-\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.13 2001/12/04 19:12:04 simon Exp $
+\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.15 2001/12/16 15:30:03 simon Exp $
\A{faq} PuTTY FAQ
Not in the 0.51 release, but it has been added since then.
-\S{faq-password}{Question} Does PuTTY have the ability to remember
-my password so I don't have to type it every time?
+\S{faq-password-remember}{Question} Does PuTTY have the ability to
+remember my password so I don't have to type it every time?
No, it doesn't.
However, PuTTY on portable devices would clearly be a useful thing,
so in the long term I hope there will be a WinCE port.
-\S{faq-mac}{Question} Will there be a port to the Mac?
+\S{faq-win31}{Question} Is there a port to Windows 3.1?
+
+PuTTY is a 32-bit application from the ground up, so it won't run on
+Windows 3.1 as a native 16-bit program; and it would be \e{very}
+hard to port it to do so, because of Windows 3.1's vile memory
+allocation mechanisms.
+
+However, it is possible in theory to compile the existing PuTTY
+source in such a way that it will run under Win32s (an extension to
+Windows 3.1 to let you run 32-bit programs). In order to do this
+you'll need the right kind of C compiler - modern versions of Visual
+C at least have stopped being backwards compatible to Win32s. Also,
+the last time we tried this it didn't work very well.
+
+If you're interested in running PuTTY under Windows 3.1, help and
+testing in this area would be very welcome!
+
+\S{faq-mac-port}{Question} Will there be a port to the Mac?
A Mac port was started once and is half-finished, but development
has been static for some time and the main PuTTY code has moved on,
\H{faq-trouble} Troubleshooting
-\S{faq-mac}{Question} Why do I see \q{Incorrect MAC received on
-packet}?
+\S{faq-incorrect-mac}{Question} Why do I see \q{Incorrect MAC
+received on packet}?
This is due to a bug in old SSH 2 servers distributed by
\cw{ssh.com}. Version 2.3.0 and below of their SSH 2 server
your terminal is likely to cause various other unpleasant behaviour,
so this is only a small remedy.
-\S{faq-puttyputty}{Question} When I \cw{cat} a binary file, my
-window title changes to a nonsense string.
+\S{faq-wintitle}{Question} When I \cw{cat} a binary file, my window
+title changes to a nonsense string.
Don't do that, then.
accident, and cause unexpected changes in the window title. Don't do
it.
-\S{faq-password}{Question} My keyboard stops working once PuTTY
-displays the password prompt.
+\S{faq-password-fails}{Question} My keyboard stops working once
+PuTTY displays the password prompt.
No, it doesn't. PuTTY just doesn't display the password you type, so
that someone looking at your screen can't see what it is.