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Re: [Xlog-discussion] Log as diary
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Joop Stakenborg |
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Re: [Xlog-discussion] Log as diary |
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Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:24:09 +0100 |
Op dinsdag 26-02-2008 om 18:21 uur [tijdzone -0500], schreef Martin
Ewing AA6E:
> On the user level, I can imagine a button or menu item on the xlog
> panel that says "Add Special Remark" (or some such). It could bring up
> a simple text box for you to type an arbitrary note. Then a "Save"
> button enters the text (with date/time) into the database. (You choose
> the db technology!) The "New Special Remark" pane could be an
> alternative to the "New QSO" pane.
>
Sorry for the late reply, recovering from a flue attack.
Okay, but we already have a remarks field in the log which we could use
for this. I am thinking of using a special callsign (e.g. NOTE or TAG)
to tag a QSO for 'Special Remark'. This way we don't need to add an
extra field to the QSO Frame or an extra menu item.
> Now, how does the log viewer panel look with this feature? It shows
> QSOs as usual, but a special remark needs to show between QSOs, if not
> in a separate pane for remarks. It could be a text line that crosses
> the usual QSO columns, and shows in a distinctive manner - italics,
> green color, whatever. It's probably enough to show the first text line
> of the note. If it is longer, you would select it for viewing bringing
> up the full text entry/edit dialog, which would let you read, edit, or
> delete the remark.
>
The QSO list is divided into a number of columns which can not be
altered once it is configured. You can add/delete columns (which the
log-editor does), but when displaying the list they have a fixed number
of columns. However, colorizing a QSO in the list is no problem.
We could display it when double-clicking the QSO in a special window,
but it would also be visible through the remarks field. The tagged QSO
would be ignored when doing an export.
> The remark entry wants to be keyed by creation date, most likely, and
> should be sorted along with QSOs by date. Nice, but not essential: an
> ability to search on contents.
>
Okay, no problem.
> As you suggest, you could use a pop-up like word processors do. You
> could annotate a QSO and indicate by a colored flag or asterisk. (Or
> possibly between QSOs.) Click on it and you can view, edit, or delete
> the note. The advantage is that it needs little screen space and it
> minimizes the violence to your current layout. However, I'm not so much
> interested in annotating a single QSO (although that could be useful) -
> I want to say that I installed a new antenna, or something like that
> that applies to many future QSOs.
>
Yes, I can see the reason for adding this. It would be quite helpful.
> Even though it sounds fairly simple, I know this might be some work. I
> just wanted to put the idea out there for consideration.
>
Thanks for the suggestion. Feel free to comment on my idea for
implementing this into xlog.
> 73 Martin AA6E
>
Joop PG4I
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