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brewmanz opened this issue Sep 18, 2020 · 1 comment
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SerialMonitor (AbstractTextMonitor.java) should honour Backspace (\b, 0x08) character, if (proposed) 'actionBackspace' option is set #10765

brewmanz opened this issue Sep 18, 2020 · 1 comment
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Component: IDE Serial monitor Tools > Serial Monitor feature request A request to make an enhancement (not a bug fix) Type: Duplicate Another item already exists for this topic

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Currently (1.8.14), the Arduino IDE Serial Monitor prints Backspace (\b, 0x08) as an empty block character. Ideally, it should move the cursor back one without rubout, but IMO just doing a backspacing rubout would be an improvement anyway.

There should also be an option box (like AutoScroll & ShowTimestamp) to save the user's choice as 'serial.action_backspace' in preferences.txt, so this new behaviour is optional and persisted.

Some guidance with where to put Unit Test Sketches would be appreciated.

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per1234 commented Sep 25, 2020

Closing as duplicate of #3654

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