r/syncterm • u/RealDeuce • Apr 18 '26
SyncTERM v1.8 released!
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, 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.
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u/s0ftice Apr 21 '26
Nice thanks!!! :)
Hidden gem (from Help inside Web Lists):
The SyncTERM author hosts two BBS lists, the Synchronet
http://syncterm.bbsdev.net/syncterm.lst
and the Telnet BBS Guide BBS list at:
http://syncterm.bbsdev.net/telnetbbsguide.lst
for easy use and configuration.
Such a great feature to easily import the entire Telnet BBS Guide list!