From 3dc431eb084f9a4f64d0b494356eb6b01cc5cbb7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jacob Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 01:25:50 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Mention saving mid-session and some of its wrinkles. Formatting tweaks in the same general area. git-svn-id: svn://svn.tartarus.org/sgt/putty@5284 cda61777-01e9-0310-a592-d414129be87e --- doc/config.but | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/config.but b/doc/config.but index 3566d5d0..53622989 100644 --- a/doc/config.but +++ b/doc/config.but @@ -53,10 +53,12 @@ you want them saved. Then come back to the Session panel. Select the \q{Default Settings} entry in the saved sessions list, with a single click. Then press the \q{Save} button. +\lcont{ Note that PuTTY does not allow you to save a host name into the Default Settings entry. This ensures that when PuTTY is started up, the host name box is always empty, so a user can always just type in a host name and connect. +} If there is a specific host you want to store the details of how to connect to, you should create a saved session, which will be @@ -69,6 +71,14 @@ Sessions} input box. (The server name is often a good choice for a saved session name.) Then press the \q{Save} button. Your saved session name should now appear in the list box. +\lcont{ +You can also save settings in mid-session, from the \q{Change Settings} +dialog. Settings changed since the start of the session will be saved +with their current values; as well as settings changed through the +dialog, this includes changes in window size, window title changes +sent by the server, and so on. +} + \b To reload a saved session: single-click to select the session name in the list box, and then press the \q{Load} button. Your saved settings should all appear in the configuration panel. @@ -76,7 +86,7 @@ settings should all appear in the configuration panel. \b To modify a saved session: first load it as described above. Then make the changes you want. Come back to the Session panel, and press the \q{Save} button. The new settings will be saved over the top of -the old ones +the old ones. \lcont{ To save the new settings under a different name, you can enter the new -- 2.11.0