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  • Feature: Allow users to customize fTelnet settings in ecWeb

    From Rick Parrish@1:103/705 to GitLab issue in main/sbbs on Thu Dec 1 19:39:54 2022
    open https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/460

    MR !225 will now resize the fTelnet client to 80x35 when starting 'msweeper', to allow a full level 5.0 game to be played.Rob pointed out users may want a screen larger than 80x25 for other reasons too, so I'd like to add a way for them to do this, and would like feedback on what you think would work best before proceeding @echicken @rswindell A few potential options (but open to other suggestions):- A dropdown in the sidebar with options for 80x25, 80x35, 80x50, and Custom (which would prompt the user for WxH) that would only appear if fTelnet is embedded on the current page (so not on the Forum for example)- Display the dropdown in the navbar instead of the sidebar (ie next to the Dark switch)- Add a Telnet Settings button next to the Connect via Telnet button, which would pop up a modal to display the screen size dropdown. - This could also house additional settings, for example letting them choose a slower bitrate
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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Fri Dec 2 10:40:46 2022
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/460#note_2914

    Another terminal screen size that's gaining popularity with BBSes is 132x37 (16:9) or 132x36 with status bar. This mode supported by both Netrunner and SyncTERM.
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  • From Rick Parrish@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Fri Dec 2 11:48:21 2022
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/460#note_2919

    Thanks for letting me know -- I added a dropdown to the fTelnet menu (not pushed to production yet), and included the sizes listed at http://syncterm.bbsdev.net/, but apparently it's out of date as 132x37 isn't listed. I'll load SyncTerm and see what other extra ones it supports.So actually that's another option -- don't add a dropdown to ecWeb at all, and let the SysOp enable the fTelnet statusbar/menu instead if they want to allow the user to resize the client. Then the user can use the built-in option to change the window size.
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  • From Nigel Reed@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Sat Dec 3 15:34:26 2022
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/460#note_2932

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  • From Rick Parrish@1:103/705 to GitLab issue in main/sbbs on Mon Aug 21 08:55:40 2023
    close https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/460
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