Serial Monitor needs an "Export output to file" option

[alexceltare2]

I've lost countless data logged in the Serial Monitor because the blasted Ctrl+A Ctrl+C doesn't function properly or I've accidentally unplugged the serial-based logging device/Arduino. So a good addition to the serial monitor would be a button to export the output as Excel, txt, or any other readable format.

[CloudFenrir]

Hello, I'll work on this feature 😄

[AsherThomasBabu]

Hey there developers,
I am fairly new to the source code of the Arduino IDE. I happened to want this feature myself and started working on it.

I pulled the latest version from git and ant built it and ant run the build folder as per instructions from the Wiki page.

Building and running it the first time works flawlessly, But, when built for a second time with no changes to the files, the run fails with this message.

BUILD FAILED
/home/asher/Arduino/build/build.xml:140: The following error occurred while executing this line:
/home/asher/Arduino/build/build.xml:144: The following error occurred while executing this line:
/home/asher/Arduino/build/build.xml:829: exec returned: 255

Total time: 10 seconds

I am running it on a Linux machine, Looking forward to some help.
Thank You
Asher

[per1234]

An alternative proposal of improving on copying Serial Monitor contents to the clipboard is presented at arduino/arduino-ide#1729

[per1234]

Now tracked at arduino/arduino-ide#549