On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 1:01 AM, w1hkj <[email protected]> wrote: > Leigh L. Klotz, Jr WA5ZNU wrote: > >> >> I agree this is what it is doing but it doesn't do what I had thought it >> would do" >> 1. put a bunch of spaces in the TX buffer >> 2. press a macro button with <CLR2X><TX><CALL> DE <MYCALL><RX> >> 3. RESULT: it still sends the spaces; DESIRED RESULT: it doesn't send the >> spaces. >> >> I can see how this may be hard with the macro invocation separate from the >> macro interpretation. >> I'm not sure this current behavior is useful; we on the list seem to agree >> on that point. >> >> Leigh/WA5ZNU >> > > OK Leigh etal, > > I will go back and see what an be done to achieve your requested behavior. >
Dave, There is a definite need for a macro atom that will clear the TX buffer up to the point of that atom and then begin immediate transmission at that point. This is analogous to the TCP 'push' and 'urgent' control bits, i.e. "read and discard everything in the buffer up to this point and then begin processing everything after to the application." While not used too much anymore in todays faster networks, it was critically necessary for sending things like the attention character (^c) over a slow path to a telnet application. I think we can probably agree that something like this would be useful when sending using a low-speed transport. As we move to future systems where we are passing message and control data over internet protocols it makes a lot of sense to see where the application can better make use of the behaviors of the underlying transport. But I would also want one that just works for visually formatting my TX and RX buffers when interleaving both TX and RX data. I think you really are talking about two different atoms here. -- Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL 3191 Western Dr. Cameron Park, CA 95682 [email protected] +1.767.617.1365 (Dominica) +1.931.492.6776 (USA) (+1.931.4.WB6RQN)
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