2022-10-20 Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>

* Modified the start time display string to use 'H' and 'S' to
	distinguish hard and soft start times.

Signed-off-by: Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>
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Fred Gleason
2022-10-20 20:35:42 -04:00
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</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 xml:id="sect.rdlogedit.the_hard_time_type">
<title>The Hard Time Type</title>
<title>The Hard and Soft Time Types</title>
<para>
A hard time type causes the event to be executed or otherwise acted
A hard or soft time type causes the event to be executed or otherwise
acted
upon when the wall clock equals the time associated with the event.
Hard times are a powerful feature that can be used to synchronize
the log to various external events. An event can be assigned a
hard time by clicking the <computeroutput>Start at</computeroutput>
Hard/soft times are powerful features that can be used to synchronize
the log to various external events. An event can be assigned a
hard/soft time by clicking the <computeroutput>Start at</computeroutput>
check box in the Edit Log Entry
and filling in the desired time, and will show up with the letter
<computeroutput>T</computeroutput> appearing at the beginning of
<computeroutput>H</computeroutput> or
<computeroutput>S</computeroutput> appearing at the beginning of
its listed time in the
<computeroutput>Time</computeroutput> column of the Edit Log dialog.
</para>
<para>
The specific action that is performed when the time matches is
determined by the option parameters supplied as part of the event.
Three basic actions are possible:
</para>
<para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
Start the event immediately
</listitem>
<listitem>
Cue to the event (&quot;Make Next&quot;)
</listitem>1
<listitem>
Wait up to some period of time, then start the event
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<sect3 xml:id="sect.rdlogedit.start_immediately">
<title>Start Immediately</title>