flexfax: Re: Hylafax: Modem config.tty** Database

[Torsten Mueller <torsten@xtremeweb.de>]

> >as i said some days ago, i will "open" a database for config.tty**
> >files for Hylafax.
> >
> >It`s now online. You could see it at
> >http://www.xtremeweb.de/hyla/
> >
> 
> Can I suggest a couple of changes to the database structure?

every suggestion is welcome, (in time there are only 2 entries)
changes to the structure are now not as hard as later to realize,
bit i think there are no more changes necessary. 
> 
> I wonder if it maybe preferable to keep the config data in a 
> seperate (text) file, and simply show a hyperlink to it in the
> database record. This would :
> 
>     * make it easier for users to download - the current display
>       unfortunately has many lines wrapped round;
> 
>     * reduce the size of the database, where more than one modem
>       uses the same config file;
> 
>     * the browse screen would be more compact.
> 
> It would also (ah, the real reason!) make it easier to merge back
> into the HylaFAX distribution the fruits of your labours (and those
> of your contributors).

it is now possible to upload a config file, which is downloadable.
the output of the search screens is now more compact (without the config
and the comment), take a look and tell me what you think now.
> 
> Can I suggest, instead, a single field to hold the
> class and the flow control for the modem?

Ready
 
> A final thought. Carsten Hoeger <choeger@suse.de> is writing a
> graphical version of faxsetup with the faxaddmodem functionality.
> Rather than using the probemodem script, the current version allows
> the user to select their modem from a list. Your database (in a flat
> file form) would fulfill his needs for that list.... is it something
> on which you could collaborate?

In time we have only 2 modems in this database, i think, in the future ,
if there are more modem config files available, it could be possible.
> 
> mfG,
> Phil Watkinson,
> Boston, UK.
> 
Torsten Mueller