[CoolTerm-Betas] CoolTerm v2.2.1 Beta 4 is ready for testing

[Roger Meier]

All, 

Beta 4 is not ready for testing.

v2.2.1b4
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- [Win] added code to temporarily disable terminal windows from staying on top when warnings or error messages are being displayed to prevent them from being obscured.
- The "Help" and "About" windows will now appear on top of any windows with "Always on top" enabled.
- Hovering the mouse over the port status label at the bottom of the CoolTerm window will now display pertinent port information.
- Implemented a NULL Device which can be used for testing without the need for an actual serial device or TCP connection. The NULL Device behaves like a serial port with the difference that transmit data doesn't go anywhere, and that it won't receive any data from anywhere.
- Added a new "Receive" scripting command that allows data to be written to the receive buffer of any CoolTerm window.
- [Win][Linux] Warning/Error messages thrown by a terminal window instance will now show the name of the terminal in the title bar for better clarity which terminal window produced the warning.

Regards,

Roger


> On Sep 16, 2024, at 4:55 PM, Roger Meier <roger.meier at pobox.com> wrote:
> 
> All,
> 
> Beta 3 is now ready for testing. This is just a quick update. We’re getting close to an official release.
> 
> v2.2.1b3
> --------
> - Added "Other..." option to font size selection.
> - Fixed bug introduced in last beta that can leave received "hidden" when ANSI formatting is enabled.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Roger
> 
> 
>> On Aug 24, 2024, at 3:36 PM, Roger Meier <roger.meier at pobox.com> wrote:
>> 
>> All,
>> 
>> beta 2 is now ready for testing. Here is what’s new:
>> 
>> v2.2.1b2
>> --------
>> - Made some stability improvements to ANSI formatting code.
>> - [macOS] Changed location of CoolTerm preferences from ~/Library/Preferences/CoolTerm_Prefs.plist to ~/Library/Application Support/CoolTerm/CoolTerm_Prefs.plist. CoolTerm will migrate preferences in the old location to the new one and inform the user accordingly.
>> - [Win] Changed location of CoolTerm preferences from \Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\CoolTerm_Prefs.plist to \Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\CoolTerm\CoolTerm\CoolTerm_Prefs.plist. CoolTerm will migrate preferences in the old location to the new one and inform the user accordingly.
>> - [Linux] Changed location of CoolTerm preferences from ~/.CoolTerm_Prefs to ~/.config/CoolTerm/CoolTerm_Prefs.plist. CoolTerm will migrate preferences in the old location to the new one and inform the user accordingly.
>> - [Linux] Changed location of CoolTerm Application Data from ~/CoolTerm/ to ~/.config/CoolTerm/. CoolTerm will migrate the data in the old location to the new one and inform the user accordingly.
>> - [Win] Added 5 pixel margin to left and right edge of the plain text display for better readability.
>> 
>> v2.2.1b1
>> --------
>> - [macOS] Fixed bug that can cause crash when certain ANSI escape sequences are received and Handling of ANSI formatting sequences is enabled.
>> - Added context menus to all views to provide a method to save displayed data to file in the format commensurate with the view type.
>> 
>> 
>>> On May 29, 2024, at 11:24 AM, Roger Meier <roger.meier at pobox.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> All,
>>> 
>>> v2.2.1b0 is now on the server and ready for testing. This is just a quick bug-fix update.
>>> 
>>> https://freeware.the-meiers.org/betas/
>>> username: beta
>>> password: tester
>>> 
>>> 
>>> v2.2.1b0
>>> --------
>>> - [Linux] Fixed bug that would prevent the emulation of Enter and NumPad Enter keypresses from working correctly.
>>> - [macOS,Win] Fixed bug that would prevent the emulation of NumPad Enter keypresses from working correctly.
>>> - Updated built-in help with clarification on how special keys affect ENTER/RETURN and NumPad ENTER keypresses.
>> 
> 

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