Subj : Re: New terminal program
To   : Omnibrain
From : boraxman
Date : Fri Dec 09 2022 21:04:25

-=> Omnibrain wrote to boraxman <=-

 bo> I don't use the HTTP downloads because copy and paste in syncterm isn't
 bo> that great.  If you are willing to get up telnet capability, you can
 bo> have a client which can download and still browse a BBS at the same time.

 Om> I've no issues with copy&paste in icy_term :). I've implemented only a
 Om> very, very simple telnet protocol and I don't think I'll use any telnet
 Om> features. It's simply not the right layer for that. Downloads should
 Om> work with ssh/raw/telnet connections.

 Om> However at some point I'll look at protocols again. I now just want to
 Om> finish what I already have. ATM that would be ANSI music where I need a
 Om> good output library. The other stuff is just an extra. But I value any
 Om> feedback and try to get things into it.

 Om> But I want to start an ANSI drawing tool - I made one in the 90'
 Om> (MysticDraw) the last update was 2003 or so where I translated it to
 Om> SDL. Now 20 years later I'll update it to rust. Never got feedback for
 Om> the old one and don't think I get feedback for the new one but I
 Om> maintain it :).

 Om> However I may rename it to IcyDraw  - didn't know about MysticBBS back
 Om> then.

Is there a Linux binary?  I've downloaded the source code, but not sure how to
compile.  There is a script to build a flatpak, but I don't have flatpak
installed.
 
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