On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 03:47:50PM -0500, w1hkj wrote: > Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:47:50 -0500 > From: w1hkj <w1...@bellsouth.net> > Subject: Re: [jgoer...@complete.org: Bug#593349: fldigi: Truncates log > notes > field] > To: Patrick Ouellette <poue...@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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