Tidy up dlg_editbox_set() and implemen dlg_editbox_get() for System 7.

[u/mdw/putty] / doc / faq.but

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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.40 2002/12/15 11:51:21 jacob Exp $
+\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.45 2003/03/04 14:14:17 ben Exp $

 
 \A{faq} PuTTY FAQ
 
 
 \A{faq} PuTTY FAQ
 


@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ listed there, it's been implemented. If it's listed as a change made
 development snapshots, in which case testing will be very welcome.
 
 \b try the
 development snapshots, in which case testing will be very welcome.
 
 \b try the

-\W{http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist.html}{Wishlist
+\W{http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/}{Wishlist

 page}, and see if you can find the feature there. If it's on there,
 page}, and see if you can find the feature there. If it's on there,

-it probably \e{hasn't} been implemented.
+and not in the \q{Recently fixed} section, it probably \e{hasn't} been
+implemented.

 
 \S{faq-ssh2}{Question} Does PuTTY support SSH v2?
 
 
 \S{faq-ssh2}{Question} Does PuTTY support SSH v2?
 


@@ -560,7 +561,7 @@ Bourne shell derivative) or \c{.login} (if you use a C shell).
 Putting them in more general files such as \c{.bashrc} or \c{.cshrc}
 is liable to lead to problems.
 
 Putting them in more general files such as \c{.bashrc} or \c{.cshrc}
 is liable to lead to problems.
 

-\S{faq-psftp-slow} PSFTP transfers files much slower than PSCP.
+\S{faq-psftp-slow}{Question} PSFTP transfers files much slower than PSCP.

 
 We believe this is because the SFTP and SSH2 protocols are less
 efficient at bulk data transfer than SCP and SSH1, because every
 
 We believe this is because the SFTP and SSH2 protocols are less
 efficient at bulk data transfer than SCP and SSH1, because every


@@ -897,13 +898,11 @@ general-subscription mailing list, what is?
 
 There isn't one, that we know of.
 
 
 There isn't one, that we know of.
 

-If someone else wants to set up a mailing list for PuTTY users to
-help each other with common problems, that would be fine with us;
-but the PuTTY team would almost certainly not have the time to read
-it, so any questions the list couldn't answer would have to be
-forwarded on to us by the questioner. In any case, it's probably
-better to use the established newsgroup \cw{comp.security.ssh} for
-this purpose.
+If someone else wants to set up a mailing list or other forum for
+PuTTY users to help each other with common problems, that would be
+fine with us, though the PuTTY team would almost certainly not have the
+time to read it.  It's probably better to use the established
+newsgroup \cw{comp.security.ssh} for this purpose.

 
 \S{faq-donations}{Question} How can I donate to PuTTY development?
 
 
 \S{faq-donations}{Question} How can I donate to PuTTY development?
 


@@ -953,8 +952,15 @@ PuTTY team can personally recommend Thinking Putty, which you can
 buy from Crazy Aaron's Putty World, at
 \W{http://www.puttyworld.com}\cw{www.puttyworld.com}.
 
 buy from Crazy Aaron's Putty World, at
 \W{http://www.puttyworld.com}\cw{www.puttyworld.com}.
 

-\S{faq-pronounce}{Question} How do I pronounce PuTTY?
+\S{faq-meaning}{Question} What does \q{PuTTY} mean?

 
 

-Exactly like the normal word \q{putty}. Just like the stuff you put
-on window frames. (One of the reasons it's called PuTTY is because
-it makes Windows usable. :-)
+It's the name of a popular SSH and Telnet client.  Any other meaning
+is in the eye of the beholder.  It's been rumoured that \q{PuTTY}
+is the antonym of \q{\cw{getty}}, or that it's the stuff that makes your
+Windows useful, or that it's a kind of plutonium Teletype.  We
+couldn't possibly comment on such allegations.
+
+\S{faq-pronounce}{Question} How do I pronounce \q{PuTTY}?
+
+Exactly like the English word \q{putty}, which we pronounce
+/\u02C8{'}p\u028C{V}t\u026A{I}/.