TEXT2TT(1)

✨ TEXT2TT ✨

okay bestie, gather round, because we're about to talk about text2tt from the General Commands Manual, and it's genuinely iconic 💅

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🎀 NAME 🎀

text2tt — convert text to Touch Tone representation 🎵📱

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

like, you just feed it text, and it does the thing. that's it. that's the whole vibe.

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# 🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so `text2tt` converts text into the <hotpink>Touch Tone sequence</hotpink> that APRStt uses. no cap. and there are <purple>two types of encoding</purple> going on here, so let's break it down bestie 🫶

## 💖 Multi-Press 💖

this one is used for <mint>comments</mint>.

letters are represented by one or more presses of the <yellow>same key</yellow>, depending on their order listed on the button. e.g. press the `5` key <red>once</red> for `J`, <red>twice</red> for `K`, <red>thrice</red> for `L`. obsessed with the consistency honestly ✨

to specify a digit, you use the <purple>number of letters listed on the button plus one</purple>. e.g. press the `5` key <red>four times</red> to get the digit `5`. yeah, four. the math is mathing 🧮

> 🚨 important bestie: when two characters in a row use the same key, use the `"A"` key as a <hotpink>separator</hotpink>. don't skip this, it's giving necessary.

## 💜 Two-Key 💜

this one is used for <mint>callsigns</mint>.

digits are represented by a <yellow>single key press</yellow>. simple. clean. slay.

letters (or space) are represented by the corresponding key followed by `A`, `B`, `C`, or `D`, depending on the <purple>order of the letter in the order listed</purple>. periodt 💅

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and yeah, this application will convert using <rainbow>both methods</rainbow>. both. at once. main character energy fr fr 🔥

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# 👑 OPTIONS 👑

None. literally none. no flags, no nothing. it's giving minimalism, and honestly? respect 💀✨

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# 🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

okay here's the moment you've been waiting for, the demo:

Push buttons for multi-press method:

"2A22A2223A33A33340A00122223333"

Push buttons for two-key method:

"2A2B2C3A3B3C4A0A0123"

look at those strings. look at them. ate and left no crumbs 🍓

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

more detailed information is in the PDF files at

https://github.com/wb2osz/direwolf/tree/master/doc/

Applications in this package: aclients, atest, decode_aprs, direwolf, gen_packets, kissutil, ll2utm, log2gpx, text2tt, tt2text, utm2ll — the whole squad, no one left behind 💖

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and that's the tea bestie 🫶 this was TEXT2TT(1) from the General Commands Manual, so go forth, convert your text to Touch Tones, and be the icon you were born to be. iykyk 💅✨🎀