Thanks to everyone who has tested the release candidates and reported bugs. Changes since 1.6:
Add menu for editing an entries palette
Add CTSV APC command
Add support for OSC 10 ; ? ST and OSC 11 ; ? ST
Add custom palette support to list file
Add support for DECSC/DECRC control codes
Pass control key combinations in BBC Micro mode
Implement RIP STW/RTW and SCB/RCP commands
Implement RIP exploding button flag
Support downloading in Prestel mode via CET Telesoftware protocol
Improve RIP sounds
Update Prestel/Mode 7 keybindings
Don't disable status line for Atari ST modes
Optimize dialing directory parsing
Fix screen initialization to not snap to next smaller integer scaling
Fix scroll wheel in RIP mode
Fix divide by zero when playing invalid ANSI music
Fix APB and APU from top in BBC Micro Mode 7
Fix blast-through in Mode 7 high ASCII mosaics
Fix broken vertical (U+00A6) vs. vertical line (U+007C)
Fix crash when first ANSI music note played is in background
Fix binary mode tracking, which could cause issues after transfers
Fix SDL and GDI issue with textmode() when font is changed
Fix manual upload screen when not in cp437+ANSI mode
Fix loss of character when performing LCF wrap
Fix crash at startup when built with gcc15 and -fhardened
Fix RIP handling when ESC[! sequences are split between packets
Fix double-height blinking in Prestel mode
Fix potential hang
Fix broken Scroll Up (CSI S)

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 1.7: https://sf.net/projects/syncterm/files/syncterm/syncterm-1.7/ 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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Re: SyncTERM v1.7 released!
By: Deuce to All on Sat Oct 11 2025 02:50 pm

Syncterm v1.8rc1 released!

This is the first release candidate for SyncTERM v1.8. If there are no bugs, reported in the next week or two, this will become the official SyncTERM release.

To that end, if you use SyncTERM, please try the rc1 release, and report any bugs you find. If you're not sure if something is a bug, open a support ticket and ask.

Changes since 1.7:
Support encrypted dialing directories
Support web-based main dialing directory
Allow specifying terminal type for each entry
Add support for DECSCUSR
Add support for explicit sort order
Add default cursor style setting
Add support for modifying UIFC colours
Have |# flush RIP immediately
Fix RIP popups using current font
Fix Windows Default Connection Settings
Fix crash associated with movetext() and custom fonts
Fix Windows GDI input hang when a key is held down

Bugs and Support tickets (and feature requests) are tracked on the SourceForge page at 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 1.8rc1: https://sf.net/projects/syncterm/files/syncterm/syncterm-1.8rc1
Bug Tracker: https://sf.net/p/syncterm/tickets/
Support Tracker: https://https://sf.net/p/syncterm/support-tickets/

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

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Re: SyncTERM v1.8rc1 released!
By: Deuce to All on Sat Feb 28 2026 02:18 pm

Syncterm v1.8rc2 released!

This is the second release candidate for SyncTERM v1.8. If there are no bugs, reported in the next week or two, this will become the official SyncTERM release.

To that end, if you use SyncTERM, please try the rc2 release, and report any bugs you find. If you're not sure if something is a bug, open a support ticket and ask.

Changes since 1.8rc1:
Add OSC 8 hyperlink support (clickable URLs)
Ctrl+click detects plain-text URLs in terminal output
Add native macOS backend (Quartz display, CoreAudio sound)
Add Wayland backend
Add [ and ] keys to navigate between items in edit submenus
Add named sort profiles with < and > keys to cycle through them
Fix black bar at bottom of 132x37 mode
Fix snapping of height-controlled modes
Fix delay at end of ZModem transfer
Fix "Failed to decrypt BBS list" for empty list files
Fix compatibility with "SSH-2.0-Go"
Fix curses mode stdio drop detection
Full code audit by Claude Opus, many fixes

Bugs and Support tickets (and feature requests) are tracked on the SourceForge page at 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 1.8rc2: https://sf.net/projects/syncterm/files/syncterm/syncterm-1.8rc2
Bug Tracker: https://sf.net/p/syncterm/tickets/
Support Tracker: https://https://sf.net/p/syncterm/support-tickets/

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

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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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