[CoolTerm-Betas] CoolTerm v2.5.0a10 ready for testing

Roger Meier roger.meier at pobox.com
Fri May 29 19:43:34 EDT 2026


CoolTerm v2.5.0a11 is now ready for testing

v2.5.0a11
---------
- Added ability to add timestamps to transmit macros using the <tstamp> tag.
- Added ability to add timestamps to Replace actions of receive macros using the <tstamp> tag.
- Added ability to import selected settings from other settings files.
- Added option to use a new line for local echo
- Added option to add RX and TX (local echo) labels to received data.

Cheers,

Roger

> On May 24, 2026, at 6:51 PM, Roger Meier <rogerrosalinda at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> v2.5.0a10 is now ready for testing.
> 
> v2.5.0a10
> ---------
> - Updated RXMacro "Replace" action code to properly replace found RegEx matches.
> - Hovering the mouse over a "Trigger" cell in the macro management window now shows a tooltip with additional macro options (such as "Case Sensitive" and "RegEx").
> - Added code that changes the color of the connection status label to green whenever a receive macro is active as a visual indicator to the user.
> 
> v2.5.0a9
> --------
> - improved receive macro view in the macro management window. The table now shows 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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