[CoolTerm-Betas] CoolTerm v2.3.0 (formerly v2.2.1) Beta 5 is ready for testing

[Roger Meier]

Happy Friday!

Beta 5 is now ready for testing:

v2.3.0b5
--------
- Renamed revision from 2.2.1 to 2.3.0 because this revision has turned into more than just a bugfix update.
- Errors loading saved sessions will now show an error message.
- Added the following scripting commands to allow script to directly interact with the display:
    DisplayOn(ID as integer):  Enables display updates from the receive buffer.
    DisplayOff(ID as integer):  Disables display updates from the receive buffer.
    DisplayClear(ID as integer):  Clears the contents of the display.
    DisplayAppend(ID as integer, Data as string):  Adds data to the contents of the display.
- Changed "Stop Capture" menu short cut to CTRL+CMD+R [macOS] and CTRL+ALT+R [Win,Linux] to avoid conflict the the menu short cut used for "Receive Files...".
- Expanded the data forwarding functionality to not only allow received data to be forwarded to the sender of other terminals, but to allow both receive as well as transmitted data to be forwarded to the sender and received of other terminals. 

Regards,

Roger



>>> Well, here is a how a single letter type changes the meaning completely ��
>>> 
>>> This should “is now ready” instead of “is not ready”, obviously ��
>>> 
>>> Roger
>>> 
>>>> On Oct 18, 2024, at 7:10 PM, Roger Meier <roger.meier at pobox.com <mailto:roger.meier at pobox.com>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> All, 
>>>> 
>>>> Beta 4 is not ready for testing.
>>>> 
>>>> v2.2.1b4
>>>> --------
>>>> - [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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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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