Select serial port dialog

[cjeanneret]

In #7 we express the need of proper alert dialogs in order to improve the overall User Experience.

Here, we might be able to show a dialog allowing to select the serial port from detected ones. This might be especially interesting for MacOSX, since the serial seems to be random.

This should happen in case the configured (or default) serial port is not available:

• list existing serial ports (the lib supports it)
• make a dialog showing the list
• allow to select the one we want to use
• save this setting in the configuration file
• run the app as usual

[timcolson]

+1 on selecting the port via GUI, just b/c nicer UX. That said, how many people will run this SW on a Mac versus Windows or Pi where guessing USB0 works? Seems low priority. FYI - MacOS port name isn’t random per se, it seems to be a constant serial # encoded into the Console, where every console has a unique ID.

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[cjeanneret]

Oh well... No idea about how many ppl will actually use this app ;). I just want it to be as complete as possible 😄
And I'll take the opportunity to learn as much as possible.