[CoolTerm-Betas] CoolTerm v2.0.0 Beta 6 is ready for testing

Tue Sep 6 15:44:49 EDT 2022

Well, I spoke too soon :-) Right after releasing b5 I found a bug that needed fixing. Here is a quick update:

v2.0.0b6
--------
- Fixed bug that caused timestamps in localized format to be incorrectly interpreted in chart mode when using timestamps as the values for the x-axis.
- Tweaks and updates to built-in help

Cheers,

Roger

> On Sep 1, 2022, at 5:58 PM, Roger Meier <roger.meier at pobox.com> wrote:
> 
> All,
> 
> Beta 5 is now ready for testing. Here is what’s new:
> 
> v2.0.0b5
> --------
> - Added chart properties dialog to allow for the customization of the chart.
> - Moved option to select the data source for the X-axis from the chart context menu to the chart properties dialog.
> - Added option to select any data column as the source for x values instead of just the first one.
> - Added option to select scale (seconds, minutes, hours) when using timestamps as x-axis values.
> - Added option to the trace properties to set the visibility of any trace. Traces whose visibility is disabled will not be plotted, and their data values won't be used to automatically scale the chart.
> - [Win] Fixed bug that would cause certain message dialogs to not be dark mode aware.
> - [Mac] Added check to startup code to alert the user when CoolTerm is being run from the downloaded disk image.
> - Speed improvements in code to convert received text data into numerical data for chart plotting.
> - Fixed bug that would incorrectly apply trace settings when the first data column is selected as the source for the x-axis values.
> - Fixed bug in the way the popup menu in the status area would update when TCP or serial connections are selected.
> - Renamed "Terminal, Cont." settings header with "Data Handling".
> - Updated built-in help to include controlling DTR and RTS handshake lines from transmit macros.
> 
> This might be the last beta release before the official release. Please scrutinize this build to your hearts content and let me know if you find anything that needs fixing before the release.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Roger
> 
> 
> 
>> On Aug 22, 2022, at 3:37 PM, Roger Meier <roger.meier at pobox.com> wrote:
>> 
>> All,
>> 
>> Beta 4 is not ready for testing. Here is what’s new:
>> 
>> v2.0.0b4
>> --------
>> - Made "Wait for Termination String" in the "Capture File Options" independent of time stamps. This option can now be used without adding timestamps to captured data.
>> - Updated code to use thousands separators for byte counts in status display.
>> - Added option to connection settings to keep the terminal window always on top of other windows.
>> - Added menu item to the File menu to reveal the location of the current settings file.
>> - CoolTerm now saves crash log information to the user's application data directory.
>> 
>> 
>> Roger
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jul 29, 2022, at 11:09 AM, Roger Meier <roger.meier at pobox.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> Beta 3 is ready for testing. Here is what’s new:
>>> 
>>> v2.0.0b3
>>> --------
>>> - Stability improvements to the listbox in the trace properties dialog.
>>> - Cosmetic improvements to how certain line styles in the chart display are drawn.
>>> - [Win] Added code to automatically deselect any selected text when unpausing the display by scrolling to the bottom with smart display pausing turned on as otherwise the display may immediately gets scrolled to the selection and paused again. 
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> Roger
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Jun 21, 2022, at 2:03 PM, Roger Meier <roger.meier at pobox.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hello Beta Testers,
>>>> 
>>>> Beta 2 is uploaded and ready for testing. Here is what’s new:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> v2.0.0b2
>>>> --------
>>>> - Re-organized quick-access menu with sub-menus
>>>> - Added port selection to quick-access menu (only shown when terminal is disconnected).
>>>> - Reduced minimum terminal window width and height restrictions to 250 by 150 pixels, respectively.
>>>> - Added context menu item to chart display to allow formatting and scaling of traces.
>>>> - Added code to check the availability of fonts specified in loaded settings before applying. If a font is not available on the user's system, the default font will be applied.
>>>> - Added code to check the existence of the capture path specified in loaded settings before applying. If a capture path does not exist, the default path will be applied.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Happy testing!
>>>> 
>>>> Roger
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On May 19, 2022, at 4:13 PM, Roger Meier <roger.meier at pobox.com <mailto:roger.meier at pobox.com>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> CoolTerm 2 is now ready for the beta stage. Beta 1 is the culmination of everything from the various alpha builds so far:
>>>>> 
>>>>> v2.0.0b1
>>>>> --------
>>>>> 
>>>>> NEW FEATURES
>>>>> ------------
>>>>> - New chart display (similar to Arduino serial plotter)
>>>>> - Configurable toolbar
>>>>> - New application, document, toolbar, and LED icons (courtesy of Greg Willits)
>>>>> - New UI for transmit macro management
>>>>> - Support for delays, serial BREAK, and repetition to transmit macros
>>>>> - Support for raw TCP connections
>>>>> - Support for select transmit and receive ANSI Escape sequences
>>>>> - Capability to include "Received" and "Sent" labels in capture files
>>>>> - Updated Hex Viewer with capability to select and copy/paste hex data
>>>>> - Completely overhauled built-in help (HTML stylization courtesy of Greg Willits)
>>>>> 
>>>>> IMRPOVEMENTS, CHANGED FEATURES
>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>> - Moved option to show/hide toolbar from preferences to connection settings
>>>>> - Updated method used to store command line history. The command line history is not only updated if the current command is not equal to the previous one. Empty lines (enter key only) are not recorded.
>>>>> - Added capability to manually toggle break signal by clicking the TX LED or via the Connection/Toggle Break menu item.
>>>>> - Replaced status label context menus with dedicated quick access menu located in the bottom left of the status bar.
>>>>> - Changed "Capture Local Echo" option to "Capture transmit data" and made capturing of outgoing data independent of whether local echo is turned on in the terminal options.
>>>>> - Improved responsiveness of RX and TX status indicator LEDs.
>>>>> - Updated status bar label with information on the currently running macro. When a macro is running the status label will change the text color to blue.
>>>>> - Added option to automatically start a macro when the terminal opens.
>>>>> - Added "Wait for remote echo" option for throttling data transmission.
>>>>> - Updated Hex viewer with the ability to vary the number of characters per row when the window width changes.
>>>>> - The text selection is maintained across view modes (e.g. plain text and hex).
>>>>> - Added an additional date/time format to the Preferences to provide an option to remove time zone information.
>>>>> - Added "Help..." buttons to various dialogs.
>>>>> - Added feature to avoid plain text flicker for Linux platforms (such as e.g. Raspberry Pi) where the way the text display is updated with the receive buffer contents causes the display to be redrawn multiple times when new data is added. The caveat is that enabling this feature will cause certain special character handling features to not work properly, though.
>>>>> 
>>>>> BUG FIXES
>>>>> ---------
>>>>> - Fixed a bug that would prevent 'Combine Contiguous Carriage Returns' and 'Handle CR as real Carriage Return' from working properly when 'Format TAB separated text' is enabled.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Happy Testing!
>>>>> 
>>>>> Roger
>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
> 

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