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--- lanternterminal:start [2026-11-07 21:48] – Update Lantern Terminal guides for 0.2.1 slaterm
+++ lanternterminal:start [2026-11-10 13:46] (current) – Update Lantern Terminal guides for 0.5.0 slaterm
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 ====== Lantern Terminal ======
-Lantern Terminal is a desktop terminal and saved-connection manager for Windows and Linux. Version 0.2.1 includes SSH2, interactive SFTP, Telnet, raw TCP, serial ports and local shells, with tabs, session folders, visual colour selection, logging and Python scripting.
+Lantern Terminal is a desktop terminal and saved-connection manager for Windows and Linux. Version 0.5.0 includes SSH2 (with a built-in SSH engine), an SFTP Browser, Remote Desktop (RDP), Telnet, RLogin, raw TCP, serial ports and local shells, with tabs that can be torn off into their own windows, session folders synced between computers, visual colour selection, logging and Python/Lua scripting.
 [[https://retro.theiguru.au/lantern-terminal/|Download installers and source code]]
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 For a quick connection without first creating a profile, choose **File → Quick Connect**. To open a local terminal, choose **File → Connect local shell**.
-===== New in 0.2.1 =====
+===== New in 0.5.0 =====
+  * **SFTP Browser** (F7): this computer and the server side by side, with resumable transfers and permissions. [[lanternterminal:transfers|Transfers guide]].
+  * **Copy Public Key to Server** (like ''ssh-copy-id'') and an **SSH Agent** window. [[lanternterminal:sessions|Sessions guide]].
+  * **Remote Desktop (RDP)** sessions in a tab, on Windows and Linux, with the server certificate checked like an SSH host key.
+  * **Tear-off tabs**: drag a tab out into its own window and back again.
+  * **Sync** sessions, folders, commands and button bars between computers through a shared folder; passwords are never synced.
+  * **Update notifications** with Update Now.
+  * **Function keys** for common actions (F1 lists them all).
+  * Built-in SSH engine: **jump hosts, X11 and agent forwarding, Kerberos, Ed25519 certificates, most OpenSSH options** and a **FIPS-approved algorithms** mode.
+  * Built-in **Xmodem, Ymodem and Kermit**. [[lanternterminal:transfers|Transfers guide]].
+  * **Sixel images**, 132 columns, double-size lines, margins, and the **Wyse 60** and **SCO ANSI** terminal types.
+===== Added in 0.4.2 =====
+  * **New BBS sessions** are made with **Tools → New BBS session…**. The BBS tick-box has gone from **File → New session**, so the ordinary wizard is back to plain connection settings. [[lanternterminal:sessions|Sessions guide]].
+===== Added in 0.4.1 =====
+  * **Apply BBS settings** to sessions you already have: right-click them (or a folder) in the **Sessions** pane, or use **Options → Apply BBS settings to this session…**. [[lanternterminal:sessions|Sessions guide]].
+===== Added in 0.4.0 =====
+  * **BBS sessions.** Use **Tools → New BBS session…** (a tick-box in File → New session in 0.4.0) for CP437, a DOS-style ANSI-BBS screen (bright bold, blinking text, iCE colours, CP437 symbols), a built-in VGA font with gap-free block characters, and 80×25 scaled to the window. [[lanternterminal:sessions|Sessions guide]].
+  * **RLogin** for BBSes and door servers; the password can live in the system password store instead of the settings file.
+  * **Zmodem** downloads start by themselves; uploads start when the BBS is ready. [[lanternterminal:transfers|Transfers guide]].
+  * **Import a SyncTERM BBS list** with **Tools → Import BBS list (SyncTERM)…**.
+===== Added in 0.3.4 =====
+  * **Crash fix.** Answering a script's message or question more than a minute after it appeared (for example a bot's "day finished" message) closed Lantern. Script messages and questions now wait for you however long you take.
+===== Added in 0.3.3 =====
+  * **SyncTERM-Lua scripts run unchanged.** Scripts written for the SyncTERM-Lua fork, such as BBS login scripts and door-game bots, run with **Script → Run**. [[lanternterminal:lua|Lua guide]].
+  * **CP437 character encoding** for BBSes and door games (Session properties → Terminal → Appearance).
+  * **Experimental bot scripts** for LORD and TradeWars are on the [[https://retro.theiguru.au/lantern-terminal/#scripts|download page]].
+===== Added in 0.3.2 =====
+  * **Built-in SSH engine (libssh), now the default.** The status bar shows the cipher and key exchange actually negotiated. Host-key, passphrase and password questions appear in the terminal. It uses your SSH agent (on Windows, the Windows OpenSSH agent) and supports local, remote and SOCKS port forwarding. Sessions that need X11 or agent forwarding or extra OpenSSH options use OpenSSH automatically; **Session properties → Connection → SSH2 → SSH engine** can choose OpenSSH for any session.
+  * **Control keys reach the terminal.** Ctrl+P, Ctrl+N, Ctrl+F, Ctrl+S, Ctrl+Q, Alt+letters and F1 now go to the remote program. Lantern's own shortcuts use Ctrl+Shift: Ctrl+Shift+F find, Ctrl+Shift+O Quick Connect, Ctrl+Shift+S new session, Ctrl+Shift+Q exit.
+  * **Telnet and BBS use:** binary mode for 8-bit/CP437 data, negotiation fixes, and pasted line breaks sent as Enter.
+  * **Safer:** settings import merges and lists anything that would run a program; automatic reconnect no longer retries failed logins.
+  * **Fixes:** two crashes (SFTP upload from a local-shell tab; closing the last tab of a split group), logon expect/send timing, scripts answering login prompts, faster drawing and correct highlighting after wide characters.
+Full list: [[https://retro.theiguru.au/lantern-terminal/docs/CHANGELOG.md|changelog]].
+===== Added in 0.3.1 =====
+Opening another session preserves SSH tabs during connection and authentication. Live sessions display as open, and older Windows OpenSSH authentication messages are recognised.
+===== Added in 0.3.0 =====
+Lua 5.4.9 is bundled on both platforms. Run ''.lua'' scripts with **Script → Run**, save recordings as Lua, and automate tabs, prompt capture, configuration, logging and clipboard. [[lanternterminal:lua|Lua guide and examples]].
+===== Added in 0.2.1 =====
 SSH connection failures display the actual SSH reason. A **Permission denied (publickey)** rejection explains where to select an authorised private key. The server's accepted host key is separate from your login credential, so deleting a saved session does not reset server trust.
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   * [[lanternterminal:sessions|Saved sessions, appearance, tabs and backups]]
   * [[lanternterminal:transfers|File transfers and logging]]
-  * [[lanternterminal:scripting|Python scripting]]
+  * [[lanternterminal:scripting|Python and Lua scripting]]
   * [[lanternterminal:building|Building from source]]
   * [[lanternterminal:capabilities|Capabilities, limits and release verification]]
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 ===== Release status =====
-This is a first functional release. The Linux core/integration checks and Windows installer checks under Wine passed. Physical Windows ConPTY and device/provider tests remain outstanding. The full product specification includes features beyond those implemented in this release; the capabilities guide states the current scope. Lua is not included.
+Version 0.5.0 adds the SFTP Browser, RDP, tear-off tabs, sync, update notifications, function keys, more of SSH in the built-in engine, Xmodem/Ymodem/Kermit and terminal emulation additions; 0.4.2 moved New BBS session to the Tools menu; 0.4.1 added Apply BBS settings; 0.4.0 added BBS support (RLogin, ANSI-BBS, VGA font, Zmodem, BBS list import); 0.3.4 fixed a crash with script messages; 0.3.3 added SyncTERM-Lua compatible scripting; 0.3.2 added the built-in SSH engine. All 16 Linux test suites passed (including the new SSH tools, transfer and RDP tests against real test servers), the Windows build's RDP and SSH engine passed under Wine, and the Windows SSH agent login was confirmed on a real Windows PC. Physical Windows ConPTY and device/provider tests remain outstanding. The full product specification includes features beyond those implemented in this release; the capabilities guide states the current scope. Lua runs independently of Python in a cancellable worker.