[Ham-Mac] eQSL REXX script for fldigi

[Dino Papas]

Dave - I think Joseph was yanking your chain....old timers will recognize OS/2 as a early personal computer days (late 70's) operating system.....I actually had a computer that ran it....but can't for the life of me remember make/model.

Dino KL0S

On Oct082011, at 1114 AM, w1hkj wrote:

>    But does it run under OS/2?
> 
>    *grin, duck, and run*
> 
>    Joseph - KF7QZC
> 
> 
> Yes it does work under OS X
> 
> Download the rex file.  Install it in the directory ~/.fldigi/scripts 
> and then edit it making the following changes
> 
> Add new first line: #!/usr/bin/rexx
> Change the string xdg-open to open
> 
> Change the permissions of the rex script to make it executable.  From a 
> command line
> 
> cd
> cd .fldigi/scripts
> chmod a+x eqsl_fldigi.rex
> 
> Install rexx either from the dmg file or build from source.  Install  
> Regina-rexx from regina-rex.sourceforge.net
> 
> Enter the following for the macro script
> 
> <EXEC>/Users/uname/.fldigi/scripts/eqsl_fldigi.rex <FREQ> <CALL> <MODE> 
> <IZDT> <RST></EXEC>
> 
> Name the macro "eQSL"
> 
> This works on both my mini-mac G4 (10.4.11) and my Intel mini-mac (10.6.8).
> 
> 73, Dave, W1HKJ
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