[CoolTerm-Betas] CoolTerm v2.5.0a9 ready for testing

[Roger Meier]

V2.5.0a9 is now ready for testing

v2.5.0a9
--------
- improved receive macro view in the macro management window. The table now show the receive macro actions. Hovering the mouse over a action cell shows a tool tip with the full actions details.
- fixed bug that cause macros with '=' in the macro or trigger string to not load correctly from saved settings.




> On May 15, 2026, at 1:53 PM, Roger Meier <roger.meier at pobox.com> wrote:
> 
> v2.5.0a8 is ready for testing
> 
> v2.5.0a8
> --------
> - 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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