Feature Request: Show Windows Change Port results in COM port dropdown lists

[gojimmypi]

There exists a capability in Windows to alias a COM port with the change port command.

VisualGDB only lists actual hardware COM ports in the dropdown selectors.

For example, if I have some example projects that use a COM9 port, it would be helpful if the end user could just alias their local COM part to match, rather than having to adjust each of the projects to the actual hardware port.

change port com9=com23
change port /QUERY

results in

COM22 = \Device\Serial19
COM23 = \Device\Serial2
COM9 = \Device\Serial2

VisualGDB does work when connecting to the aliased COM ports, (e.g. the raw terminal to COM9) when  manually typed, even though COM9 does not actually appear in Device Manager (an alias, as assigned above).

This feature request is just for the dropdowns to list the aliased ports in addition to the actual physical ones.

Thank you.

 

 

[support]

Hi,

Thanks for the suggestion. COM port aliases look interesting, although, based on a very brief research, it doesn’t look like a very frequently used feature.

Hence, we would like to hear more feedback from other users first. If anyone is using COM port aliases and would benefit from VisualGDB displaying them (as opposed to entering the COM port manually), please feel free to comment in this thread.

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