Add a configurable option to make Return in Telnet send an ordinary

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

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-\versionid $Id: config.but,v 1.22 2001/12/15 12:15:24 simon Exp $
+\versionid $Id: config.but,v 1.23 2001/12/29 17:21:26 simon Exp $

 
 \C{config} Configuring PuTTY
 
 
 \C{config} Configuring PuTTY
 


@@ -1293,6 +1293,22 @@ the Telnet special backspace code, and Control-C will send the
 Telnet special interrupt code. You probably shouldn't enable this
 unless you know what you're doing.
 
 Telnet special interrupt code. You probably shouldn't enable this
 unless you know what you're doing.
 

+\S{config-telnetkey} \q{Return key sends telnet New Line instead of ^M}
+
+\cfg{winhelp-topic}{telnet.newline}
+
+Unlike most other remote login protocols, the Telnet protocol has a
+special \Q{new line} code that is not the same as the usual line
+endings of Control-M or Control-J. By default, PuTTY sends the
+Telnet New Line code when you press Return, instead of sending
+Control-M as it does in most other protocols.
+
+Most Unix-style Telnet servers don't mind whether they receive
+Telnet New Line or Control-M; some servers do expect New Line, and
+some servers prefer to see ^M. If you are seeing surprising
+behaviour when you press Return in a Telnet session, you might try
+turning this option off to see if it helps.
+

 \H{config-rlogin} The Rlogin panel
 
 The Rlogin panel allows you to configure options that only apply to
 \H{config-rlogin} The Rlogin panel
 
 The Rlogin panel allows you to configure options that only apply to