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  • FSEditor: User how has problems pasting UTF-8 text

    From Nigel Reed@1:103/705 to GitLab issue in main/sbbs on Wednesday, February 14, 2024 09:36:22
    open https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/719

    This is a report verbatim from my user

    ```
    I am writing to report a change in how the editor behaves. ▒
    This is not urgent, i just thought i would give a heads up. ▒
    Formerly, when i pasted content containing UTF-8 encoded ▒
    characters, the editor would translate them to ASCII ▒
    "line noise." Now it seems to interpret them as editor ░
    commands and it rearranges the existing text. ░
    ░
    For example, the word Saute' where the "e'" represents the ░
    Unicode character LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE, whose ░
    UTF-8 encoding is 0xC3 0xA9. ░
    ░
    Input text:
    Saute' onions, celery, pepper, garlic, and spices in oil. ░
    ░
    Old result: ░
    Saut|- onions, celery, pepper, garlic, and spices in oil. ░
    ░
    New result: ░
    onions, celery, pepper, garlic, and spices in oil. ▒
    Saut ▒
    ▒
    With longer texts, the rearrangement is more dramatic.
    ```

    This user is one of my biggest contributors so I'd like to make sure this gets fixed ASAP.
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    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From Deucе@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Wednesday, February 14, 2024 17:04:28
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/719#note_4834

    It would be good to know what terminal is in use.
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    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From Deucе@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Wednesday, February 14, 2024 17:05:53
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/719#note_4835

    Also, his terminal settings/detection.
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    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Wednesday, February 14, 2024 18:01:09
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/719#note_4836

    For what it's worth, I could not reproduce this problem on Vertrauen (was able to paste UTF-8 into fseditor.js no problem):

    [2024-02-14](/uploads/b8afb08e1126d81f6b1401cd78717055/2024-02-14.png)
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    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From Nigel Reed@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Wednesday, February 14, 2024 18:18:21
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/719#note_4837

    I have sent an email to get more detail. I just passed on what information I had received. As soon as I get more I'll update the ticket.
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    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From Nigel Reed@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Wednesday, February 14, 2024 21:17:09
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/719#note_4838

    User says:

    I am using xfce4-terminal 0.8.10 and openssh 9.3p2 ▒
    ▒
    (T) Terminal Mode Auto UTF-8 / ANSI (color) (mouse) DEL=BS
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    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From Deucе@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Wednesday, February 14, 2024 22:19:50
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/719#note_4839

    This was broken with an older Synchronet build I was running, but rebuilding and restarting made it work. :D
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    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From Nigel Reed@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Wednesday, February 14, 2024 23:12:32
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/719#note_4840

    I configured FSEditor as such:

    ```
    [Deuce's FSEditor Editor]
    1: Name Deuce's FSEditor
    2: Internal Code FSEDITOR
    3: Command Line ?fseditor %f
    4: Access Requirements ANSI
    5: I/O Method FOSSIL or UART
    6: Native Executable/Script No
    7: Use Shell or New Context No
    8: Record Terminal Width Yes
    9: Word-wrap Quoted Text Yes, for terminal width
    10: Automatically Quoted Text All
    11: Editor Information Files WWIV EDITOR.INF/RESULT.ED
    12: Expand Line Feeds to CRLF Yes
    13: Handle Soft CRs N/A
    14: Strip FidoNet Kludges No
    15: Support UTF-8 Encoding Yes
    16: BBS Drop File Type None
    ```

    and tried again and I get the same thing when using xfce4-terminal.

    If I just try to paste the é character it acts as if I'm pressing ^B to move to the start of the line.
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    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From Deucе@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Thursday, February 15, 2024 09:45:43
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/719#note_4841

    Here's the config I tested with that worked: ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣
    ║ │Name JS FSE ║ ║ │Internal Code FSEDITOR ║ ║ │Command Line ?fseditor %f ║ ║ │Access Requirements ANSI ║ ║ │I/O Method Socket ║ ║ │Native Executable/Script Yes ║ ║ │Use Shell or New Context No ║ ║ │Record Terminal Width No ║ ║ │Word-wrap Quoted Text No ║ ║ │Automatically Quoted Text All ║ ║ │Editor Information Files WWIV editor.inf/result.ed ║ ║ │Expand Line Feeds to CRLF No ║ ║ │Handle Soft CRs Retain ║ ║ │Strip FidoNet Kludges No ║ ║ │Support UTF-8 Encoding No ║ ║ │BBS Drop File Type Synchronet xtrn.dat ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
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    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From Nigel Reed@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Thursday, February 15, 2024 10:19:56
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/719#note_4842

    ```
    [Deuce's FSEditor Editor]
    1: Name Deuce's FSEditor
    2: Internal Code FSEDITOR
    3: Command Line ?fseditor %f
    4: Access Requirements ANSI
    5: I/O Method Socket
    6: Native Executable/Script Yes
    7: Use Shell or New Context No
    8: Record Terminal Width No
    9: Word-wrap Quoted Text No
    10: Automatically Quoted Text All
    11: Editor Information Files WWIV editor.inf/result.ed
    12: Expand Line Feeds to CRLF No
    13: Handle Soft CRs Retain
    14: Strip FidoNet Kludges No
    15: Support UTF-8 Encoding No
    16: BBS Drop File Type Synchronet xtrn.dat
    ```
    I have changed mine to match and still getting the pasting issue with xfce4-terminal. I tried with both ssh and telnet.
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    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Thursday, February 15, 2024 11:53:21
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/719#note_4843

    `Support UTF-8 Encoding` must be set to "Yes"
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    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)