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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