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+++ b/macosx/README.OSX
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 This directory contains a Mac OS X port of PuTTY/pterm, running as a
 native Aqua GUI application.
 
-THIS PORT IS CURRENTLY UNFINISHED AND EXPERIMENTAL. You are welcome
-to use it, but don't be surprised at unexpected behaviour. I'm not
-kidding.
+THIS PORT IS CURRENTLY UNFINISHED AND EXPERIMENTAL. It is _not_
+considered to be of release quality, even if you've found it (and
+are reading this) in a PuTTY release source archive. You are welcome
+to try using it, but don't be surprised at unexpected behaviour. I'm
+not kidding.
 
 In particular, I have not yet decided where OS X PuTTY should store
 its configuration data. Options include storing it in ~/.putty to be
@@ -16,19 +18,21 @@ version of the port decides to look somewhere completely different
 for the data and therefore loses them all. If that happens, don't
 say you weren't warned!
 
-Even more importantly, the alert box that confirms host keys is not
-yet implemented, and the application will bomb out and exit if it
-should be needed. This means you cannot make an SSH connection to a
-new host using the GUI PuTTY in this port: you must first run
-`plink' (which should be exactly identical to the version in the
-Unix port) and tell it to confirm the host key.
-
 Other ways in which the port is currently unfinished include:
 
- - terminal display is horribly slow
+Bit rot
+-------
+
+ - the conversion of the old fixed-size 'Config' structure to the
+   new dynamic 'Conf' was never applied to this directory
 
- - fatal errors are currently output via printf, which is obviously
-   wrong for a GUI application
+ - probably other things are out of date too; it would need some
+   work to make it compile again
+
+Missing terminal window features
+--------------------------------
+
+ - terminal display is horribly slow
 
  - fonts aren't configurable
 
@@ -45,34 +49,44 @@ Other ways in which the port is currently unfinished include:
    starting position, plus remembering previous window positions per
    the Apple HIG) is not implemented
 
- - close-on-exit isn't implemented
+Missing alert box features
+--------------------------
 
  - warn-on-close isn't implemented
 
- - SessionWindow's dealloc method does nothing yet, so leaks memory
+Missing input features
+----------------------
 
  - use of Alt+numberpad to enter arbitrary numeric character codes
    is not yet supported
 
- - cut and paste isn't supported
-
- - there's no Meta key yet. (I think it will have to be Command
-   rather than Option since the latter is necessary to send some
-   characters, including the rather important # on Apple UK
-   keyboards; but trapping Command-<key> and sending it to the
-   window rather than the application menu requires me to make a
-   positive effort of some sort and I haven't got round to it yet.)
+ - there's no Meta key yet. (I'd like to at least have the
+   possibility of using Command rather than Option as the Meta key,
+   since the latter is necessary to send some characters, including
+   the rather important # on Apple UK keyboards; but trapping
+   Command-<key> and sending it to the window rather than the
+   application menu requires me to make a positive effort of some
+   sort and I haven't got round to it yet. For those Mac users who
+   consider their Command key sacrosanct, don't worry, this option
+   _will_ be configurable and _will_ be off by default.)
 
  - there's no specials menu
 
+ - mouse activity isn't supported (neither cut-and-paste nor xterm
+   mouse tracking)
+
+Missing terminal emulation features
+-----------------------------------
+
  - currently no support for server-side window management requests
    (i.e. escape sequences to minimise or maximise the window,
    request or change its position and size, change its title etc)
 
  - window title is currently fixed
 
+Other missing features
+----------------------
+
  - no Event Log
 
  - no mid-session Change Settings
-
- - no icon (surprisingly important in an OS X app!)