Implement Richard's really clever idea about bell overload mode:

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

diff --git a/doc/config.but b/doc/config.but
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--- a/doc/config.but
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-\versionid $Id: config.but,v 1.42 2002/09/26 18:37:33 simon Exp $
+\versionid $Id: config.but,v 1.43 2002/10/20 13:23:30 simon Exp $
 
 \C{config} Configuring PuTTY
 
@@ -686,6 +686,11 @@ constitute an overload, how short a time period they have to arrive
 in to do so, and how much silent time is required before the
 overload feature will deactivate itself.
 
+Bell overload mode is always deactivated by any keypress in the
+terminal. This means it can respond to large unexpected streams of
+data, but does not interfere with ordinary command-line activities
+that generate beeps (such as filename completion).
+
 \H{config-features} The Features panel
 
 PuTTY's terminal emulation is very highly featured, and can do a lot