked B4' dialog
>
> To be complete, the TODO list for version 0.8 also has:
>
> * Save log when clicking add/update/delete (optional).
> * Selecting a QSO in the 'Worked B4' dialog should highlight a QSO in the
> log. * Printing with fork().
>
> Anything else for version 0.8 ?

Well, sounds good. So the next K-Track and K-Psk versions will have an 
interface to xlog.

>
> After version 0.8 I will start porting to GTK+ version 2, which is
> a lot of work. So version 0.9 will be released probably somewhere
> next year.......
>

Well porting is always a lot of work...

> Regards,
> Joop

Thanks, 73 de Luc