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diff --git a/ham/xfhell/README b/ham/xfhell/README index e1edd82c6172..c953a41f2070 100644 --- a/ham/xfhell/README +++ b/ham/xfhell/README @@ -1,22 +1,23 @@ -xfhell is a GTK+ application for the "fuzzy" digital communication mode -known as Hellschreiber. xfhell has several different built-in fonts in -Adobe BDF format, including a font set for Greek, and a special "short" -font set that is 12 pixels high instead of the standard 14 of the original -Hell fonts. Using this font set would make xfhell incompatible with other -Hellschreiber programs, but the short fonts speed up operation and avoid -wasted bandwidth, inherent in the original Hellschreiber design (an -unavoidable problem of the original mechanical implementation of the mode). -xfhell also has selectable lower baud rate operation (down to 7.6 Bd), -which again make it incompatible with other Hellschreiber programs, but -the lower speeds (especially combined with the 12-pixel fonts) would make -this mode even more efficient and effective. +xfhell is a GTK+ application for the "fuzzy" digital communication +mode known as Hellschreiber. xfhell has several different built-in +fonts in Adobe BDF format, including a font set for Greek, and +a special "short" font set that is 12 pixels high instead of the +standard 14 of the original Hell fonts. Using this font set would make +xfhell incompatible with other Hellschreiber programs, but the short +fonts speed up operation and avoid wasted bandwidth, inherent in the +original Hellschreiber design (an unavoidable problem of the original +mechanical implementation of the mode). xfhell also has selectable +lower baud rate operation (down to 7.6 Bd), which again make it +incompatible with other Hellschreiber programs, but the lower speeds +(especially combined with the 12-pixel fonts) would make this mode +even more efficient and effective. -xfhell has built-in CAT control for the FT847 and FT857 transceivers and a -QSO logging facility similar to xpsk31. It also has a FFT-derived waterfall -display of the incoming signal, with the ability to detect maximum signal -level and tune the transceiver, via CAT, to the appropriate carrier -frequency by clicking near the signal trace. +xfhell has built-in CAT control for the FT847 and FT857 transceivers +and a QSO logging facility similar to xpsk31. It also has a +FFT-derived waterfall display of the incoming signal, with the ability +to detect maximum signal level and tune the transceiver, via CAT, to +the appropriate carrier frequency by clicking near the signal trace. -By default, xfhell wants to install a directory structure in the $HOME of -the installing user. The SlackBuild overrides this, and copies that structure -into /usr/share/xfhell-$VERSION/. +By default, xfhell wants to install a directory structure in the $HOME +of the installing user. The SlackBuild overrides this, and copies that +structure into /usr/share/xfhell-$VERSION/. |