-\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.56 2004/02/10 19:32:08 simon Exp $
+\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.58 2004/02/13 00:20:52 jacob Exp $
\A{faq} PuTTY FAQ
\S{faq-unix}{Question} Is there a port to Unix?
-As of 0.54 (out soon), there are Unix ports of most of the
-traditional PuTTY tools, and also one entirely new application.
+As of 0.54, there are Unix ports of most of the traditional PuTTY
+tools, and also one entirely new application.
If you look at the source release, you should find a \c{unix}
subdirectory containing \c{Makefile.gtk}, which should build you Unix
\S{faq-psftp-slow}{Question} PSFTP transfers files much slower than PSCP.
-We believe this is because the SFTP and SSH2 protocols are less
-efficient at bulk data transfer than SCP and SSH1, because every
-block of data transferred requires an acknowledgment from the far
-end. It would in theory be possible to queue several blocks of data
-to get round this speed problem, but as yet we haven't done the
-coding. If you really want this fixed, feel free to offer to help.
+The throughput of PSFTP 0.54 should be much better than 0.53b and
+prior; we've added code to the SFTP backend to queue several blocks
+of data rather than waiting for an acknowledgement for each. (The
+SCP backend did not suffer from this performance issue because SCP
+is a much simpler protocol.)
\S{faq-bce}{Question} When I run full-colour applications, I see
areas of black space where colour ought to be.
immediately take effect. It will only take effect once you reset
the terminal.
-In version 0.54 (out soon), the behaviour has changed - changes to
-these settings take effect immediately.
+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.
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