Re: Syncterm question, for th
  By: paulie420 to All on Sun Feb 28 2021 02:37 pm

 > I noticed, a few months ago, when Synchronet/Syncterm got mouse support.. it
 > was cool to see the video by Digital Man going over all this. :P
 >
 > At any rate, a friend of mine had been on Ubuntu 18 and using some older
 > version of Syncterm with botch Synchronet and Mystic will full
 > functionality...
 >
 > However, I was on Ubuntu 20.04, on a newer version of Syncterm, and my
 > copy/paste functions would only sometimes work... to be more exact, for ME
 > to select copy/paste text I either need to be on a Synchronet BBS OR when on
 > a Mystic one, I must go into Scrollback mode in order to select text. Then,
 > the only way to paste text thats in the clipboard is to press SHIFT+Insert.
 >
 > My buddy was like, ummm no - it just works... to which I bickered back and
 > forth and just lived without the functionality. I prefer Syncterm, and while
 > copy/paste is important... I just went without. And he just said 'it
 > works'... until this last week - he upgraded to the new Ubuntu, and built
 > Syncterm...
 >
 > Well, now he has the same lesser functionality that I do. Again, when on a
 > Mystic BBS must enter Scrollback mode to select text. Only way to insert it
 > it to press SHIFT+Insert and there is SOME changes that happen if we Toggle
 > Doorway Mode...
 >
 > Question is, does any of this make sense to DM or Deuce? Is there an older
 > version that we might be able to make use of, since we run Mystic BBSes and
 > want the copy/paste functionality? Or, is there a way to set us up on the
 > newest versions?
 >
 > I want to use Syncterm as I think its superior to other options. I do run
 > Mystic, and think it functions differently for US.
 >
 > Work around, for any others in my boat are listed above using Scrollback &
 > the shift trick.
 >
 > Thanks DM & Deuce... it works fine under Synchronet; which I can understand,
 > but we sure would love to have a perfect Syncterm too. :P

Sounds like you should be talking to g00r00 then about making mouse tracking in Mystic optional (e.g. a user terminal setting). I assume that when you have mouse support turned on for the user in Synchronet, you'd get the same behavior (mouse can't be used for copy-to-clipboard unless in scrollback mode).

If you really think that something should be changed in SyncTERM, then go here to file a feature request: https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues
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