Hi all, there were some changes and improvements on TLF in last weeks. These mail tries to summarize the main points:
- Thanks to the work of W8BSD from TLF-1.3.1 on TLF could use the CT9 cty.dat files with full call sign exceptions (marked by =<call>). As that version in meantime is widely available, I asked Jim Reiser AD1C to provide the CT9 format as default cty.dat file format for TLF. That change came in use in the beginning of 2020. If you use TLF-1.3.0 or an older version you should look for the old format file, which are still available. - In last days Jim informed that he would like to switch his server in next time to provide these files only via secured access. So from now on please use https://www.country-files.com to download actual cty.dat files. - Zoli HA5CQZ did some work to make switch back from a grabbed station much more easy. His work enables to just grab a needed station from the bandmap while running CQ mode and to come back to your running frequency and mode after it with only one key press. Read the details on https://github.com/Tlf/tlf/pull/155. Please test and report back if you like it. - If you have to correct your log file by deleting the last entry TLF will now automatically reread your log - no need to request an ':rescore' anymore. - We got a better (and more informational) display of partials and an improved handling of WCY/WWV messages (both thanks to Zolis work). - You can now use any editor for editing the log. If you do not set any in the logcfg.dat TLF uses the one from the EDITOR environment variable. Be aware that there may be some small problems when using a graphical editor - if they go into the background when started you have to reload the logfile after edit by hand. There were also some bug fixes for ARRLDX contest and CQWW in 2 TX mode. There are some more things to do, so I think a new version (maybe 1.4.1) will still have to wait some weeks. So far for now. 73, de Tom DL1JBE -- "Do what is needful!" Ursula LeGuin: Earthsea --
