Add the `can we run under win3.1' question to the FAQ.

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

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-\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
 
 
 \A{faq} PuTTY FAQ
 


@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ like a DOS box?
 
 Not in the 0.51 release, but it has been added since then.
 
 
 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.
 
 
 No, it doesn't.
 


@@ -183,7 +183,24 @@ system.
 However, PuTTY on portable devices would clearly be a useful thing,
 so in the long term I hope there will be a WinCE port.
 
 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,
 
 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,


@@ -389,8 +406,8 @@ of quotes in the obvious way:
 
 \H{faq-trouble} Troubleshooting
 
 
 \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
 
 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


@@ -572,8 +589,8 @@ to be empty (see \k{config-answerback}); but writing binary files to
 your terminal is likely to cause various other unpleasant behaviour,
 so this is only a small remedy.
 
 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.
 
 
 Don't do that, then.
 


@@ -586,8 +603,8 @@ your terminal runs the risk of sending the same control sequence by
 accident, and cause unexpected changes in the window title. Don't do
 it.
 
 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.
 
 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.