-\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.11 2001/11/25 16:57:45 simon Exp $
+\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.12 2001/11/25 19:22:47 simon Exp $
\A{faq} PuTTY FAQ
\S{faq-puttyputty}{question} When I \cw{cat} a binary file, I get
`PuTTYPuTTYPuTTY' on my command line.
-Don't \cw{cat} binary files, then.
+Don't do that, then.
This is designed behaviour; when PuTTY receives the character
Control-E from the remote server, it interprets it as a request to
many Control-E characters, and cause this behaviour. Don't do it.
It's a bad plan.
+To mitigate the effects, you could configure the answerback string
+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.
+
\S{faq-puttyputty}{question} When I \cw{cat} a binary file, my
window title changes to a nonsense string.
-Don't \cw{cat} binary files, then.
+Don't do that, then.
It is designed behaviour that PuTTY should have the ability to
adjust the window title on instructions from the server. Normally