From: ben Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 00:07:31 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Update the status of the Mac port. X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/u/mdw/putty/commitdiff_plain/b18bcea3146c163597c09a6d79c57dd7fab7d9ff Update the status of the Mac port. git-svn-id: svn://svn.tartarus.org/sgt/putty@2239 cda61777-01e9-0310-a592-d414129be87e --- diff --git a/doc/faq.but b/doc/faq.but index 15f3e8fd..914f5aa5 100644 --- a/doc/faq.but +++ b/doc/faq.but @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.38 2002/11/21 00:15:52 jacob Exp $ +\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.39 2002/11/22 00:07:31 ben Exp $ \A{faq} PuTTY FAQ @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ happens. \H{faq-ports} Ports to other operating systems The eventual goal is for PuTTY to be a multi-platform program, able -to run on at least Windows, MacOS and Unix. +to run on at least Windows, Mac OS and Unix. Porting will become easier once PuTTY has a generalised porting layer, drawing a clear line between platform-dependent and @@ -177,8 +177,9 @@ be working so far. Currently, release versions of PuTTY only run on full Win32 systems. This includes Windows 95, 98, and ME, and it includes Windows NT, -Windows 2000 and Windows XP. In the development code, a partial port -to Unix is under way (see \k{faq-unix}). +Windows 2000 and Windows XP. In the development code, partial ports +to Unix (see \k{faq-unix}) and the Mac OS (see \k{faq-mac-port}). +are under way. Currently PuTTY does \e{not} run on Windows CE (see \k{faq-wince}), and it does not quite run on the Win32s environment under Windows @@ -232,10 +233,9 @@ testing in this area would be very welcome! \S{faq-mac-port}{Question} Will there be a port to the Mac? -A Mac port was started once and is half-finished, but development -has been static for some time and the main PuTTY code has moved on, -so it's not clear how quickly development would resume even if -developer effort were available. +Eventually. The terminal emulation code has been ported, as has the +saved-settings infrastructure, but networking and a configuration GUI +still need to be done before the port will be of any use. \S{faq-epoc}{Question} Will there be a port to EPOC?