X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/u/mdw/putty/blobdiff_plain/2ac5ea1e7ad100bd63a3d35ee1c5e0e6f26e2514..88ea89339783ee587180b645981967f6cb8bcd20:/macosx/README.OSX diff --git a/macosx/README.OSX b/macosx/README.OSX index 7a9ca95d..084671ad 100644 --- a/macosx/README.OSX +++ 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 @@ -18,6 +20,15 @@ say you weren't warned! Other ways in which the port is currently unfinished include: +Bit rot +------- + + - the conversion of the old fixed-size 'Config' structure to the + new dynamic 'Conf' was never applied to this directory + + - probably other things are out of date too; it would need some + work to make it compile again + Missing terminal window features -------------------------------- @@ -79,5 +90,3 @@ Other missing features - no Event Log - no mid-session Change Settings - - - no icon (surprisingly important in an OS X app!)