Dave,
I'm not a Windows user. I'm on a Mac running OS X, a BSD-derived OS with a bash shell. In my case, I was concatenating a distance column with the comment field, pulling columns from two CSV files, with one being a 'CHIRP-spec’ CSV file. So a spreadsheet made sense, not only for the operation, but also for printing the resultant "channel" list.
based on the unhelpful response I got to my last query
Would it be fair to conclude that requests for new features like a built-in print capability and a save/upload sorted capability are unlikely to be implemented?
From your other post:
Obviously…
You're kidding right? Have you actually tried this ... with 28 channels? That is even more tedious than hand sorting 3x5 index cards
Try to keep in mind that CHIRP is an open source project being created by volunteers and provided to us at no cost. And the people taking the time to answer your questions are trying to help you, again without any remuneration.
Regards,
Fred
KM4QLB
I thought as much, based on the unhelpful response I got to my last query: "how can I print the entire list of entries" ... "Nope, can't do that. Just do a screen print." Which is just a pain, I suppose, unless you've got more than one screen of entries, then it's a ROYAL PITA!
Regarding save/upload of re-sorted rows, I devised a similar "creative workaround":
1 - export the .img to a .csv
2 - sort by frequency & renumber the rows wit a simple shell script (attached) and save the output in another .csv file
3 - import the new .csv file
To sort by a column other then frequency (column number 3), replace the 3s in -kn3,3 in the sort command with the column number by which you want to sort. This may be easier for Linux users that the spreadsheet approach. It would also work in a CYGWIN terminal under windows.
Would it be fair to conclude that requests for new features like a built-in print capability and a save/upload sorted capability are unlikely to be implemented?
Thanks,
Dave Knight, K2COE
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