I'll take a look at the mode change HideControls problem and try to
duplicate/fix it.
de Mike W9MDB
From: vk4qg <[email protected]>
To: WSJT software development <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, June 2, 2017 6:49 AM
Subject: Re: [wsjt-devel] Issues with recent WSJT-X releases
Many thanks Bill...all comments noted and much appreciated.
Cheers,
AllanVK4EME VK4QG
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-------- Original message --------From: Bill Somerville <[email protected]>
Date: 2/06/2017 6:59 PM (GMT+10:00) To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [wsjt-devel] Issues with recent WSJT-X releases
Hi Allan,
firstly a request to you. Please start a new thread on the mailing list when
raising a new topic. You appear to have replied to an existing thread and
changed the subject line, this can mean your message is not see by those using
thread email clients unless they open the thread you ahve attached your message
to.
Comments in line below about the issues you have raised.
On 02/06/2017 05:51, Allan Downie wrote:
Issue 1. Waterfall controls. The controls below the MSK144 Waterfall
disappear after a mode change. Upon returning to MSK144 from any other mode,
the waterfall controls have gone. I have edited WSJT-X.ini to change all
instances of 'HideControls=true' to false, but the issue returns immediately.
Often even starting up directly after and edit and save, with the controls
being hidden. This was happening in r7688 in all modes but now only appears to
be occurring with MSK144 and ISCAT. Very occasionally the controls will
reappear after a mode change. I have had instances (rare) where at start-up
this does not occur at all until the program is shut-down and started again.
Incidentally I do NOT have 'Hide menus and labels' checked under 'View'.
There is a minor defect that is causing the hide menus and labels option to
set or reset when starting WSJT-X or changing modes. Aside from this you can
always reset the option for a specific window by giving keyboard and mouse
focus to the window and pressing CTRL+M. Hopefully we will find the source of
the instability before the next release of WSJT-X.
As an aside, if one was curious/foolish enough to check 'Hide menus and
labels', as I was, there doesn't appear to be any obvious way of reversing the
process other than editing the WSJT-X.ini file. Also keyboard shortcuts no
longer work.
See above.
Issue 2. Sub-modes. I am finding that a sub-mode change in one mode is
affecting the sub-mode in another mode. For example if I set JT4 to 'F' or 'G'
sub-mode and then change to JT65 say, I will be in JT65C, regardless of where
it was previously. If I then do nothing but go back to JT4 it will be in JT4C.
Similarly, QRA64 will be in 'C' sub-mode. I could then change QRA64 to 'A' and
all the other modes will be moved to 'A'.
The sub-mode is not stored with the mode so when changing mode the sub-mode
will remain unchanged if the current sub-mode is valid in the new mode. There
have been some improvements made to sub-mode handling in the latest development
sources but as yet sub-mode is not recalled with mode changes. Similar comments
apply to the frequency tolerance and T/R period controls.
Issue 3. Auto Seq. The Auto Sequence check box in MSK144 will uncheck
itself upon changing to any another mode and returning to MSK144.
Auto sequencing is also not recalled with mode. In this case I suspect it is
unlikely to change as auto-sequencing can cause automatic transmissions in
certain specific circumstances. Having transmit start automatically just
because the mode has changed would be considered a misfeature by many users. 73
Bill
G4WJS.
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