X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/~mdw/sgt/putty/blobdiff_plain/f395fb468156ae9904a520cdc69372d30cbc8fde..35a46e796117ee8813f6ad1a045fb0ac608b4347:/doc/config.but diff --git a/doc/config.but b/doc/config.but index 4281f6c8..1de6d43e 100644 --- a/doc/config.but +++ b/doc/config.but @@ -647,10 +647,11 @@ In this mode, the numeric keypad keys 1-9 generate the NetHack movement commands (\cw{hjklyubn}). The 5 key generates the \c{.} command (do nothing). -Better still, pressing Shift with the keypad keys generates the -capital forms of the commands (\cw{HJKLYUBN}), which tells NetHack -to keep moving you in the same direction until you encounter -something interesting. +In addition, pressing Shift or Ctrl with the keypad keys generate +the Shift- or Ctrl-keys you would expect (e.g. keypad-7 generates +\cq{y}, so Shift-keypad-7 generates \cq{Y} and Ctrl-keypad-7 +generates Ctrl-Y); these commands tell NetHack to keep moving you in +the same direction until you encounter something interesting. For some reason, this feature only works properly when \i{Num Lock} is on. We don't know why. @@ -1532,7 +1533,9 @@ use the list box to select which colour you want to modify. The \i{RGB values} for that colour will appear on the right-hand side of the list box. Now, if you press the \q{Modify} button, you will be presented with a colour selector, in which you can choose a new -colour to go in place of the old one. +colour to go in place of the old one. (You may also edit the RGB +values directly in the edit boxes, if you wish; each value is an +integer from 0 to 255.) PuTTY allows you to set the \i{cursor colour}, the \i{default foreground} and \I{default background}background, and the precise shades of all the @@ -2310,6 +2313,24 @@ unwanted username prompts, you could try checking this option. This option only affects SSH-2 connections. SSH-1 connections always require an authentication step. +\S{config-ssh-tryagent} \q{Attempt authentication using Pageant} + +\cfg{winhelp-topic}{ssh.auth.pageant} + +If this option is enabled, then PuTTY will look for Pageant (the SSH +private-key storage agent) and attempt to authenticate with any +suitable public keys Pageant currently holds. + +This behaviour is almost always desirable, and is therefore enabled +by default. In rare cases you might need to turn it off in order to +force authentication by some non-public-key method such as +passwords. + +This option can also be controlled using the \c{-noagent} +command-line option. See \k{using-cmdline-agentauth}. + +See \k{pageant} for more information about Pageant in general. + \S{config-ssh-tis} \q{Attempt \I{TIS authentication}TIS or \i{CryptoCard authentication}}