Just curious if anyone else has run up againt this, but in the SLyEdit
external editor, the key command for quoting (ctrl-Q) is the same as the hang-up key command for SyncTerm on Linux... So, just unable to quote :)



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Re: SlyEdit + Linux Syncterm
By: Robbie Whiting to All on Wed Mar 17 2021 04:28 pm

Just curious if anyone else has run up againt this, but in the SLyEdit external editor, the key command for quoting (ctrl-Q) is the same as the hang-up key command for SyncTerm on Linux... So, just unable to quote :)

I use SlyEdit and have no problem quoting. I just quoted your message using /q in the editor. I rarely use the ctrl-? commands. I wonder if hitting ctrl-q is causing issues?

I just hit ctrl-q and the quote window popped up. Something must be different between our versions or setup.. but it works for me here on slackware.

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Re: SlyEdit + Linux Syncterm
By: Robbie Whiting to All on Wed Mar 17 2021 04:28 pm

Just curious if anyone else has run up againt this, but in the SLyEdit external editor, the key command for quoting (ctrl-Q) is the same as the hang-up key command for SyncTerm on Linux... So, just unable to quote :)

Ctrl-Q is also the XON character (used in so-called "software flow-control") and traditionally has been avoided as a usable command key in online services.
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Re: SlyEdit + Linux Syncterm
By: Robbie Whiting to Al on Wed Mar 17 2021 05:11 pm

I use SlyEdit and have no problem quoting. I just quoted your message using /q in the editor. I rarely use the ctrl-? commands. I wonder if hitting ctrl-q is causing issues?

Hmmm... using SyncTERM 1.2a Debug (Feb 23 2021) - Curses

"Curses" is the keyword there. In X or SDL modes, the SyncTERM command-keys would be Alt-key combinations.
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Re: SlyEdit + Linux Syncterm
By: Robbie Whiting to Al on Wed Mar 17 2021 05:11 pm

I use SlyEdit and have no problem quoting. I just quoted your message
using /q in the editor. I rarely use the ctrl-? commands. I wonder if
hitting ctrl-q is causing issues?

I am now in syncterm 1.1 using the full screen sdl mode.

Hmmm... using SyncTERM 1.2a Debug (Feb 23 2021) - Curses

Duece has done a lot of updates to the 1.2 version so it might be worth catching up.

I'll try /q

That's what I always use. /q on a blank line to quote, /a to abort or /s to save.

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I use SlyEdit and have no problem quoting. I just quoted your message
using /q in the editor. I rarely use the ctrl-? commands. I wonder if hitting ctrl-q is causing issues?

Hmmm... using SyncTERM 1.2a Debug (Feb 23 2021) - Curses

I'll try /q!

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Re: SlyEdit + Linux Syncterm
By: Digital Man to Robbie Whiting on Wed Mar 17 2021 05:14 pm

"Curses" is the keyword there. In X or SDL modes, the SyncTERM command-keys would be Alt-key combinations.

Thank you. Using "/q" does the trick for me in this scenario!

Don't know why, but running SyncTerm in my WSL2 instance, no X/GUI, just looks and feels a whole lot better than under Windows... <shrug>

Which is to say, it's all looking good now :)
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On 3/18/2021 4:19 AM, Alpha wrote:

Don't know why, but running SyncTerm in my WSL2 instance, no
X/GUI, just looks and feels a whole lot better than under
Windows... <shrug>

Which is to say, it's all looking good now :)

I run SyncTERM (1.2a, recent build) for Windows in terminal mode as
well, but not via wsl2... I prefer Consolas or Fira Code more as a
terminal font. using Consolas at size 36 in windows 10 (32" 1440p). It
won't support links this way, but at least I get more font sizes available.

May give the curses mode in WSL2 a shot. Didn't know it wouldn't
support the Alt key combinations though.
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Re: SlyEdit + Linux Syncterm
By: Digital Man to Robbie Whiting on Wed Mar 17 2021 05:13 pm

Just curious if anyone else has run up againt this, but in the SLyEdit
external editor, the key command for quoting (ctrl-Q) is the same as
the hang-up key command for SyncTerm on Linux... So, just unable to
quote :)

Ctrl-Q is also the XON character (used in so-called "software flow-control") and traditionally has been avoided as a usable command key in online services.

I didn't know that. Ctrl-Q was used by IceEdit and DCT Edit to open the quote window, and I had made SlyEdit use the same key. But I had added /q to open the quote window in case there was ever a problem with Ctrl-Q in some scenarios.

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I didn't know that. Ctrl-Q was used by IceEdit and DCT Edit to open
the quote window, and I had made SlyEdit use the same key. But I had
added /q to open the quote window in case there was ever a problem
with Ctrl-Q in some scenarios.

And it totally works! Thanks for making such great software. I really
love this external editor!



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Re: SlyEdit + Linux Syncterm
By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Thu Mar 18 2021 08:26 am

Re: SlyEdit + Linux Syncterm
By: Digital Man to Robbie Whiting on Wed Mar 17 2021 05:13 pm

Just curious if anyone else has run up againt this, but in the SLyEdit
external editor, the key command for quoting (ctrl-Q) is the same as
the hang-up key command for SyncTerm on Linux... So, just unable to
quote :)

Ctrl-Q is also the XON character (used in so-called "software flow-control") and traditionally has been avoided as a usable command key in online services.

I didn't know that. Ctrl-Q was used by IceEdit and DCT Edit to open the quote window, and I had made SlyEdit use the same key. But I had added /q to open the quote window in case there was ever a problem with Ctrl-Q in some scenarios.

Yeah, it's likely not a problem for 99.9% of users. Ctrl-S/Ctrl-Q (XOFF/XON) hasn't really been used since 2400bps modems. With the advent of 9600bps modems and their buffering/packetization of data, so-called "hardware flow control" (CTS/RTS) was really required and the XOFF/XON stuff wasn't used much. And then when modems got faster (and the buffers bigger) the Ctrl-S/Ctrl-Q keys even in Synchronet weren't really of much use to the user. The user would hit Ctrl-S and then pages of text would still be received and displayed before the receive stream would be paused.
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Re: SlyEdit + Linux Syncterm
By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Thu Mar 18 2021 10:08 am

Yeah, it's likely not a problem for 99.9% of users. Ctrl-S/Ctrl-Q (XOFF/XON) hasn't really been used since 2400bps modems. With the advent of 9600bps modems and their buffering/packetization of data, so-called "hardware flow control" (CTS/RTS) was really required and the XOFF/XON stuff wasn't used much. And then when modems got faster (and the buffers

That's interesting.. I suppose they weren't too common, but in the 90s, I saw Ctrl-S and Ctrl-Q used at least in IceEdit and DCT Edit into the 90s when faster modems were around.

Nightfox

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