mac_pollterm() is no longer useful and can be retired.

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

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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.82 2004/10/08 12:38:08 jacob Exp $
+\define{versionidfaq} \versionid $Id$
 
 \A{faq} PuTTY FAQ
 
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ completely is the wrong solution and we will not do it.
 
 If you have host keys available in the common \c{known_hosts} format,
 we have a script called 
-\W{http://cvs.tartarus.org/putty/contrib/kh2reg.py}\c{kh2reg.py}
+\W{http://www.tartarus.org/~simon-anonsvn/viewcvs.cgi/putty/contrib/kh2reg.py?view=markup}\c{kh2reg.py}
 to convert them to a Windows .REG file, which can be installed ahead of
 time by double-clicking or using \c{REGEDIT}.
 
@@ -623,12 +623,17 @@ SCP backend did not suffer from this performance issue because SCP
 is a much simpler protocol.)
 
 \S{faq-bce}{Question} When I run full-colour applications, I see
-areas of black space where colour ought to be.
+areas of black space where colour ought to be, or vice versa.
 
-You almost certainly need to enable the \q{Use background colour to
-erase screen} setting in the Terminal panel. Note that if you do
-this in mid-session, in versions before 0.54, it may not take effect
-until you reset the terminal (see \k{faq-resetterm}).
+You almost certainly need to change the \q{Use background colour to
+erase screen} setting in the Terminal panel. If there is too much
+black space (the commoner situation), you should enable it, while if
+there is too much colour, you should disable it. (See \k{config-erase}.)
+
+In old versions of PuTTY, this was disabled by default, and would not
+take effect until you reset the terminal (see \k{faq-resetterm}).
+Since 0.54, it is enabled by default, and changes take effect
+immediately.
 
 \S{faq-resetterm}{Question} When I change some terminal settings,
 nothing happens.
@@ -700,7 +705,7 @@ Set the key's value to something like 10. This will cause Windows to
 try harder to keep connections alive instead of abandoning them.
 
 \S{faq-puttyputty}{Question} When I \cw{cat} a binary file, I get
-`PuTTYPuTTYPuTTY' on my command line.
+\q{PuTTYPuTTYPuTTY} on my command line.
 
 Don't do that, then.
 
@@ -1029,7 +1034,7 @@ Partly, because we don't want to move the web site location (see
 Also, security reasons. PuTTY is a security product, and as such it
 is particularly important to guard the code and the web site against
 unauthorised modifications which might introduce subtle security
-flaws. Therefore, we prefer that the CVS repository, web site and
+flaws. Therefore, we prefer that the Subversion repository, web site and
 FTP site remain where they are, under the direct control of system
 administrators we know and trust personally, rather than being run
 by a large organisation full of people we've never met and which is
@@ -1059,8 +1064,8 @@ There isn't one, that we know of.
 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.
+time to read it.  It's probably better to use one of the established
+newsgroups for this purpose (see \k{feedback-other-fora}).
 
 \S{faq-donations}{Question} How can I donate to PuTTY development?