Re: [Xlog-discussion] Log contents fail to display

[Joop Stakenborg]

Op za 04-09-2004, om 07:01 schreef Ron Patterson:
> I discovered xlog today. I built version 0.9.7 on fedora core 1 from the 
> source rpm. What a nice program! This is the most fully featured logging 
> program yet for linux. I exported my log of 7815 entries to an adif 
> file. I opened it from xlog and all the contacts are there. I did get an 
> error message during the import though. It is: ** (xlog:3071): WARNING 
> **: Unable to convert 'JOS? MERCED (PEP' to UTF-8: Invalid byte sequence 
> in conversion input.
> 

Nothing to worry about. It means xlog can't convert the "accented e" to
a displayable character. Most probably because it is not available in
your language settings.

> The problem I am having occurs when I save the imported log as log.xlog 
> and exit the program. When I start xlog and open log.xlog, no data 
> appears in the log window. If I cat log.xlog, all my data is there. I 
> can load the adif file, add contacts and save the adif file with no 
> problems. Xlog just doesn't display any of my log when I load the 
> log.xlog file.
> 

Interesting! Could I have a look at your adif file? Please send it as a
zipped file in a private mail and I will see what I can do.

> Any help would be appreciated.
> 

Sorry for the late reply, I have been away for 2 weeks.

> 73,
> 
> Ron W6FM
> 

Regards,
Joop PG4I