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  • RLogin terminal output char 251 is somehow translated to U+00B9 in Syn

    From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab issue in main/sbbs on Tue Dec 30 01:26:28 2025
    open https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/1037

    In v3.20, when connecting via RLogin with an unrecognized user name, I receive the following in SyncTERM for Windows (all versions):
    ```
    Synchronet BBS for Win32 Version 3.20 Copyright 2025 Rob Swindell UNKNOWN USER: badusername
    Starting new user registration ...
    [√] HIT your BACKSPACE or DELETE-LEFT key:
    ```

    But with the new terminal abstraction in Synchronet, the following is displayed in SyncTERM for Windows (all versions):
    ```
    Synchronet BBS for Win32 Version 3.21 Copyright 2025 Rob Swindell UNKNOWN USER: badusername
    Starting new user registration ...
    [¹] HIT your BACKSPACE or DELETE-LEFT key:
    ```

    I find this baffling as SyncTERM is only receiving and displaying CP437, but the char 251 (square root / checkmark) is being translated into a superscript '1' (U+00B9) - glyph that doesn't even exist in CP437.
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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Tue Dec 30 01:28:54 2025
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/1037#note_8033

    This problem does not appear to happen when using SyncTERM v1.8b for Linux in X11 mode.
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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Tue Dec 30 01:31:44 2025
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/1037#note_8034

    Confirmed the problem *does* happen when using SyncTERM v1.8b for Windows.
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  • From Deuce@1:103/705 to Rob Swindell on Tue Dec 30 20:06:22 2025
    Re: RLogin terminal output char 251 is somehow translated to U+00B9 in Syn
    By: Rob Swindell to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Tue Dec 30 2025 01:31 am

    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/1037#note_8034

    Confirmed the problem *does* happen when using SyncTERM v1.8b for Windows.

    In which modes?
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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab issue in main/sbbs on Tue Dec 30 14:37:48 2025
    close https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/1037
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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Tue Dec 30 14:37:50 2025
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/1037#note_8035

    SyncTERM dialing entry was set to CP850 - doh!
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