[WT-support] Suggestion: Auto Translate "cut numbers" entered in Received Serial No. column

[Bob Wilson, N6TV]

Many of us are familiar with the standard CW "cut numbers" used to
abbreviate serial numbers in an exchange:

1 = A
2 = U
3 = V
4 = 4
5 = E
6 = 6
7 = B
8 = D
9 = N
0 (zero) = T

Win-Test can transmit variations of these according to Options | CW | Serial
number, but unlike N1MM and Writelog, it cannot "receive" these cut numbers.

It would be nice if you could type the following in Received Serial No.
column:

ANTT

and when you press [Enter] or [+] to log the QSO, Win-Test would
automatically translate the field to

1900

Similarly, if typos or fumble fingers put any unrecognized characters into
the serial no., such as

/2W3

It would be nice if Win-Test would just ignore the invalid characters and
log:

23

(Note:  the question mark "?" character must still work in the special way
it works today, as a placeholder).

Most log checking software will reject QSOs in Cabrillo files that have a
non-numeric symbols in the serial number column.  It would be nice if
Win-test would never put such characters into the Cabrillo file.

Instead of updating immediately when you press Enter, perhaps Win-Test could
do the translation when the log is exported to Cabrillo, ADIF, TXT, etc.,
leaving the contents of .WTB file "as typed."

Developer's choice.

73,
Bob, N6TV
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