From e0cff44d5ca50a54ce0d6265c057b9207d2603ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: simon Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 12:48:14 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Make it clear that you can't save a hostname into Default Settings, and also make it clear why not and what you should do instead. git-svn-id: svn://svn.tartarus.org/sgt/putty@1403 cda61777-01e9-0310-a592-d414129be87e --- doc/config.but | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/config.but b/doc/config.but index 7117b9e8..0377c6dd 100644 --- a/doc/config.but +++ b/doc/config.but @@ -46,6 +46,15 @@ you want them saved. Then come back to the Session panel. Select the \q{Default Settings} entry in the saved sessions list, with a single click. Then press the \e{Save} button. +Note that PuTTY does not allow you to save a host name into the +Default Settings entry. This ensures that when PuTTY is started up, +the host name box is always empty, so a user can always just type in +a host name and connect. + +If there is a specific host you want to store the details of how to +connect to, you should create a saved session, which will be +separate from the Default Settings. + \b To save a session: first go through the rest of the configuration box setting up all the options you want. Then come back to the Session panel. Enter a name for the saved session in the \e{Saved -- 2.11.0