[CoolTerm-Betas] CoolTerm v2.5.0a8 ready for testing

[Roger Meier]

v2.5.0a8 is ready for testing

v2.5.0a8
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- Added Icon Color setting to toolbar option.
- Expanded Transmit Macro functionality by adding the ability for a transmit macro to invoke other transmit macros inline.
- Expanded the <delay> transmit functionality by adding an optional </delay> closing tag to allow only parts of a macro text to be repeated.
- Fixed bug that can throw and Unhandled NIL exception at startup when there is no Documents directory in the user's home directory.


> On May 9, 2026, at 2:41 PM, Roger Meier <rogerrosalinda at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> v2.5.0a7 is now ready for testing.
> 
> v2.5.0a7
> --------
> - Added new Receive Macro functionality. 
> - Improved reporting when file transfers are canceled by the remote side.
> 
> 
> 
>> On May 3, 2026, at 6:07 PM, Roger Meier <roger.meier at pobox.com> wrote:
>> 
>> v2.5.0a6 is now ready for testing.
>> 
>> v2.5.0a6
>> --------
>> - Fixed bug in KERMIT code that could cause the transfer to stall for certain files.
>> - Improved receiver efficiency for all file transfer protocols.
>> 
>> v2.5.0a5
>> --------
>> - Added auto-receive mode for ZMODEM file transfers. When enabled, automatic downloading is initiated whenever ZRQINIT or rz is received from the sender.
>> 
>> 
>>> On Apr 20, 2026, at 1:42 PM, Roger Meier <roger.meier at pobox.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Here is what’s new:
>>> 
>>> v2.5.0a4
>>> --------
>>> - Updated Print method to respect the Line Spacing setting when printing in VT100 mode.
>>> - Added support for alternate color palette (DOS/BBS) in VT100 mode.
>>> - Added support for double-width and double-height DEC modes for VT100 mode. This emulation now passes Joe Smith's torture test (http://artscene.textfiles.com/vt100/torturet.vt).
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Apr 13, 2026, at 1:45 PM, Roger Meier <roger.meier at pobox.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Just a small update:
>>>> 
>>>> v2.5.0a3
>>>> --------
>>>> - Improvements to how the VT100 view is rendered at reduced line spacings.
>>>> - [macOS] fixed minor bug that would cause the send progress window to appear over the currently active window if a file was dropped to sent on to an inactive window.
>>>> 
>>>> http://freeware.the-meiers.org/betas
>>>> username: beta
>>>> password: beta3Tester
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Roger
>>> 
>> 
> 

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