• SyncTERM v1.8 released!

    From Deuce@VERT to All on Sat Apr 18 14:05:26 2026
    Re: SyncTERM v1.7 released!
    By: Deuce to All on Sat Oct 11 2025 02:50 pm

    Thanks to everyone who has tested the release candidates and reported bugs.

    Changes since 1.7:
    Add RIPterm v1.54.00 pixel-level compatibility
    Add OSC 8 hyperlink support (clickable URLs)
    Add Ctrl+click detects plain-text URLs in terminal output
    Add Support for encrypted dialing directories
    Add support for explicit sort order
    Add native macOS backend (Quartz display, CoreAudio sound)
    Add Wayland backend
    Add named sort profiles with < and > keys to cycle through them
    Add [ and ] keys to navigate between items in edit submenus
    Add Support for web-based main dialing directory
    Add support to allow specifying terminal type for each entry
    Add default cursor style setting
    Add support for modifying UIFC colours
    Add ECMA-48 screen content readback (SSA/ESA/STS)
    Add DEC rectangular area operations (DECERA, DECFRA, DECCRA, DECIC, DECDC)
    Add DECCARA, DECRARA, DECSACE (change/reverse attributes in rectangular areas) Add vertical line tabulation (VTS, CVT)
    Add DECRQM reporting for all ECMA-48 standard modes
    Add DECRQSS queries for communication speed and DECSACE
    Add support for DECSCUSR
    Fix Windows Default Connection Settings
    Fix many security issues found by jquast
    Fix curses CPU spin when PTY is deleted (e.g., ttyd disconnect)
    Fix 9 termcap/terminfo entry bugs, add 5 missing capabilities
    Fix custom entry palette lost on terminal reset
    Fix crash associated with movetext() and custom fonts
    Fix Windows GDI input hang when a key is held down
    Fix black bar at bottom of 132x37 mode
    Fix snapping of height-controlled modes
    Fix delay at end of ZModem transfer
    Fix compatibility with "SSH-2.0-Go"
    Fix curses mode stdio drop detection
    Fix keys stuck after Ctrl+clicking a URL in Win32-GDI
    Fix blank drive list in file picker on Windows
    Fix status bar smear during fast scroll
    Fix zombie process when closing window while connected
    Full code audit by Claude Opus, many fixes

    Bugs and Support tickets (and feature requests) are tracked on the SourceForgepage page (http://sf.net/p/syncterm/), if you create a SourceForge account, you can be notified when I reply/fix bugs, and it really helps in case I need to ask follow-up questions, so please consider making that account and logging in before opening a ticket. That said, I would rather have bug reports as anonymous than not know about issues.

    Files for 1.8: https://sf.net/projects/syncterm/files/syncterm/syncterm-1.8/ Bug Tracker: https://sf.net/p/syncterm/tickets/
    Support Tracker: https://sf.net/p/syncterm/support-tickets/

    Home page: https://syncterm.bbsdev.net/

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