Gareth pointed out yesterday that the Unix terminal front end treats

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

diff --git a/doc/config.but b/doc/config.but
index 0b5dcbb..2925957 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/config.but
+++ b/doc/config.but
@@ -184,6 +184,11 @@ compressed, etc) packets are \e{also} logged. This could be useful to
 diagnose corruption in transit. (The same caveats as the previous mode
 apply, of course.)
 
+Note that the non-SSH logging options (\q{Printable output} and
+\q{All session output}) only work with PuTTY proper; in programs
+without terminal emulation (such as Plink), they will have no effect,
+even if enabled via saved settings.
+
 \S{config-logfilename} \q{Log file name}
 
 \cfg{winhelp-topic}{logging.filename}
@@ -998,7 +1003,7 @@ The Window configuration panel allows you to control aspects of the
 
 \cfg{winhelp-topic}{window.size}
 
-The \q{\ii{Rows}} and \q{\ii{Columns}} boxes let you set the PuTTY
+The \q{\ii{Columns}} and \q{\ii{Rows}} boxes let you set the PuTTY
 window to a precise size. Of course you can also \I{window resizing}drag
 the window to a new size while a session is running.
 
@@ -2970,8 +2975,10 @@ The \q{Serial line to connect to} box allows you to choose which
 serial line you want PuTTY to talk to, if your computer has more
 than one serial port.
 
-On Windows, the first serial line is called \cw{COM1}, and if there
-is a second it is called \cw{COM2}, and so on.
+On Windows, the first serial line is called \i\cw{COM1}, and if there
+is a second it is called \cw{COM2}, and so on. A serial line with
+a name other than \cw{COM1} to \cw{COM9} can be specified by prefixing
+its name with \cw{\\\\.\\} - for instance, \cw{\\\\.\\COM10}.
 
 This configuration setting is also visible on the Session panel,
 where it replaces the \q{Host Name} box (see \k{config-hostname}) if