Celestial Software Forum - Recent Posts https://www.celestialsoftware.net/community/ Celestial Software Discussion Board en-US Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:08:00 +0000 wpForo 60 Question about the right click context menu https://www.celestialsoftware.net/community/absolutetelnetgeneral/question-about-the-right-click-context-menu/#post-9330 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:43:59 +0000 AT v13.16 32bit version

Can you let me know how is "Goto Link (click)" different from the disabled "Go To URL (ALT+HOME)"?

 

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29]]> Todd Andrews https://www.celestialsoftware.net/community/absolutetelnetgeneral/question-about-the-right-click-context-menu/#post-9330 Strange flashing tab with exclamation point in yellow triangle https://www.celestialsoftware.net/community/absolutetelnetgeneral/strange-flashing-tab-with-exclamation-point-in-yellow-triangle/#post-9329 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:51:19 +0000 Because the tab is flashing, I click on it to switch to it, expecting to see an error message shown that explains why it is flashing, but as soon as I switch to it, it stops flashing.

Here are screenshots that alternate and form the "flash". How do I find out exactly what AT is trying to bring my attention to?

 

26 27]]> Todd Andrews https://www.celestialsoftware.net/community/absolutetelnetgeneral/strange-flashing-tab-with-exclamation-point-in-yellow-triangle/#post-9329 RE: UTF-8 characters / emoji output and copy-paste config https://www.celestialsoftware.net/community/absolutetelnetgeneral/utf-8-characters-emoji-output-and-copy-paste-config/#post-9327 Fri, 15 May 2026 16:43:58 +0000 Hey Brian!!

You're in luck!  I've been working on some updates in version 13.16 that improve Unicode handling and display considerably.  The latest improvements update Unicode handling to Unicode 17, Including new Unicode characters and lookup tables, emoji, surrogate pairs, emoji modifiers, zero width joiners, among other things...

13.16 is still in beta, but you can try it here.  Should be 'official' in a few days.  I'd lover another pair of eyes on it when you get a chance:

https://www.celestialsoftware.net/beta-testing/

 

Version 13.16:

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Prior versions:

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In the extreme, this 25 byte emoji includes the man + woman + boy + girl emoji with ZWJ (zero width joiners) to create a 'family' emoji.

Version 13.16:

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Prior versions:

25]]> bpence https://www.celestialsoftware.net/community/absolutetelnetgeneral/utf-8-characters-emoji-output-and-copy-paste-config/#post-9327 UTF-8 characters / emoji output and copy-paste config https://www.celestialsoftware.net/community/absolutetelnetgeneral/utf-8-characters-emoji-output-and-copy-paste-config/#post-9326 Fri, 15 May 2026 15:21:20 +0000 Sometimes I copy text to be pasted into a string/file/query (via your application) and it has an emoji character, perhaps like this:
👋

It fails, but the connection's properties indicate that "Translation" is set to UTF-8.

Is there a different configuration option to allow 4-byte UTF-8 characters to be pasted to the application?

 

]]> Brian Hemesath https://www.celestialsoftware.net/community/absolutetelnetgeneral/utf-8-characters-emoji-output-and-copy-paste-config/#post-9326 RE: Using AT with Claude Code AI gives wild screen I/O updates resullting in as many as six duplicate chunks in the scrollback buffer https://www.celestialsoftware.net/community/absolutetelnetgeneral/using-at-with-claude-code-ai-gives-wild-screen-i-o-updates-resullting-in-as-many-as-six-duplicate-chunks-in-the-scrollback-buffer/#post-9325 Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:42:56 +0000 so far, so good using RC25. can you let me know how is "Goto Link (click)" different from the disabled "Go To URL (ALT+HOME)"?

]]> Todd Andrews https://www.celestialsoftware.net/community/absolutetelnetgeneral/using-at-with-claude-code-ai-gives-wild-screen-i-o-updates-resullting-in-as-many-as-six-duplicate-chunks-in-the-scrollback-buffer/#post-9325 RE: Using AT with Claude Code AI gives wild screen I/O updates resullting in as many as six duplicate chunks in the scrollback buffer https://www.celestialsoftware.net/community/absolutetelnetgeneral/using-at-with-claude-code-ai-gives-wild-screen-i-o-updates-resullting-in-as-many-as-six-duplicate-chunks-in-the-scrollback-buffer/#post-9324 Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:33:04 +0000 RC24 appears to have resolved the issues with claude screen updates -- thank you! i did test putty and it seemed to handle claude screen IO just fine.

 

the multi-line URL detection is working great, as is the ctrl+right-click but i do have a question about the context menu -- how is "Goto Link (click)" different from the disabled "Go To URL (ALT+HOME)"?

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]]> Todd Andrews https://www.celestialsoftware.net/community/absolutetelnetgeneral/using-at-with-claude-code-ai-gives-wild-screen-i-o-updates-resullting-in-as-many-as-six-duplicate-chunks-in-the-scrollback-buffer/#post-9324 RE: Using AT with Claude Code AI gives wild screen I/O updates resullting in as many as six duplicate chunks in the scrollback buffer https://www.celestialsoftware.net/community/absolutetelnetgeneral/using-at-with-claude-code-ai-gives-wild-screen-i-o-updates-resullting-in-as-many-as-six-duplicate-chunks-in-the-scrollback-buffer/#post-9323 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:16:57 +0000 thank you! RC24 installed. i'll test out the changes and report back in a day or three

]]> Todd Andrews https://www.celestialsoftware.net/community/absolutetelnetgeneral/using-at-with-claude-code-ai-gives-wild-screen-i-o-updates-resullting-in-as-many-as-six-duplicate-chunks-in-the-scrollback-buffer/#post-9323 RE: Using AT with Claude Code AI gives wild screen I/O updates resullting in as many as six duplicate chunks in the scrollback buffer https://www.celestialsoftware.net/community/absolutetelnetgeneral/using-at-with-claude-code-ai-gives-wild-screen-i-o-updates-resullting-in-as-many-as-six-duplicate-chunks-in-the-scrollback-buffer/#post-9322 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:49:30 +0000 NEW UPDATE!!

Based on some back and forth with Todd, I've made the following updates for 13.16 RC24:

1. Implemented "Synchronized Output" (DEC private mode 2026) to take cues from the host on when to update (or not update) the screen as data is streaming.  In combination with scrollback clearing, Claude uses this to reduce the screen clutter as screens are redrawn.

2. Enhanced multi-line URL identification to allow for 'margins'...  spaces at the left and right of the screen that would otherwise 'break' the URL recognition.

3. ctrl-right-button-click now brings up the context menu even when 'normal' right-button-click is mapped to 'paste'.  This isn't major, but is consistent with how some other terminals behave

4. Implemented "focus reporting" (DEC private mode 1004) that allows the terminal to tell the host when it has focus.  Claude uses this for example to DRAW or HIDE the cursor

5. Implement color palette reporting (DEC private mode 2031) that allows the terminal to tell the hose when it is using 'dark' mode or 'light' mode.  Claude requests this, but I can't tell exactly what it does DIFFERENTLY with it enabled.

6. Better implementation of glyphs used by Claude for animated cursors.  Previously, when a font didn't have these, they'd all fall back to an asterisk (*) and the animation effect was lost

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https://www.celestialsoftware.net/beta-testing/

 

 

Brian

 

 

]]> bpence https://www.celestialsoftware.net/community/absolutetelnetgeneral/using-at-with-claude-code-ai-gives-wild-screen-i-o-updates-resullting-in-as-many-as-six-duplicate-chunks-in-the-scrollback-buffer/#post-9322 RE: Using AT with Claude Code AI gives wild screen I/O updates resullting in as many as six duplicate chunks in the scrollback buffer https://www.celestialsoftware.net/community/absolutetelnetgeneral/using-at-with-claude-code-ai-gives-wild-screen-i-o-updates-resullting-in-as-many-as-six-duplicate-chunks-in-the-scrollback-buffer/#post-9321 Mon, 30 Mar 2026 02:00:23 +0000 not quite right yet but getting there. :D sent private email with details.

]]> Todd Andrews https://www.celestialsoftware.net/community/absolutetelnetgeneral/using-at-with-claude-code-ai-gives-wild-screen-i-o-updates-resullting-in-as-many-as-six-duplicate-chunks-in-the-scrollback-buffer/#post-9321 RE: Using AT with Claude Code AI gives wild screen I/O updates resullting in as many as six duplicate chunks in the scrollback buffer https://www.celestialsoftware.net/community/absolutetelnetgeneral/using-at-with-claude-code-ai-gives-wild-screen-i-o-updates-resullting-in-as-many-as-six-duplicate-chunks-in-the-scrollback-buffer/#post-9320 Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:09:18 +0000 RC23 installed. i'll test and report back, probably sometime this weekend

]]> Todd Andrews https://www.celestialsoftware.net/community/absolutetelnetgeneral/using-at-with-claude-code-ai-gives-wild-screen-i-o-updates-resullting-in-as-many-as-six-duplicate-chunks-in-the-scrollback-buffer/#post-9320