X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/~mdw/sgt/putty/blobdiff_plain/5dce67f7b8609667d5328efd74d5acdd0de26946..cecb13f6928246c1fc9f49c5613938b97b86da3d:/doc/config.but diff --git a/doc/config.but b/doc/config.but index 5498c6c0..db0369b6 100644 --- a/doc/config.but +++ b/doc/config.but @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -\versionid $Id: config.but,v 1.96 2004/10/24 18:26:00 jacob Exp $ +\define{versionidconfig} \versionid $Id$ \C{config} Configuring PuTTY @@ -1389,6 +1389,26 @@ immediately. The Colours panel allows you to control PuTTY's use of colour. +\S{config-ansicolour} \q{Allow terminal to specify ANSI colours} + +\cfg{winhelp-topic}{colours.ansi} + +This option is enabled by default. If it is disabled, PuTTY will +ignore any control sequences sent by the server to request coloured +text. + +If you have a particularly garish application, you might want to +turn this option off and make PuTTY only use the default foreground +and background colours. + +\S{config-xtermcolour} \q{Allow terminal to use xterm 256-colour mode} + +\cfg{winhelp-topic}{colours.xterm256} + +This option is enabled by default. If it is disabled, PuTTY will +ignore any control sequences sent by the server which use the +extended 256-colour mode supported by recent versions of \cw{xterm}. + \S{config-boldcolour} \q{Bolded text is a different colour} \cfg{winhelp-topic}{colours.bold} @@ -1540,9 +1560,9 @@ To remove one from the list, select it in the list box and press \cfg{winhelp-topic}{connection.keepalive} -If you find your sessions are closing unexpectedly (\q{Connection -reset by peer}) after they have been idle for a while, you might -want to try using this option. +If you find your sessions are closing unexpectedly (most often with +\q{Connection reset by peer}) after they have been idle for a while, +you might want to try using this option. Some network routers and firewalls need to keep track of all connections through them. Usually, these firewalls will assume a