From 5bcf5d50fb31549f4456bbeba0ebd8635ef737a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: simon Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 18:22:00 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Jacob's FAQ changes for 0.54. git-svn-id: svn://svn.tartarus.org/sgt/putty@3842 cda61777-01e9-0310-a592-d414129be87e --- doc/faq.but | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------- 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/faq.but b/doc/faq.but index dc5c574f..49e415f1 100644 --- a/doc/faq.but +++ b/doc/faq.but @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.54 2004/02/04 18:39:14 jacob Exp $ +\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.55 2004/02/10 18:22:00 simon Exp $ \A{faq} PuTTY FAQ @@ -193,34 +193,45 @@ Porting will become easier once PuTTY has a generalised porting layer, drawing a clear line between platform-dependent and platform-independent code. The general intention was for this porting layer to evolve naturally as part of the process of doing -the first port; a Unix port is now under way and the plan seems to -be working so far. +the first port; a Unix port has now been released and the plan +seems to be working so far. \S{faq-ports-general}{Question} What ports of PuTTY exist? -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, partial ports -to Unix (see \k{faq-unix}) and the Mac OS (see \k{faq-mac-port}). -are under way. +Currently, release versions of PuTTY tools only run on full Win32 +systems and Unix. \q{Win32} includes Windows 95, 98, and ME, and it +includes Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP. + +In the development code, a partial port to the Mac OS (see +\k{faq-mac-port}) is 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 3.1 (see \k{faq-win31}). We do not have release-quality ports for any other systems at the -present time. If anyone told you we had a Mac port, or an iPaq port, +present time. If anyone told you we had an EPOC port, or an iPaq port, or any other port of PuTTY, they were mistaken. We don't. -\S{faq-unix}{Question} Will there be a port to Unix? +\S{faq-unix}{Question} Is there a port to Unix? + +As of 0.54, there are Unix ports of most of the traditional PuTTY +tools, and also one entirely new application. -It's currently being worked on. If you look at the nightly source -snapshots, you should find a \c{unix} subdirectory, which should -build you Unix ports of Plink, PuTTY itself, PuTTYgen, PSCP, PSFTP, -and also \c{pterm} - an \cw{xterm}-type program which supports the -same terminal emulation as PuTTY. We do not yet have a Unix port of +If you look at the source release, you should find a \c{unix} +subdirectory containing \c{Makefile.gtk}, which should build you Unix +ports of Plink, PuTTY itself, PuTTYgen, PSCP, PSFTP, and also +\c{pterm} - an \cw{xterm}-type program which supports the same +terminal emulation as PuTTY. We do not yet have a Unix port of Pageant. +If you don't have Gtk, you should still be able to build the +command-line tools. + +Note that Unix PuTTY has mostly only been tested on Linux so far; +portability problems such as BSD-style ptys or different header file +requirements are expected. + \S{faq-wince}{Question} Will there be a port to Windows CE or PocketPC? It's currently being worked on, but it's only in its early stages yet, @@ -594,7 +605,7 @@ areas of black space where colour ought to be. You almost certainly need to enable the \q{Use background colour to erase screen} setting in the Terminal panel. Note that if you do -this in mid-session, it won't take effect until you reset the +this in mid-session, it may not take effect until you reset the terminal (see \k{faq-resetterm}). \S{faq-resetterm}{Question} When I change some terminal settings, @@ -607,9 +618,13 @@ send sequences that modify these options in mid-session, but when the terminal is reset (by server action, or by you choosing \q{Reset Terminal} from the System menu) the defaults are restored. -If you want to change one of these options in the middle of a -session, you will find that the change does not immediately take -effect. It will only take effect once you reset the terminal. +In versions 0.53b and prior, if you change one of these options in +the middle of a session, you will find that the change does not +immediately take effect. It will only take effect once you reset +the terminal. + +In version 0.54, the behaviour has changed - changes to these +settings take effect immediately. \S{faq-altgr}{Question} I can't type characters that require the AltGr key. -- 2.11.0