Re: [Hamlib-developer] Extra functions vs. extra CHECKBUTTON levels

[Nate B. <n0...@n0...>]

* On 2025 17 Jul 13:25 -0500, Stefan Jansen wrote:
> Hi George,
> 
> Thanks for your reply. Well, I understand the concept of extra
> functions/levels/parameters in general and I see that it is a great
> possibility to access additional controls of a rig.
> 
> My question was more related especially to the CHECKBUTTON levels. As
> the type CHECKBUTTON suggests to me, these levels are more like
> something you turn on and off. So I was asking myself why CHECKBUTTON
> levels should not better be modeled as extra functions. Functions also
> have an on/off mental model behind.
> 
> And maybe as an additional question: What is the conceptual idea
> bhindd parameters? What makes them different from levels and why
> weren’t they just built into hamlib as levels?

As George notes, these are historical.

I'm not sure if they were present on Day One from Frank or added later
by Stephane.  The complete commit history has been preserved from the
very first commit 25 years ago today!  You can browse it.

There are also the mailing list archives via GMANE as noted at
https://hamlib.github.io/#mailing-list  The SourceForge archives aren't
the easiest to navigate, IMO, but exist at
https://sourceforge.net/p/hamlib/mailman/hamlib-developer/

73, Nate

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