WSJT-X/doc/source/controls-functions-messages.adoc
Joe Taylor ace8f6418e 1. Fix a bug that could cause decoder to hang when presented with
bad data.

2. Fix a bug that could allow a Koetter-Vardy false decode instead of
a valid Berlekamp-Massey decode, sometimes leading to program crash.

3. Many more edits in the User's Guide, *.adoc files.



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Two arrangements of controls are provided for generating and selecting
Tx messages. Traditional controls carried over from program _WSJT_
appear on *Tab 1* and provide six fields for message entry.
Pre-formatted messages for the standard minimal QSO are generated when
you click *Generate Std Msgs* or double-click on an appropriate line
in one of the decoded text windows.
//.Traditional Message Menu
image::images/traditional-msg-box.png[align="center",alt="Traditional Message Menu"]
* Select the next message to be transmitted (at the start of your next
Tx sequence) by clicking on the circle under *Next*.
* To change to a specified Tx message immediately, click on a
rectangular button under the *Now* label. Changing a Tx message
already underway reduces the chance of a correct decode, but will
probably succeed if done in the first 10 s of a Tx period.
* Right-clicking on the entry field for message #5 pops up a list of
free-text messages entered on the *Setup | Configuration | Tx Macros*
screen. You can select any of these pre-stored messages by using the
left mouse button.
The second arrangement of controls for generating and selecting
Tx messages appears on *Tab 2* of the Message Control Panel:
//.New Message Menu
image::images/new-msg-box.png[align="center",alt="New Message Menu"]
With this setup you normally follow a top-to-bottom sequence of
transmissions from the left column if you are calling CQ, or the right
column if you are answering a CQ. Clicking a button puts the
appropriate message in the *Gen Msg* box. If you are already
transmitting, it changes the Tx message immediately. You can enter
anything (up to 13 characters) in the *Free Msg* box. Right-clicking on
this entry field pops up your previously defined list of *Tx Macros*.
IMPORTANT: During a transmission the actual message being sent always
appears highlighted in yellow in the first box of the status bar
(bottom left of the main screen).