Re: [Xlog-discussion] Trying out Xlog 0.9RC2

[Joop Stakenborg]

Nate Bargmann wrote:

> Hi All.
>
> I just started playing with Xlog this morning (yeah, I'm slowly coming
> around to computer logging) begining with 0.8 and now 0.9rc2 (the
> GTK+2.0 really looks sharp!).
>
>  
Hi Nate, thanks for trying the 0.9 release. I am about one week away 
from the actual release, so your report is just in time :-)

> Overall I am pleased and I think this will work well for my day-to-day
> logging.  Mostly I want to keep track of QSLs sent received, etc.  I do
> have a fair amount of log data on paper and it isn't always in precise
> chronological order.  I don't see a way to sort the log data by date
> then time on, for example, in Xlog itself.  So, I think a quick 'n dirty
> Perl script would be just the thing to do the work.  Looking at the log
> file I see that the columns are delimited by multiple space characters.
> Has using tabs to delimit the fields been considered (it would make
> splitting the line quite easy)?
>
>  
Currently, there is no way of sorting the log by date. I am a bit 
unlucky about the date format I have chosen for the xlog date field, as 
I tend to switch a lot between the English and Dutch language for some 
reason. If I would sort my log by date, my log would actually be 
mixed-up instead of being sorted. So I have been postponing log sorting 
until the next release, so I can think of some solution...

The xlog file format has been chosen this way, because the log-editor 
will eventually have a second field, which will allow you to adjust the 
width of the columns in the log. Also, the very first versions of xlog 
was a kind of twlog clone with a gtk interface added and some extra 
columns, so I was stuck with the file format. Again, if I would start 
all over, I would probably chose some other format, maybe ADIF would be 
best. Having said this, it will probably be a piece of cake changing the 
default format for future xlog versions, as ADIF is already supported.

> Second, I seem to have found a bug in the printing output.  When I
> printed my short log, one column heading was shifted to the right and
> the far right column heading ended up in the NR column on the next line.
> Joop, if you'd like I can send you my log file and the resulting .ps
> file as they are both rather small (23 QSOs at this point).
>
>  
Yes, same problem here. Last time I checked it was okay, so a bug must 
have slipped in between releases. Should be easy to fix.

> I look forward to working with this software as well.
>
> 73, de Nate >>
>
>  
Thanks,

Regards,
Joop PG4I