Reinstate a piece of code accidentally removed in r9214, where Windows

[u/mdw/putty] / macosx / README.OSX

diff --git a/macosx/README.OSX b/macosx/README.OSX
index 9dded05..084671a 100644 (file)
--- a/macosx/README.OSX
+++ b/macosx/README.OSX
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 This directory contains a Mac OS X port of PuTTY/pterm, running as a
 native Aqua GUI application.
 
 This directory contains a Mac OS X port of PuTTY/pterm, running as a
 native Aqua GUI application.
 

-THIS PORT IS CURRENTLY UNFINISHED AND EXPERIMENTAL. You are welcome
-to use it, but don't be surprised at unexpected behaviour. I'm not
-kidding.
+THIS PORT IS CURRENTLY UNFINISHED AND EXPERIMENTAL. It is _not_
+considered to be of release quality, even if you've found it (and
+are reading this) in a PuTTY release source archive. You are welcome
+to try using it, but don't be surprised at unexpected behaviour. I'm
+not kidding.

 
 In particular, I have not yet decided where OS X PuTTY should store
 its configuration data. Options include storing it in ~/.putty to be
 
 In particular, I have not yet decided where OS X PuTTY should store
 its configuration data. Options include storing it in ~/.putty to be


@@ -16,19 +18,21 @@ version of the port decides to look somewhere completely different
 for the data and therefore loses them all. If that happens, don't
 say you weren't warned!
 
 for the data and therefore loses them all. If that happens, don't
 say you weren't warned!
 

-Even more importantly, the alert box that confirms host keys is not
-yet implemented, and the application will bomb out and exit if it
-should be needed. This means you cannot make an SSH connection to a
-new host using the GUI PuTTY in this port: you must first run
-`plink' (which should be exactly identical to the version in the
-Unix port) and tell it to confirm the host key.
-

 Other ways in which the port is currently unfinished include:
 
 Other ways in which the port is currently unfinished include:
 

- - terminal display is horribly slow
+Bit rot
+-------
+
+ - the conversion of the old fixed-size 'Config' structure to the
+   new dynamic 'Conf' was never applied to this directory

 
 

- - fatal errors are currently output via printf, which is obviously
-   wrong for a GUI application
+ - probably other things are out of date too; it would need some
+   work to make it compile again
+
+Missing terminal window features
+--------------------------------
+
+ - terminal display is horribly slow

 
  - fonts aren't configurable
 
 
  - fonts aren't configurable
 


@@ -45,34 +49,44 @@ Other ways in which the port is currently unfinished include:
    starting position, plus remembering previous window positions per
    the Apple HIG) is not implemented
 
    starting position, plus remembering previous window positions per
    the Apple HIG) is not implemented
 

- - close-on-exit isn't implemented
+Missing alert box features
+--------------------------

 
  - warn-on-close isn't implemented
 
 
  - warn-on-close isn't implemented
 

- - SessionWindow's dealloc method does nothing yet, so leaks memory
+Missing input features
+----------------------

 
  - use of Alt+numberpad to enter arbitrary numeric character codes
    is not yet supported
 
 
  - use of Alt+numberpad to enter arbitrary numeric character codes
    is not yet supported
 

- - cut and paste isn't supported
-
- - there's no Meta key yet. (I think it will have to be Command
-   rather than Option since the latter is necessary to send some
-   characters, including the rather important # on Apple UK
-   keyboards; but trapping Command-<key> and sending it to the
-   window rather than the application menu requires me to make a
-   positive effort of some sort and I haven't got round to it yet.)
+ - there's no Meta key yet. (I'd like to at least have the
+   possibility of using Command rather than Option as the Meta key,
+   since the latter is necessary to send some characters, including
+   the rather important # on Apple UK keyboards; but trapping
+   Command-<key> and sending it to the window rather than the
+   application menu requires me to make a positive effort of some
+   sort and I haven't got round to it yet. For those Mac users who
+   consider their Command key sacrosanct, don't worry, this option
+   _will_ be configurable and _will_ be off by default.)

 
  - there's no specials menu
 
 
  - there's no specials menu
 

+ - mouse activity isn't supported (neither cut-and-paste nor xterm
+   mouse tracking)
+
+Missing terminal emulation features
+-----------------------------------
+

  - currently no support for server-side window management requests
    (i.e. escape sequences to minimise or maximise the window,
    request or change its position and size, change its title etc)
 
  - window title is currently fixed
 
  - currently no support for server-side window management requests
    (i.e. escape sequences to minimise or maximise the window,
    request or change its position and size, change its title etc)
 
  - window title is currently fixed
 

+Other missing features
+----------------------
+

  - no Event Log
 
  - no mid-session Change Settings
  - no Event Log
 
  - no mid-session Change Settings

-
- - no icon (surprisingly important in an OS X app!)