While reading messages using DDMsgReasder and trying to reply I can't quote the orignal message, nothing happens when I use Ctrl-Q. The Ctrl-A, and Ctrl-Z work fine. I'm using SlyEdit v1.92e (ICE Style), Synchronet 3.21b, Linux Mint. Any thoughts?
When you select to reply to a message in DDMsgReader and SlyEdit opens, check to make sure there's a QUOTES.TXT file in the node directory for the node you're logged into. If there's no QUOTES.TXT file, that could indicate possibly incorrect permissions on that directory (Synchronet can't write to it).
Or, if you're not logged in with the sysop account, it could be that the option to allow message quoting is disabled for the sub-board (SCFG > Message Areas >(choose the message group) >> Message Sub-boards > (sub-board) > Toggle
Allow Message Quoting).
Other than that, off the top of my head, I'm unsure what else might be causing that..
Nightfox
And all my mail areas have the "quote message" set to YES. BUT someone else suggested /q and that got the "quote to open up. I am using SlyEdit ICE so ctrl-Q should be the one to use... Strange.
Re: SlyEdit (ICE Style) problem
By: RickV to Nightfox on Sat Feb 07 2026 06:32 pm
And all my mail areas have the "quote message" set to YES. BUT someone else suggested /q and that got the "quote to open up. I am using SlyEdit ICE so ctrl-Q should be the one to use... Strange.
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.
@h@bRe@n@b: @h@cSlyEdit (ICE Style) problem
@bBy@n@b: @h@cRickV @bto @cNightfox @bon @cSat Feb 07 2026 06:32
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And all my mail areas have the "quote message" set to YES. BUT
someone else suggested /q and that got the "quote to open up. I
am using SlyEdit ICE so ctrl-Q should be the one to use...
Strange.
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.
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.
Ctrl-Q and Ctrl-S are potentially problematic because Ctrl-Q is the XON ASCII control code and Ctrl-S is XOFF. It won't be a problem in most Telnet or other TCP scenarios, but anything going over a serial link that might have "software flow control" enabled might eat those characters. -- digital man (rob)
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.
But I also see that CTRL-Y
works too, along with /q. I was wondering when SlyEdit (ICE) opens, is there a way to change the bottom of it to say CTRL-Y (Quote)?
: SlyEdit (ICE Style) problem
: RickV to Nightfox on Sun Feb 08 2026 11:13 am
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.
But I also see that CTRL-Y
works too, along with /q. I was wondering when SlyEdit (ICE)
opens, is there a way to change the bottom of it to say CTRL-Y
(Quote)?
It already does (though not exactly that text). The bottom border of
the edit area (which has the text "Registered to: ...") displays a few
of the hotkeys on the right side ("CTRL (A)Abort (Q)Quote (Z)Save"). However, I did some testing after toggling my quot hotkey option and
there was a bug where it was always displaying Q there regardless of
my setting; also, it wasn't refreshing the hotkey displayed on that
line after I changed it. I've made a fix and a merge request. Thanks
for getting me to have a look at that. :) I had made it refresh the
scren in DCT mode when toggling that but not in Ice mode..
Nightfox
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