From 4f2fd423424c92779feda00478f18e8743f5cea3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: owen Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 01:44:39 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update text about ports, hopefully not too controversial. git-svn-id: svn://svn.tartarus.org/sgt/putty@3012 cda61777-01e9-0310-a592-d414129be87e --- doc/faq.but | 23 ++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/faq.but b/doc/faq.but index d3253591..10a98203 100644 --- a/doc/faq.but +++ b/doc/faq.but @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.45 2003/03/04 14:14:17 ben Exp $ +\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.46 2003/03/29 01:44:39 owen Exp $ \A{faq} PuTTY FAQ @@ -207,13 +207,10 @@ really wants it, we'd be interested to know why :-) \S{faq-wince}{Question} Will there be a port to Windows CE or PocketPC? -Probably not in the particularly near future. Despite sharing large -parts of the Windows API, in practice WinCE doesn't appear to be -significantly easier to port to than a totally different operating -system. - -However, PuTTY on portable devices would clearly be a useful thing, -so in the long term I hope there will be a WinCE port. +It's currently being worked on, but it's only in its early stages yet, +and certainly isn't yet useful. PuTTY on portable devices would +clearly be a useful thing, so in the long term I hope it can be +brought up to release quality. \S{faq-win31}{Question} Is there a port to Windows 3.1? @@ -234,9 +231,9 @@ testing in this area would be very welcome! \S{faq-mac-port}{Question} Will there be a port to the Mac? -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. +There is a port to the Mac OS in progress. It's just about usable, but +has an awful lot of gaps and rough edges that will need cleaning up +before release. \S{faq-epoc}{Question} Will there be a port to EPOC? @@ -245,6 +242,10 @@ even on systems the developers \e{do} already know how to program for, it might be a long time before any of us get round to learning a new system and doing the port for that. +However, some of the work has been done by other people, and a beta +port of PuTTY for the Nokia 9200 Communicator series is available +from \W{http://www.s2.org/putty/}\cw{http://www.s2.org/putty/} + \H{faq-embedding} Embedding PuTTY in other programs \S{faq-dll}{Question} Is the SSH or Telnet code available as a DLL? -- 2.11.0