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    From faeempress@21:1/102 to UNUSED on Fri Jul 8 18:41:53 2022
    Hi all. I'm developing a terminal client for LibreDOS, and can't figure
    out what Mystic wants me to send for the arrow keys. I've tried a few
    different ways including ANSI, but nothing works.

    What is Mystic expecting to receive for arrow keys?

    Thank you for any help or references. :)

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 2022/04/26 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: Error 404 BBS ! (21:1/102)
  • From apam@21:1/182.1 to faeempress on Sat Jul 9 11:13:12 2022
    Hi all. I'm developing a terminal client for LibreDOS, and can't
    figure
    out what Mystic wants me to send for the arrow keys. I've tried a few different ways including ANSI, but nothing works.

    What is Mystic expecting to receive for arrow keys?

    It's just the usual ESC[A ESC[B etc - except I believe mystic expects all
    the characters to be in one packet (I was told this, can't confirm)

    I've run into the same issue with my telnet client for my OS. Originally
    I thought it was too slow (there has to be a timeout for differentiating between someone pressing the ESC key vs someone sending an arrow key or
    some other extended key)

    Andrew


    --- Talisman v0.42-dev (Windows/x64)
    * Origin: Smuggler's Cove - Private BBS (21:1/182.1)
  • From faeempress@21:1/102 to apam on Fri Jul 8 23:22:03 2022
    Sweet thanks for the heads up. I figured it out, and am now sending a
    an ACK before the key sequence. Works great now.

    :)

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 2022/04/26 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: Error 404 BBS ! (21:1/102)
  • From Utopian Galt@21:4/108 to Faeempress on Sat Jul 9 20:50:17 2022
    BY: faeempress(21:1/102)


    Hi all. I'm developing a terminal client for LibreDOS, and can't figure
    out what Mystic wants me to send for the arrow keys. I've tried a few different ways including ANSI, but nothing works.
    Something simple like BananaCom would be cool.


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  • From faeempress@21:1/102 to Utopian Galt on Tue Jul 12 21:34:07 2022
    Hi all. I'm developing a terminal client for LibreDOS, and can't figure different ways including ANSI, but nothing works.
    Something simple like BananaCom would be cool.

    It's definately simple. It barely supports ANSI at this point.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 2022/04/26 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: Error 404 BBS ! (21:1/102)