Implement part of `ssh2-generality': introduce the ability to tell

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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-\versionid $Id: using.but,v 1.31 2004/09/20 22:10:09 jacob Exp $
+\versionid $Id: using.but,v 1.34 2004/10/13 13:43:11 simon Exp $
 
 \C{using} Using PuTTY
 
@@ -136,6 +136,11 @@ The following special commands are available in Telnet:
 
 \b \I{Erase Character, Telnet special command}Erase Character
 
+\lcont{
+PuTTY can also be configured to send this when the Backspace key is
+pressed; see \k{config-telnetkey}.
+}
+
 \b \I{Erase Line, Telnet special command}Erase Line
 
 \b \I{Go Ahead, Telnet special command}Go Ahead
@@ -152,8 +157,18 @@ Should have no effect.
 
 \b \I{Interrupt Process, Telnet special command}Interrupt Process
 
+\lcont{
+PuTTY can also be configured to send this when Ctrl-C is typed; see
+\k{config-telnetkey}.
+}
+
 \b \I{Suspend Process, Telnet special command}Suspend Process
 
+\lcont{
+PuTTY can also be configured to send this when Ctrl-Z is typed; see
+\k{config-telnetkey}.
+}
+
 \b \I{End Of Record, Telnet special command}End Of Record
 
 \b \I{End Of File, Telnet special command}End Of File
@@ -289,9 +304,10 @@ does do.
 
 You should then tick the \q{Enable X11 forwarding} box in the
 Tunnels panel (see \k{config-ssh-x11}) before starting your SSH
-session. The \q{X display location} box reads \c{localhost:0} by
-default, which is the usual display location where your X server
-will be installed. If that needs changing, then change it.
+session. The \q{X display location} box is blank by default, which
+means that PuTTY will try to use a sensible default such as \c{:0},
+which is the usual display location where your X server will be
+installed. If that needs changing, then change it.
 
 Now you should be able to log in to the SSH server as normal. To
 check that X forwarding has been successfully negotiated during
@@ -678,6 +694,24 @@ configuration box (see \k{config-ssh-pty}).
 These options are not available in the file transfer tools PSCP and
 PSFTP.
 
+\S2{using-cmdline-noshell} \I{-N-upper}\c{-N}: suppress starting a
+shell or command
+
+The \c{-N} option prevents PuTTY from attempting to start a shell or
+command on the remote server. You might want to use this option if
+you are only using the SSH connection for port forwarding, and your
+user account on the server does not have the ability to run a shell.
+
+This feature is only available in SSH protocol version 2 (since the
+version 1 protocol assumes you will always want to run a shell).
+
+This option is equivalent to the \q{Don't start a shell or command
+at all} checkbox in the SSH panel of the PuTTY configuration box
+(see \k{config-ssh-noshell}).
+
+These options are not available in the file transfer tools PSCP and
+PSFTP.
+
 \S2{using-cmdline-compress} \I{-C-upper}\c{-C}: enable \i{compression}
 
 The \c{-C} option enables compression of the data sent across the