movement commands (\cw{hjklyubn}). The 5 key generates the \c{.}
command (do nothing).
-Better still, pressing Shift with the keypad keys generates the
-capital forms of the commands (\cw{HJKLYUBN}), which tells NetHack
-to keep moving you in the same direction until you encounter
-something interesting.
+In addition, pressing Shift or Ctrl with the keypad keys generate
+the Shift- or Ctrl-keys you would expect (e.g. keypad-7 generates
+\cq{y}, so Shift-keypad-7 generates \cq{Y} and Ctrl-keypad-7
+generates Ctrl-Y); these commands tell NetHack to keep moving you in
+the same direction until you encounter something interesting.
For some reason, this feature only works properly when \i{Num Lock} is
on. We don't know why.
values} for that colour will appear on the right-hand side of the
list box. Now, if you press the \q{Modify} button, you will be
presented with a colour selector, in which you can choose a new
-colour to go in place of the old one.
+colour to go in place of the old one. (You may also edit the RGB
+values directly in the edit boxes, if you wish; each value is an
+integer from 0 to 255.)
PuTTY allows you to set the \i{cursor colour}, the \i{default foreground}
and \I{default background}background, and the precise shades of all the
The \ii{Proxy} panel allows you to configure PuTTY to use various types
of proxy in order to make its network connections. The settings in
this panel affect the primary network connection forming your PuTTY
-session, but also any extra connections made as a result of SSH \i{port
+session, and also any extra connections made as a result of SSH \i{port
forwarding} (see \k{using-port-forwarding}).
\S{config-proxy-type} Setting the proxy type
through to an external host. Selecting \I{Telnet proxy}\q{Telnet}
allows you to tell PuTTY to use this type of proxy.
+\b Selecting \I{Local proxy}\q{Local} allows you to specify an arbitrary
+command on the local machine to act as a proxy. When the session is
+started, instead of creating a TCP connection, PuTTY runs the command
+(specified in \k{config-proxy-command}), and uses its standard input and
+output streams.
+
+\lcont{
+This could be used, for instance, to talk to some kind of network proxy
+that PuTTY does not natively support; or you could tunnel a connection
+over something other than TCP/IP entirely.
+}
+
\S{config-proxy-exclude} Excluding parts of the network from proxying
\cfg{winhelp-topic}{proxy.exclude}
passwords.
\b You can specify a way to include a username and password in the
-Telnet proxy command (see \k{config-proxy-command}).
+Telnet/Local proxy command (see \k{config-proxy-command}).
-\S{config-proxy-command} Specifying the Telnet proxy command
+\S{config-proxy-command} Specifying the Telnet or Local proxy command
\cfg{winhelp-topic}{proxy.command}
name and a port number. If your proxy needs a different command,
you can enter an alternative here.
+If you are using the \i{Local proxy} type, the local command to run
+is specified here.
+
In this string, you can use \c{\\n} to represent a new-line, \c{\\r}
to represent a carriage return, \c{\\t} to represent a tab
character, and \c{\\x} followed by two hex digits to represent any
Also, the special strings \c{%host} and \c{%port} will be replaced
by the host name and port number you want to connect to. The strings
\c{%user} and \c{%pass} will be replaced by the proxy username and
-password you specify. To get a literal \c{%} sign, enter \c{%%}.
+password you specify. The strings \c{%proxyhost} and \c{%proxyport}
+will be replaced by the host details specified on the \e{Proxy} panel,
+if any (this is most likely to be useful for the Local proxy type).
+To get a literal \c{%} sign, enter \c{%%}.
-If the Telnet proxy server prompts for a username and password
+If a Telnet proxy server prompts for a username and password
before commands can be sent, you can use a command such as:
\c %user\n%pass\nconnect %host %port\n
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