• IcyTerm 0.8.0 - even more ICE

    From Omnibrain@21:2/150 to All on Sat Nov 29 15:23:40 2025

    https://github.com/mkrueger/icy_tools/releases/tag/IcyTerm0.8.0

    The major update - long promised - finally here :)

    Completely rewritten foundation!

    + Complete new UI library, Shaders, Styling
    - On the plus side icy term should now run on most systems + VMs unlike the older UI library which required recent machines.
    - New dialogs, better dialing directory
    - Strongly improved emulation output overall - let's say skypix animations now work
    + Complete new Parser/Middleware libraries, speed optimized
    updated many libraries to newer versions - some are just ~1 month old - yeah! Internally everything changed, hope that helps development/stabilizing to 1.0. + Scripting Language (lua based)
    - SCRIPTING.md is in the repo - too much for an announcement.
    Basically it's inheriting icy_draw script engine. Start from cmd line or alt+r + MCP server (cmd line option communiction via http)
    - AI will be everywhere - now your terminal isn't secure too
    - Yes it can write scripts for you if you ask kindly
    + Real Scrollback buffer (old growing buffer was more an experiment)
    + RLogin support
    + Emulation
    - Atari ST VT52 + IGS (including sound)
    - Atari 8Bit got a XEP80 module
    - RIP/Skypix work now much better
    - UTF8 alpha support (guess that will have to wait for icy_draw)
    - C64 got a new palette - maybe I should make palettes configurable across the board
    + New Serial dialog + baud auto detection
    - Modems should work now but I still need to test a real connection
    + Multi window support (ctrl+shift+n, alt+numbers to switch)
    + Clipboard improved - new library can handle rich text + bitmaps as well
    + ZModem improved (thanks to Shurato for testing/pointing to issues)
    + F1 keyboard help system, I probably forgot some things :).
    + New startup behavior with splashscreen from grymmjack + some easter eggs
    + ssh can now include username/pw user:pw@URL - this is important for setting other user/pw for login than for IEMSI.
    - Removed IEMSI user/pw UI - switched to the sheme above.
    - works from cmd line as well when connecting.
    + Fixed many bugs, impvemented more Ansi things, invented completely new bugs never seen before

    Missing: Context menus.
    They'll get added to the UI library at some point.
    But for icy_term they're too late.
    I don't think they make a new release of iced (the UI lib I switched to)
    this year - so I decided to release without.

    I DOSed many BBSes during this development&

    Happy BBSing!

    One more thing - the awesome IGS intro from GoF - finally without Atari: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7U4_HkLim0

    **Overview**: https://github.com/mkrueger/icy_tools/blob/master/crates/icy_term/README.md

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2024/05/29 (Linux/64)
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  • From Exodus@21:1/144 to Omnibrain on Sat Nov 29 20:32:23 2025
    https://github.com/mkrueger/icy_tools/releases/tag/IcyTerm0.8.0

    Well, almost ... it's still 64 bit. Any chance of a 32 bit windows version?

    ... Buy OS/2: Keep Bill Gates on his toes.

    --- Renegade v1.35/DOS
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  • From Shurato@21:2/148 to Omnibrain on Sat Nov 29 19:31:00 2025


    https://github.com/mkrueger/icy_tools/releases/tag/IcyTerm0.8.0

    As posted on r/bbs, ansi isn't detected on my system which results in an automatic black-list. Telnet, SSH and WSS all had this issue. I just tried standard ANSI and switched back to .7.99 after it refused to connect to me.

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    ,wss) (Ports 22,23,110,21,119,999)


    *** THE READER V4.50 [freeware]
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  • From Omnibrain@21:2/150 to Shurato on Sat Nov 29 21:41:00 2025

    As posted on r/bbs, ansi isn't detected on my system which results in an automatic black-list. Telnet, SSH and WSS all had this issue. I just tried standard ANSI and switched back to .7.99 after it refused to
    connect to me.

    I updated the 0.8.0 build - I found the problem. Strange that it sometimes seems to work - I've called your bbs before the release.

    Cut&Paste should work now in 0.8.0 :).

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  • From Shurato@21:2/148 to Omnibrain on Sun Nov 30 02:21:00 2025


    As posted on r/bbs, ansi isn't detected on my system which results in
    an
    automatic black-list. Telnet, SSH and WSS all had this issue. I
    just
    tried standard ANSI and switched back to .7.99 after it refused to connect to me.

    I updated the 0.8.0 build - I found the problem. Strange that it sometimes seems to work - I've called your bbs before the release.

    Cut&Paste should work now in 0.8.0 :).

    Yay!

    --
    Shurato, Sysop Shurato's Heavenly Sphere (ssh, telnet, pop3, ftp,nntp,
    ,wss) (Ports 22,23,110,21,119,999)


    *** THE READER V4.50 [freeware]
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    * Origin: Shurato's Heavenly Sphere telnet://shsbbs.net (21:2/148)
  • From Shurato@21:2/148 to Omnibrain on Sun Nov 30 02:27:00 2025


    As posted on r/bbs, ansi isn't detected on my system which results in
    an
    automatic black-list. Telnet, SSH and WSS all had this issue. I
    just
    tried standard ANSI and switched back to .7.99 after it refused to connect to me.

    I updated the 0.8.0 build - I found the problem. Strange that it sometimes seems to work - I've called your bbs before the release.

    Cut&Paste should work now in 0.8.0 :).

    Yep, works great! Except for cut and paste. Left mouse click gives: <. #<. and doesnt' let me to drag and select text.

    --
    Shurato, Sysop Shurato's Heavenly Sphere (ssh, telnet, pop3, ftp,nntp,
    ,wss) (Ports 22,23,110,21,119,999)


    *** THE READER V4.50 [freeware]
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  • From Omnibrain@21:2/150 to Shurato on Sun Nov 30 02:20:55 2025


    Yep, works great! Except for cut and paste. Left mouse click gives:
    <. #<. and doesnt' let me to drag and select text.

    Looks like you've mouse tracking enabled then - when mouse tracking is enabled I've the choice: Send tracking data >or< have copy/selection working.

    Maybe I've made an error with that - need to look again - I suppose it's your BBS? Here in the editor I use currently it doesn't work too - but I can paste text. This editor (I think mystic) seems to use & react on mouse tracking.

    But it's a clashing thing. Maybe I can save it with modifier+mouse commands? Need to think about it. However mouse reporting works now.

    If you don't react on this I recommend turning mouse tracking off in the areas that are unsupported otherwise "Garbage" will always happen - regardless what I do.

    There are mailboxes that use this tracking extensively - it's almost desktop like experience :)

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