X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/u/mdw/putty/blobdiff_plain/63be776775f6859bc185f2fbc00da5d16710fde7..00381fc7bed1aaf2008172c0f4b9e5a53e465bc7:/doc/config.but diff --git a/doc/config.but b/doc/config.but index 65edebe6..5153a14f 100644 --- a/doc/config.but +++ b/doc/config.but @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -\versionid $Id: config.but,v 1.71 2003/10/08 21:39:54 jacob Exp $ +\versionid $Id: config.but,v 1.72 2003/11/20 18:33:22 simon Exp $ \C{config} Configuring PuTTY @@ -1142,12 +1142,7 @@ You should use this option if none of the other options works. in Unicode. For good Unicode-supporting fonts this is probably the most reliable and functional option. -\H{config-selection} The Selection panel - -The Selection panel allows you to control the way copy and paste -work in the PuTTY window. - -\S{config-linedrawpaste} Controlling the pasting of line drawing +\S{config-linedrawpaste} Controlling copy and paste of line drawing characters \cfg{winhelp-topic}{selection.linedraw} @@ -1156,18 +1151,23 @@ By default, when you copy and paste a piece of the PuTTY screen that contains VT100 line and box drawing characters, PuTTY will paste them in the form they appear on the screen: either Unicode line drawing code points, or the \q{poor man's} line-drawing characters -\c{+}, \c{-} and \c{|}. The checkbox \q{Paste VT100 line drawing -chars as lqqqk} disables this feature, so line-drawing characters -will be pasted as the ASCII characters that were printed to produce -them. This will typically mean they come out mostly as \c{q} and -\c{x}, with a scattering of \c{jklmntuvw} at the corners. This might -be useful if you were trying to recreate the same box layout in -another program, for example. +\c{+}, \c{-} and \c{|}. The checkbox \q{Copy and paste VT100 line +drawing chars as lqqqk} disables this feature, so line-drawing +characters will be pasted as the ASCII characters that were printed +to produce them. This will typically mean they come out mostly as +\c{q} and \c{x}, with a scattering of \c{jklmntuvw} at the corners. +This might be useful if you were trying to recreate the same box +layout in another program, for example. Note that this option only applies to line-drawing characters which \e{were} printed by using the VT100 mechanism. Line-drawing characters displayed using Unicode will paste as Unicode always. +\H{config-selection} The Selection panel + +The Selection panel allows you to control the way copy and paste +work in the PuTTY window. + \S{config-rtfpaste} Pasting in Rich Text Format \cfg{winhelp-topic}{selection.rtf}