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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-\versionid $Id: config.but,v 1.73 2004/01/20 12:46:35 jacob Exp $
+\versionid $Id: config.but,v 1.76 2004/03/05 19:01:45 jacob Exp $
 
 \C{config} Configuring PuTTY
 
@@ -1187,19 +1187,25 @@ disabled.
 
 \cfg{winhelp-topic}{selection.buttons}
 
-PuTTY's copy and paste mechanism is modelled on the Unix \c{xterm}
-application. The X Window System uses a three-button mouse, and the
-convention is that the left button selects, the right button extends
-an existing selection, and the middle button pastes.
+PuTTY's copy and paste mechanism is by default modelled on the Unix
+\c{xterm} application. The X Window System uses a three-button mouse,
+and the convention is that the left button selects, the right button
+extends an existing selection, and the middle button pastes.
 
-Windows typically only has two mouse buttons, so in PuTTY's default
-configuration, the \e{right} button pastes, and the \e{middle}
-button (if you have one) extends a selection.
+Windows often only has two mouse buttons, so in PuTTY's default
+configuration (\q{Compromise}), the \e{right} button pastes, and the
+\e{middle} button (if you have one) extends a selection.
 
 If you have a three-button mouse and you are already used to the
 \c{xterm} arrangement, you can select it using the \q{Action of
 mouse buttons} control.
 
+Alternatively, with the \q{Windows} option selected, the middle
+button extends, and the right button brings up a context menu (on
+which one of the options is \q{Paste}). (This context menu is always
+available by holding down Ctrl and right-clicking, regardless of the
+setting of this option.)
+
 \S{config-mouseshift} \q{Shift overrides application's use of mouse}
 
 \cfg{winhelp-topic}{selection.shiftdrag}
@@ -1558,6 +1564,10 @@ and your SOCKS 4 server cannot deal with it, this might be why.
 If your proxy requires authentication, you can enter a username and
 a password in the \q{Username} and \q{Password} boxes.
 
+Note that if you save your session, the proxy password will be
+saved in plain text, so anyone who can access your PuTTY
+configuration data will be able to discover it.
+
 Authentication is not fully supported for all forms of proxy:
 
 \b Username and password authentication is supported for HTTP
@@ -2285,7 +2295,7 @@ Here is an example \c{PUTTYRND.REG} file:
 \c REGEDIT4
 \c  
 \c [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SimonTatham\PuTTY]
-\c "RandSeedFile"="a:\putty.rnd"
+\c "RandSeedFile"="a:\\putty.rnd"
 
 You should replace \c{a:\\putty.rnd} with the location where you
 want to store your random number data. If the aim is to carry around