[Ham-Mac] fldigi and aether log qso script

[Alan Hawrylyshen]

On Jun 9, 2011, at 08:42 , Dick Kriss wrote:
> 
> Alan K2ACK,
> 
> [...]
> Based on a tip from Andrew, AC7CF, I placed your fldigi-aether-logger.py file 
> in my .fldigi/scripts folder and modified the fldigi macro statement to read:
> 
> <EXEC>$HOME/.fldigi/scripts/fldigi-aether-logger.py</EXEC>
> 
> The above works perfect - provided Aether is open and running before you click
> on the "Log to Aether" macro.   
> 
> [...]
> Thanks for the support to both fldig and Aether.


> Hi Dick --

Great tips -- and come to think of it I can likely have the script open Aether too. I'll add that.
If you grab a new copy, it will open Aether (presuming that is the name of the app).

	https://github.com/muonzoo/ham-utils


The reason I put it up on github -- and I struggled with this -- is so folks could modify it easily and
contribute to it. Github is likely the most popular emerging open-source hosting provider and uses the 'git' source control system, which I quite like these days. 

I might get a little bit more 'motivated' and write an installer / package to make the whole thing a 'one click' install process for folks, but that is quite a bit of polishing from where I am already.  One of my goals is to make sure that this script will work on all Macs, so I've been rather naive around using packages and fancy features that might not work on various platforms.

At some point I'll see if there is a reasonable way to check for updates, etc -- that's possibly a little easier. If you already understand / know how to use git you can just clone the github repository and periodically check for updates.

I was completely unaware that fldigi created a script directory -- which is a better place for this for most folks -- I will update the documentation accordingly.

I'm open to any suggestions -- after all -- I use this every time I use fldigi and make a contact.


Best wishes,
Alan K2ACK


> 
> 
> On Jun 6, 2011, at 6:25 PM, Alan Hawrylyshen wrote:
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>> If you happen to use fldigi and have not integrated the 'log qso' function in fldigi with aether yet, I've written a VERY basic script that works for me.
>> Feel free to fork and mess around with it on github. I'm happy to incorporate improvements.
>> 
>> 	https://github.com/muonzoo/ham-utils
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>> 73
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>> --
>> Alan Hawrylyshen
>> K2ACK
>> Santa Cruz CA
>> CM86xx
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