X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/u/mdw/putty/blobdiff_plain/65ff63e30551c92eff6e0869b4c753218b760547..059a0abd5cf825da1cda1687ad5773a2e268e4cb:/doc/config.but diff --git a/doc/config.but b/doc/config.but index b473a50b..106cc5bc 100644 --- a/doc/config.but +++ b/doc/config.but @@ -1030,7 +1030,9 @@ the terminal will stay the same, and the \i{font size} will change. \b \q{Change font size when maximised}: when the window is resized, the number of rows and columns will change, \e{except} when the window -is \i{maximise}d (or restored), when the font size will change. +is \i{maximise}d (or restored), when the font size will change. (In +this mode, holding down the Alt key while resizing will also cause the +font size to change.) \b \q{Forbid resizing completely}: the terminal will refuse to be resized at all. @@ -1094,10 +1096,15 @@ works in any of the cursor modes. \cfg{winhelp-topic}{appearance.font} This option allows you to choose what font, in what \I{font size}size, -the PuTTY terminal window uses to display the text in the session. You -will be offered a choice from all the fixed-width fonts installed on the -system. (VT100-style terminal handling can only deal with fixed-width -fonts.) +the PuTTY terminal window uses to display the text in the session. + +By default, you will be offered a choice from all the fixed-width +fonts installed on the system, since VT100-style terminal handling +expects a fixed-width font. If you tick the box marked \q{Allow +selection of variable-pitch fonts}, however, PuTTY will offer +variable-width fonts as well: if you select one of these, the font +will be coerced into fixed-size character cells, which will probably +not look very good (but can work OK with some fonts). \S{config-mouseptr} \q{Hide \i{mouse pointer} when typing in window} @@ -2467,6 +2474,21 @@ unwanted username prompts, you could try checking this option. This option only affects SSH-2 connections. SSH-1 connections always require an authentication step. +\S{config-ssh-banner} \q{Display pre-authentication banner} + +\cfg{winhelp-topic}{ssh.auth.banner} + +SSH-2 servers can provide a message for clients to display to the +prospective user before the user logs in; this is sometimes known as a +pre-authentication \q{\i{banner}}. Typically this is used to provide +information about the server and legal notices. + +By default, PuTTY displays this message before prompting for a +password or similar credentials (although, unfortunately, not before +prompting for a login name, due to the nature of the protocol design). +By unchecking this option, display of the banner can be suppressed +entirely. + \S{config-ssh-tryagent} \q{Attempt authentication using Pageant} \cfg{winhelp-topic}{ssh.auth.pageant}