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--- saltbush:start [2026-11-09 14:40] – Saltbush Terminal 1.3.1 guides slaterm
+++ saltbush:start [2026-11-11 14:59] (current) – Saltbush Terminal 1.9.2 guides slaterm
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 ====== Saltbush Terminal ======
-Saltbush Terminal is a tabbed terminal for Windows and Linux with saved sessions in folders. Version 1.3.1 connects over SSH2 (built-in engine or the OpenSSH client), SFTP, Telnet, RLogin, raw TCP, serial ports and local shells. It calls BBSes with a proper DOS screen, the VGA font and Zmodem, and runs Python and Lua scripts. Scripts written for Lantern Terminal and the SyncTERM-Lua fork run unchanged.
+Saltbush Terminal is a tabbed terminal for Windows and Linux with saved sessions in folders and split panes. Version 1.9.2 connects over SSH2 (built-in engine or the OpenSSH client), RDP (Windows Remote Desktop), SFTP, Telnet, RLogin, raw TCP, serial ports and local shells, and has a two-pane SFTP browser and an SSH agent window. It has a BBS Directory with the Synchronet BBS List and the Telnet BBS Guide, and calls BBSes with a proper DOS screen, the VGA font, Zmodem, Ymodem, Xmodem and Kermit, and runs Python and Lua scripts. It tells you when a new version is out and can install it for you. Scripts written for Lantern Terminal and the SyncTERM-Lua fork run unchanged.
 [[https://retro.theiguru.au/saltbush/|Download installers and source code]]
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   - [[saltbush:installing|Install Saltbush Terminal]] and start it.
-  - Choose **File → New Session…**, pick a protocol, enter the details and give the session a name and folder. For a BBS choose **Tools → New BBS Session…**.
+  - Choose **File → New Session…**, pick a protocol, enter the details and give the session a name and folder. For a BBS, press the **BBS Directory** button (the book on the toolbar), **Update lists** and **Connect**, or choose **Tools → New BBS Session…**.
   - **Double-click** the session in the **Session Manager** to connect.
   - For SSH, check a new server's fingerprint before typing **yes**, then answer the password or passphrase question in the terminal.
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 ===== Guides =====
-  * [[saltbush:installing|Installing, upgrading and troubleshooting]]
+  * [[saltbush:installing|Installing, updates and troubleshooting]]
   * [[saltbush:sessions|Sessions, SSH and options]]
-  * [[saltbush:bbs|BBSes, Zmodem and the SyncTERM list]]
+  * [[saltbush:sftp|SFTP browser and SSH agent]]
+  * [[saltbush:bbs|BBSes, file transfers and the SyncTERM list]]
   * [[saltbush:scripting|Python and Lua scripting]]
   * [[saltbush:building|Building from source]]
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 | Ctrl+Shift+R / Ctrl+Shift+D | Reconnect / disconnect |
 | Ctrl+Shift+W | Close tab |
+| Ctrl+Shift+E / Ctrl+Shift+O | Split the active pane left/right / top/bottom |
 | Ctrl+Tab / Ctrl+Shift+Tab | Next / previous tab |
+| F1 | Help (keyboard shortcuts) |
+| F2 | Session Options |
+| F3 / Shift+F3 | Find next / previous |
+| F4 | Quick Connect |
+| F5 | Reconnect |
+| F6 | Next split pane |
+| F7 | SFTP Browser (SSH sessions) |
+| F8 | Send a file (Zmodem upload) |
+| F9 | Start or stop session logging |
+| F10 | Sent to the remote program |
 | F11 | Full screen |
+| F12 / Shift+F12 / Ctrl+F12 | Run a script / cancel it / run the last script again |
+| Alt+F1 … Alt+F12 | Send the plain function key to the remote program |
-**Session Options → Input** can make plain Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V copy and paste instead.
+**Session Options → Input** can make plain Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V copy and paste instead, and has **Function keys go to the remote program** for programs that need F1–F12 (Midnight Commander, htop and some BBS screens). A key of your own on the **Key Mappings** page wins over the keys above. While a dialog is open only F11 works. Right-click in the terminal for Copy and Paste, and middle-click also pastes.
+**Help → Check for Updates…** looks for a new version (see [[saltbush:installing#updates|Updates]]).
 ===== Limits =====
-The Windows version has been tested under Wine but not yet on a physical Windows PC. Xmodem and Ymodem need the lrzsz programs and are available on Linux only. The full list is in [[https://retro.theiguru.au/saltbush/download/LIMITATIONS.md|LIMITATIONS.md]].
+**Tried on real computers:** tear-off tabs and RDP sessions (new in 1.8.0) have been tried on a Linux desktop and on Windows with several monitors, including two RDP sessions at once.
+The Windows version has been tested under Wine but not yet on a physical Windows PC. The full list is in [[https://retro.theiguru.au/saltbush/download/LIMITATIONS.md|LIMITATIONS.md]].
 Questions and bug reports: slaterm@theiguru.au