[Tlf-devel] TLF-1.2.0 prerelease 1

[Thomas Beierlein]

Let me announce a first prerelease of the new TLF-1.2.0 version.

You can find it at 

https://github.com/downloads/Tlf/tlf/tlf-1.2.0_pre1.tar.gz

Main new features of TLF-1.2 series will be 

* recording of the worked QRG in the log file and
  exporting it to ADIF and Cabrillo file  and
* Fix of the cabrillo file generation problems

The first part of that is done and available in these prerelease. The
cabrillo problems needs still to be fixed before 1.2.0 release.

Please give it a thorough test and report any problems back to the list.

!!WARNING!! The new version contains code to migrate your old log files
to the new format. But be careful and make backups before using the new
version with that files. 

Some more details about what gots done from the NEWS file:

New features:
    - change log file format to make room for recording of actual
working
      frequency (columns 0..79 - old TR-log format, QRG gets added with
      one decimal after that)
    - Better check of log file format on startup. Can migrate old logs
to
      new format.
    - Record actual working QRG in log if a rig is connected
    - Write QRG into ADIF and Cabrillo export files
    - Renamed ADIF and Cabrillo files to <call>.adi and <contest>.cbr as
      suggested by Martin OK1RR
    - Check for size of Terminal (at least 25x80 is needed).

Furthermore a lot of cleanup and internal changes are made to simplify
future 
maintenance, e.g.:
    - A new scheme for color initialisation and naming
    - Cleanup of unused variables and comments.
    - Fix configure-script to abort if no ncurses lib is installed.

To be done:
    - Fix generation of cabrillo files (still broken in this prerelease)
    - Document log file format
    - make exchange field editable


Be aware, that I will be away for most of this month and will be back
in start of august.

73, de Tom DL1JBE

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