After including the use of glib we might as well replace inih
with the glib key file parser.
All configuraiton file parsing has been reworked and also the options
parsing has been cleaned up, resulting in better and stricter
configuration file and option value checks.
Compared to old, configuration files now requires any default
configurations to be put in a group/section named [default].
Configuration file keywords such as "enable", "disable", "on",
"off", "yes", "no", "0", "1" have been retired. Now only "true" and
"false" apply to boolean configuration options. This is done to simplify
things and avoid any confusion.
The pattern option feature has been reworked so now the user can now
access the full match string and any matching subexpression using the
%mN syntax.
For example:
[usb devices]
pattern = usb([0-9]*)
device = /dev/ttyUSB%m1
Then when using tio:
$ tio usb12
%m0 = 'usb12' // Full match string
%m1 = 12 // First match subexpression
Which results in device = /dev/ttyUSB12
* Rename --list-devices to --list
* Rename --no-autoconnect to --no-reconnect
* Switch -l and -L options
* -l now lists available serial devices
* -L enables log to file
* Add option --auto-connect <strategy>
* Supported strategies:
* "new" - Waits to connect first new appearing serial device
* "latest" - Connects to latest registered serial device
* "direct" - Connect directly to specified serial device (default)
* Add options to exclude serial devices from auto connect strategy by
pattern
* Supported exclude options:
* --exclude-devices <pattern>
Example: '--exclude-devices "/dev/ttyUSB2,/dev/ttyS?"'
* --exclude-drivers <pattern>
Example: '--exclude-drivers "cdc_acm"'
* --exclude-tids <pattern>
Example: '--exclude-tids "yW07,bCC2"'
* Patterns support '*' and '?'
* Connect to same port/device combination via unique topology ID (TID)
* Topology ID is a 4 digit base62 encoded hash of a device topology
string coming from the Linux kernel. This means that whenever you
plug in the same e.g. USB serial port device to the same USB hub
port connected via the exact same hub topology all the way to your
computer, you will get the same unique TID.
* Useful for stable reconnections when serial device has no serial
device by ID
* For now, only tested on Linux.
* Reworked and improved listing of serial devices to show serial devices:
* By device
* Including TID, uptime, driver, and description.
* Sorted by uptime (newest device listed last)
* By unique topology ID
* By ID
* By path
* Add script interface 'list = tty_search()' for searching for serial
devices.
Add simple expect functionality.
The expect(string) function will wait for input from the tty device and
only return when there is a string match. Regular expressions are
supported.
Example:
script = expect('password:'); send('my_password\n')
The feature is detailed via the following option:
--alert none|bell|blink
Set alert action on connect/disconnect.
It will sound the bell once or blink once on successful connect.
Likewise it will sound the bell twice or blink twice on disconnect.
Default value is "none" for no alert.
Make it possible to remap the prefix key (default: ctrl-t) by setting
the prefix-ctrl-key variable in the configuration file.
Allowed values are in the range a..z.
Example, to set the prefix key to ctrl-a simply do:
prefix-ctrl-key = a
