Subj : SlyEdit (ICE Style) problem
To   : Digital Man
From : Nightfox
Date : Sun Feb 08 2026 06:53 pm

  Re: SlyEdit (ICE Style) problem
  By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Sat Feb 07 2026 08:09 pm

 >> What terminal program are you using?  Your terminal program might have
 >> Ctrl-Q bound to do something else, so it might not be sending the Ctrl-Q
 >> code to the BBS.

 DM> Ctrl-Q and Ctrl-S are potentially problematic because Ctrl-Q is the XON
 DM> ASCII control code and Ctrl-S is XOFF. It won't be a problem in most
 DM> Telnet or other TCP scenarios, but anything going over a serial link that
 DM> might have "software flow control" enabled might eat those characters. --
 DM> digital man (rob)

yeah..  The message editors that SlyEdit is based on used Ctrl-Q and Ctrl-S; however, SlyEdit also provides alternate means of quoting (/q) and saving (/s) in case Ctrl-Q and Ctrl-S end up being an issue for a user.

Nightfox

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