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Re: [Trlog] Exchange Window

To: Bob Lafont <blafont@frontiernet.net>
Subject: Re: [Trlog] Exchange Window
From: Tree <tree@kkn.net>
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 21:32:52 -0600
List-post: <mailto:trlog@contesting.com>
On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 08:58:21PM -0600, Bob Lafont wrote:

> I noticed in SSCW last weekend that after entering a callsign and hitting
> the enter key, in either run or S&P modes, the cursor went to the exchange
> field but one character spacing to the right in the field. In other words,
> when moving to the exchange field there was a space to the left of the
> cursor. This was not a problem most of the time but occasionally when
> finishing the QSO and hitting the enter key the exchange field information
> overwrote the callsign in the call field. To avoid callsign from being
> overwritten I would manually move the cursor one position to the left in the
> exchange field when moving from the callsign field to the exchange field.
> Overwriting of callsigns stopped at that point.
> 
> Was the behavior of the cursor moving one space to the right in the exchange
> field a setup issue or a problem with the program?
> 
> The same question applies to the exchange field overwriting the callsign as
> well.

The space is something KK1L added, and isn't related to the behavior you 
are seeing.

The callsign update feature is thinking your input is a callsign, and that is
why it happened.  You can either turn this feature off (CALLSIGN UPDATE ENABLE)
or put a space between the first half of the exchange and the second half.

Tree
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