Subj : src/doors/syncretro/syncretro_io.c
To   : Git commit to main/sbbs/master
From : Rob Swindell (on Debian Linux)
Date : Tue Jul 21 2026 02:32:20

https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/321118d1b3d2d329310684ce
Modified Files:
	src/doors/syncretro/syncretro_io.c
Log Message:
syncretro: say "n/a" when the client cannot patch, not "0%"

The stats bar had three situations and two labels. Patching a frame needs the
client to persist its sixel colour registers between images, which is a
SyncTERM property, so on any other terminal the dirty-rect share is
structurally zero -- and it was reported as "dr 0%", which is also what a
SyncTERM client shows when a game happens to move every pixel.

The comment defending "0%" argued that it tells the reader the feature is on.
It does, where patching is possible. Where it is not, it reads as a
measurement of something that was never attempted.

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