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-\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.39 2002/11/22 00:07:31 ben Exp $
+\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.44 2003/02/15 18:47:22 jacob Exp $
 
 \A{faq} PuTTY FAQ
 
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ listed there, it's been implemented. If it's listed as a change made
 development snapshots, in which case testing will be very welcome.
 
 \b try the
-\W{http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist.html}{Wishlist
+\W{http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/}{Wishlist
 page}, and see if you can find the feature there. If it's on there,
-it probably \e{hasn't} been implemented.
+and not in the \q{Recently fixed} section, it probably \e{hasn't} been
+implemented.
 
 \S{faq-ssh2}{Question} Does PuTTY support SSH v2?
 
@@ -560,7 +561,7 @@ Bourne shell derivative) or \c{.login} (if you use a C shell).
 Putting them in more general files such as \c{.bashrc} or \c{.cshrc}
 is liable to lead to problems.
 
-\S{faq-psftp-slow} PSFTP transfers files much slower than PSCP.
+\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
@@ -766,6 +767,25 @@ key in the wrong format isn't optimal.
 To connect using SSH 2 to a server that supports both versions, you
 need to change the configuration from the default (see \k{faq-ssh2}).
 
+\S{faq-rh8-utf8}{Question} When I'm connected to a Red Hat Linux 8.0
+system, some characters don't display properly.
+
+A common complaint is that hyphens in man pages show up as a-acute.
+
+With release 8.0, Red Hat appear to have made UTF-8 the default
+character set. There appears to be no way for terminal emulators such
+as PuTTY to know this (as far as we know, the appropriate escape
+sequence to switch into UTF-8 mode isn't sent).
+
+A fix is to configure sessions to RH8 systems to use UTF-8
+translation - see \k{config-charset} in the documentation. (Note that
+if you use \q{Change Settings}, changes may not take place immediately
+- see \k{faq-resetterm}.)
+
+If you really want to change the character set used by the server, the
+right place is \c{/etc/sysconfig/i18n}, but this shouldn't be
+necessary.
+
 \H{faq-secure} Security questions
 
 \S{faq-publicpc}{Question} Is it safe for me to download PuTTY and
@@ -878,13 +898,11 @@ general-subscription mailing list, what is?
 
 There isn't one, that we know of.
 
-If someone else wants to set up a mailing list for PuTTY users to
-help each other with common problems, that would be fine with us;
-but the PuTTY team would almost certainly not have the time to read
-it, so any questions the list couldn't answer would have to be
-forwarded on to us by the questioner. In any case, it's probably
-better to use the established newsgroup \cw{comp.security.ssh} for
-this purpose.
+If someone else wants to set up a mailing list or other forum for
+PuTTY users to help each other with common problems, that would be
+fine with us, though the PuTTY team would almost certainly not have the
+time to read it.  It's probably better to use the established
+newsgroup \cw{comp.security.ssh} for this purpose.
 
 \S{faq-donations}{Question} How can I donate to PuTTY development?