From d5bbb8b5085e57870503e56c79cdebb26122c915 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dirk Koopman <djk@tobit.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2022 08:31:47 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] try to improve spot display

To keep the ':' for logging programs (sigh)
---
 Changes               |  4 ++++
 perl/DXCommandmode.pm | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 77b8924c..c3dcd6db 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+22Jan22=======================================================================
+1. Refine spot display to retain the ':' and also reduce the likelyhood of
+   of misalignment by using the available space in the 39 characters more
+   intelligently. This is WIP.
 21Jan22=======================================================================
 1. Fix version tracking in PC92
 2. Bring the major parts of master and mojo together to make maintenance a
diff --git a/perl/DXCommandmode.pm b/perl/DXCommandmode.pm
index 1960a890..8abd8d4e 100644
--- a/perl/DXCommandmode.pm
+++ b/perl/DXCommandmode.pm
@@ -1057,7 +1057,21 @@ sub format_dx_spot
 		}
 	}
 
-	return sprintf "DX de %-8.8s%10.1f  %-12.12s %-s $t$slot2", "$_[4]:", $_[0], $_[1], $comment;
+	my $o = sprintf("%-9s", $_[4] . ':');
+	my $qrg = sprintf "%8.1f", $_[0];
+	if (length $qrg >= 9) {
+		while (length($o)+length($qrg) > 17 && $o =~ / $/) {
+			chop $o;
+		}
+	}
+	my $spot = sprintf "%-12s", $_[1];
+	my $front = "DX de $o $qrg  $spot";
+	while (length($front) > 38 && $front =~ /  $/) {
+		chop $front;
+	}
+
+	
+	return sprintf "$front %-s $t$slot2", $comment;
 }
 
 
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