Bug#593349: fldigi: Truncates log notes field
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 03:47:50PM -0500, w1hkj wrote:
> Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:47:50 -0500
> From: w1hkj <w1hkj@bellsouth.net>
> Subject: Re: [jgoerzen@complete.org: Bug#593349: fldigi: Truncates log
> notes
> field]
> To: Patrick Ouellette <pouelle@debian.org>
>
> Patrick Ouellette wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I'm one of the Debian Developers who package ham radio apps.
> >I've received the attached bug report from a user and wanted
> >to pass it along to you in case it is a bug in the program
> >as opposed to something introduced by the Debian packaging process.
> >
> >I've asked the reporter to test for this issue under 3.20.23.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Pat
>
> Hello Pat,
>
> Thanks for the report. It is a limitation of the ADIF flat file
> that is used to store the data. It is currently set for a field
> size of 80 for both the NOTES and COMMENTS text fields. The user
> could easily have modified that by changing a single entry in the
> field definition structure (field_def.h).
>
> The input widgets in the Fast Light Tool Kit do not limit the length
> of the text that can be entered.
>
> Fldigi has been around for 5+ years and this is the 2nd such
> complaint regarding the 80 character limit.
>
> Dave
>
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