X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/~mdw/sgt/putty/blobdiff_plain/39a938f7a5e16b4be9bee493251238710fbff396..e12d95a5afd186f7fd671944eb964496a2da0a77:/doc/faq.but diff --git a/doc/faq.but b/doc/faq.but index 52f7c038..0fe455ac 100644 --- a/doc/faq.but +++ b/doc/faq.but @@ -623,12 +623,17 @@ 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. +areas of black space where colour ought to be, or vice versa. -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, in versions before 0.54, it may not take effect -until you reset the terminal (see \k{faq-resetterm}). +You almost certainly need to change the \q{Use background colour to +erase screen} setting in the Terminal panel. If there is too much +black space (the commoner situation), you should enable it, while if +there is too much colour, you should disable it. (See \k{config-erase}.) + +In old versions of PuTTY, this was disabled by default, and would not +take effect until you reset the terminal (see \k{faq-resetterm}). +Since 0.54, it is enabled by default, and changes take effect +immediately. \S{faq-resetterm}{Question} When I change some terminal settings, nothing happens. @@ -700,7 +705,7 @@ Set the key's value to something like 10. This will cause Windows to try harder to keep connections alive instead of abandoning them. \S{faq-puttyputty}{Question} When I \cw{cat} a binary file, I get -`PuTTYPuTTYPuTTY' on my command line. +\q{PuTTYPuTTYPuTTY} on my command line. Don't do that, then.