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Support for Windows PuTTY connecting straight to a local serial port

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in place of making a network connection. This has involved a couple
of minor infrastructure changes:
 - New dlg_label_change() function in the dialog.h interface, which
   alters the label on a control. Only used, at present, to switch
   the Host Name and Port boxes into Serial Line and Speed, which
   means that any platform not implementing serial connections (i.e.
   currently all but Windows) does not need to actually do anything
   in this function. Yet.
 - New small piece of infrastructure: cfg_launchable() determines
   whether a Config structure describes a session ready to be
   launched. This was previously determined by seeing if it had a
   non-empty host name, but it has to check the serial line as well
   so there's a centralised function for it. I haven't gone through
   all front ends and arranged for this function to be used
   everywhere it needs to be; so far I've only checked Windows.
 - Similarly, cfg_dest() returns the destination of a connection
   (host name or serial line) in a text format suitable for putting
   into messages such as `Unable to connect to %s'.

[originally from svn r6815]
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@ -19,13 +19,16 @@ In the \q{Host Name} box, enter the Internet \i{host name} of the server
you want to connect to. You should have been told this by the
provider of your login account.
Now select a login \i{protocol} to use, from the \q{Protocol}
Now select a login \i{protocol} to use, from the \q{Connection type}
buttons. For a login session, you should select \i{Telnet},
\i{Rlogin} or \i{SSH}. See \k{which-one} for a description of the
differences between the three protocols, and advice on which one to
use. The fourth protocol, \I{raw protocol}\e{Raw}, is not used for
interactive login sessions; you would usually use this for debugging
other Internet services (see \k{using-rawprot}).
other Internet services (see \k{using-rawprot}). The fifth option,
\e{Serial}, is used for connecting to a local serial line, and works
somewhat differently: see \k{using-serial} for more information on
this.
When you change the selected protocol, the number in the \q{Port}
box will change. This is normal: it happens because the various