[Dxspider-support] loading local/spot.pm

[Filip Jonckers]

> Could I caution you against changing the format at all. There 
> are a lot
> of users out there who use client software (which is somewhat 
> brain dead
> in a lot of cases) that rely on the DX spot being EXACTLY as it is.
> Position of fields needs to be exactly correct.

I'm aware of those problems..

this is basically something I wanted to do for several years now..

you could keep the "standard" format for default users
and introduce an new format (or several...)

just a thought:

SET/DEFAULT   -> change to default display (AK1A) format
SET/EXTENDED  -> change to extended view...
SET/CONTEST   -> change to contest view...

SET/EXTENDED:
extra fields like CQ zone, ITU, DXCC, country, heading(short/long), ...
maybe switchable with other commands (set/cq, set/dxcc, set/qty, ...)

this would be a very nice feature often asked for by beginning amateurs
or non-big-dx'ers
and would make clusters more user friendly even for casual users...


SET/CONTEST:
this is what I really would like to have...
calls a separate function to display the spot (maybe in Local.pm ?)
which can be dynamically loaded (without restarting the cluster - say
you are in a big contest and want to change something ...)

In this function could do all sort of things..
display stuff like with SET/EXTENDED
but I would also like to do things like:
- check if spot is a multiplier
- check if already worked
- ....
you name it ...

this could also be used for other things ofcourse ....

All of this could ofcourse be done in a spot-sucking client
but as you said... those things are not good ideas ...

Just some things I'm thinking about for a long time...
and I would like to help develop stuff for this

Hope you got an idea about what I'm talking about...
Lot of this comes from talking to users and mostly contesters

Let's hope this doesn't start a big discussion :-)

Filip
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