diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index f3d7ab9..5a154bc 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -90,11 +90,14 @@ If you wanted to connect to a device on COM17 at 115200 baud, you would use the # Using SimplySerial with Windows Terminal -You can add a new profile to Windows Terminal to directly launch SimplySerial into its own tab. Unfortunately, launching ss.exe directly gives a cryptic error. The workaround is the launch using PowerShell. For example, to open COM4 at 115200 baud, you can specify the command as +[Windows Terminal](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/terminal/) is a tabbed alternative to the command shell that Microsoft has developed as an open source project. It is easy to setup SimplySerial as a new terminal profile; you just need to create a new profile in the settings GUI and specify the ss command line. If you have problems, make sure that the SimplySerial executable is in your system path. - cmd.exe /c "ss -com:4 -baud:115200" +If you're directly editing the settings.json, the profile section will look like the code below, but with your specific command-line parameters. -which will use the quick-loading cmd to setup the console, then execute SimplySerial inside it. + { + "commandline": "ss -com:4 -baud:115200", + "name": "COM4" + } # Contributing