[CoolTerm-Betas] CoolTerm v1.9.0b3 ready for testing

[Roger Meier]

Happy Friday!

the 3rd beta of CoolTerm v1.9.0 is ready for testing. Here is what’s new:

1.9.0b3
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- Made the automatic re-connect function configurable. It is now possible to enable or disable the feature as well as to set the re-connect delay.
- Improved the automatic re-connect function to work better with very short serial port connectivity interruptions.
- Updated warning dialog when connection settings with an unavailable port are loaded with the option to select a different port, select the default port, or cancel, instead of just selecting the default port.
- Changed the built-in help to use HTMLViewer and updated the help text with a hyperlinked table of contents.

1.9.0b2
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- Added new special character handling option to treat CR characters as real carriage returns. Instead of interpreting CR as a new line character, CoolTerm will instead move the insertion point to the beginning of the current line and overwrite the existing line with newly received characters.
- Extended range for custom baudrate input field. It is now possible to specify custom baudrates up to 100,000,000 baud.
- [macOS] Development builds will now show the build number in the dock icon.
- Added option to wait for line endings before adding timestamps to received data. This emulates the timestamp behavior of the Arduino serial monitor.

1.9.0b1
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- Added support for transmit macros.
- Added special character handling option to combine contiguous CR characters in to a single CR.
- Updated behavior when pasting text into the terminal window. CoolTerm will now sound a system beep when pasting is attempted while the port is closed.
- It is now possible to paste directly into the terminal window when Line Mode is enabled.
- Added code to detect sudden removal of serial devices. When a port is currently open, it will be closed when the device suddenly disappears.
- Added code to detect re-appearance of serial devices. If a device has suddenly disappeared before while the port was open, CoolTerm will attempt to re-open the port. This is useful when attached microcontrollers are being rebooted.
- Added a "Plain Text" option to the selection of capture formats. When "Plain Text" is selected, the "Special Character Handing" settings are applied to the received data before capturing to file.
- Added code to force a GUI update at Connect/Disconnect events as well as when a CoolTerm window first opens and when connection settings are changed. This avoids delays for GUI updates when long GUI refresh intervals are selected.

1.8.1b1
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- revised code to reference serial port object by their name instead of their index in array of available ports since that can change when the user adds/removes serial devices.
- [macOS] supporting builds for M1 Macs (ARM).
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