"Plug Now" feature to select the serial port automatically #83
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The common headache of almost all Arduino teacher is to teach about selecting the correct serial port. You may want to teach about the Windows "Device Manager" or to open/close the serial port menu while plugging Arduino.
Here is the solution. You will find the new menu item "Plug Now..." in the "Tools"->"Serial Port" submenu. Click the "Plug Now..." menu item, a dialog appears, plug your Arduino to PC, wait a few seconds, just click "OK". This selects the correct serial port.
This page says "+1,558 additions -1,403 deletions". These large numbers are by the mess in the language files. The actual patch is only "+91 lines -10 lines".
Pre-compiled binaries available here:
http://code.google.com/p/arduino-i18n/downloads/detail?name=arduino-0101-plugnow1-macosx.zip
http://code.google.com/p/arduino-i18n/downloads/detail?name=arduino-0101-plugnow1-windows.zip