Re: [Tlf-devel] TLF-1.2.0 prerelease 1

[Graham]

Tom,

Thanks for the update and all the time and effort you put into Tlf

Today I downloaded and built on Linux Mint 11 with no issue problems or 
complaints.

Testing continues.

cheers, Graham ve3gtc


On 12-07-04 05:39 AM, Thomas Beierlein wrote:
> 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