Hi All,
that time has arrived again where a general availability (GA) release is
imminent in the form of v1.5.0. I know there has been discussion on how
to handle versions within the documentation but I doubt any real
progress will be made on that front unless we have a way of building the
documentation on every platform including Windows as part of the product
build. That aside, releases do have a local copy of the user guide so
versioning is implicit therefore I don't think there is an urgent need
to sort out documentation builds.
Here are some suggested user guide updates for v1.5.0:
Throughout: references to v1.4.0 need to be updated to v1.5.0,
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3.2 Linux: the Linux prerequisite dependencies have changed,
on Debian based systems:
sudo apt-get install libqt5multimedia5-plugins libqt5serialport5
if on Ubuntu 15.04 or similar systems shipping with Qt v5.4, the Qt
dependencies are slightly different:
sudo apt-get install libfftw3-single3 libqt5opengl5
libqt5multimedia5-plugins libqt5serialport5
on RPM based systems:
sudo rpm install fftw-libs-single qt5-qtmultimedia qt5-qtserialport
We should also add a "build from the release source tarball" section for
other *nix systems:
required tools: autotools, cmake, gcc, g++ (opptionally clang &
clang++), gfortran, libfftw3-dev, qt5 development (v5.2.1 or newer).
mkdir ~/src
cd ~/src
tar xzf wsjtx-1.5.0.tgz
cd wsjtx-1.5.0
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
cmake --build .
sudo cmake --build . --target install
For all Linux installation methods we need to add a section on obtaining
and running the KVASD installer.
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4.1 Settings - General: new fields:
"Message generation for type 2 compound callsign holders" we probably
only need to say this option is only relevant to type 2 compound
callsign holders,
"Monitor returns to last used frequency" hopefully self explanatory,
option is greyed out if no CAT control is selected.
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4.2 Settings - Radio: new behaviour:
The screen shot probably needs updating as with "None" as rig most
fields are now greyed out,
"Force Control Lines" - this whole group is now checkable, this
allows DTR and RTS to be forced either high or low.
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4.5 Reporting: new fields:
UDP server group controls the name or address and port number of a
UDP server that will receive status updates from WSJT-X. Although no
implementations are yet available, it is expected that cooperating
applications like JTAlertX will take advantage of this to get maximum
information about a running WSJT-X application.
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4.7 Colors: new page.
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6.4 Sample File 2 example: minor changes related to parallel decoding,
"Since the Tx mode was set to *Tx JT65*, signals in that mode were
decoded first. If you had selected *Tx JT9*, JT9 signals would have been
decoded first." is not quite correct on a multi core CPU. Perhaps the
decoded activity screen shot should be with interleaved modes.
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7.3 Type 2 Compound-Callsign Messages: behaviour changes,
This is probably the place to mention that the "Settings->General"
option to change the format of generated messages for type 2 compound
call holders. Also WSJT-X v1.5.0 makes a better attempt to process QSO
with or by a type 2 compound callsign holder by using double-clicks of
decodes. The warning about actually taking notice of the message
content is of course still appropriate.
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7.4 Pre-QSO Checklist: advice,
It is best to not suggest the rig be set to split mode manually, if
WSJT-X can't set split for itself then split mode working is unlikely to
work.
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8.2 Main Window: additional information,
Monitor - if using CAT control; clicking "Monitor" off relinquishes
control of the rig and if "Monitor returns to last used frequency" in
"Settings->General" is selected; clicking "Monitor" back on will return
to the original frequency.
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8.7.1 File Menus: new item,
Now has "Open log directory".
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8.7.7 Help Menu: changes:
Needs a new screen shot of the "Keyboard Shortcuts" window.
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9 ShowDXCC entity and worked before status: query and changes:
I'm not sure why this section is in the "Platform Dependencies"
section as it works everywhere.
The "Settings->Colors" page needs a mention here.
73
Bill
G4WJS.
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