Can syncterm be used as a native program to login to
a configured BBS in the dialing directory?

I use telegate to login to a few bbs but would like to
be able to get the full ANSI experience, when logging
in.

I have determined a command line that works as I want, but
have not been able to determine the correct settings to
have it run. No error just hangs when I try to access it
through external door menu.

Is there a specific screen mode I should use to allow it
to be called from the BBS? I have read about the different
screen modes curses, sdl, x11, ansi stdout (although this
didn't seem to generate the same ANSI experience as curses
and other modes).

Curiously.
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Re: can syncterm be called from synchronet
By: Amessyroom to All on Sat Oct 18 2025 09:34 am

Can syncterm be used as a native program to login to
a configured BBS in the dialing directory?

Yes, I think so. I also think you'd want to run it in "Safe Mode" (with the '-s' option) if you're going to make that available to public users.

I use telegate to login to a few bbs but would like to
be able to get the full ANSI experience, when logging
in.

I have determined a command line that works as I want, but
have not been able to determine the correct settings to
have it run. No error just hangs when I try to access it
through external door menu.

Is there a specific screen mode I should use to allow it
to be called from the BBS?

Yes, 'scfg -ia' ("ANSI mode")
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Re: can syncterm be called from synchronet
By: Digital Man to Amessyroom on Sat Oct 18 2025 01:18 pm

Thanks DM.

I got it working through a javascript calling bbs.exec but should it be able to be called as a native executable ?

load('sbbsdefs.js'); bbs.exec('/sbbs/repo/src/syncterm/gcc.linux.x64.exe.release/syncterm -IA -S -Q landofthelost.ca',EX_STDIO|EX_NATIVE|EX_NOLOG);

This above js is working; but I could not figure out how to do it
as a native linux program/executble.
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Re: can syncterm be called from synchronet
By: Amessyroom to Digital Man on Sat Oct 18 2025 09:20 pm

Re: can syncterm be called from synchronet
By: Digital Man to Amessyroom on Sat Oct 18 2025 01:18 pm

Thanks DM.

I got it working through a javascript calling bbs.exec but should it be able to be called as a native executable ?

Yes.

load('sbbsdefs.js'); bbs.exec('/sbbs/repo/src/syncterm/gcc.linux.x64.exe.release/syncterm -IA -S -Q landofthelost.ca',EX_STDIO|EX_NATIVE|EX_NOLOG);

This above js is working; but I could not figure out how to do it
as a native linux program/executble.

I'm not clear what you mean.
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