diff --git a/doc/config.but b/doc/config.but index 77d9a092..24b3c8e8 100644 --- a/doc/config.but +++ b/doc/config.but @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -\versionid $Id: config.but,v 1.94 2004/10/16 10:56:54 simon Exp $ +\versionid $Id: config.but,v 1.95 2004/10/19 13:54:50 jacob Exp $ \C{config} Configuring PuTTY @@ -1199,11 +1199,22 @@ native keyboard layout is not US or UK. \cfg{winhelp-topic}{translation.linedraw} -VT100-series terminals allow the server to send control sequences -that shift temporarily into a separate character set for drawing -lines and boxes. PuTTY has a variety of ways to support this -capability. In general you should probably try lots of options until -you find one that your particular font supports. +VT100-series terminals allow the server to send control sequences that +shift temporarily into a separate character set for drawing simple +lines and boxes. However, there are a variety of ways in which PuTTY +can attempt to find appropriate characters, and the right one to use +depends on the locally configured font. In general you should probably +try lots of options until you find one that your particular font +supports. + +\b \q{Use Unicode line drawing code points} tries to use the box +characters that are present in Unicode. For good Unicode-supporting +fonts this is probably the most reliable and functional option. + +\b \q{Poor man's line drawing} assumes that the font \e{cannot} +generate the line and box characters at all, so it will use the +\c{+}, \c{-} and \c{|} characters to draw approximations to boxes. +You should use this option if none of the other options works. \b \q{Font has XWindows encoding} is for use with fonts that have a special encoding, where the lowest 32 character positions (below the @@ -1220,15 +1231,6 @@ different size depending on which character set you try to use. \b \q{Use font in OEM mode only} is more reliable than that, but can miss out other characters from the main character set. -\b \q{Poor man's line drawing} assumes that the font \e{cannot} -generate the line and box characters at all, so it will use the -\c{+}, \c{-} and \c{|} characters to draw approximations to boxes. -You should use this option if none of the other options works. - -\b \q{Unicode mode} tries to use the box characters that are present -in Unicode. For good Unicode-supporting fonts this is probably the -most reliable and functional option. - \S{config-linedrawpaste} Controlling copy and paste of line drawing characters @@ -1248,7 +1250,8 @@ layout in another program, for example. Note that this option only applies to line-drawing characters which \e{were} printed by using the VT100 mechanism. Line-drawing -characters displayed using Unicode will paste as Unicode always. +characters that were received as Unicode code points will paste as +Unicode always. \H{config-selection} The Selection panel diff --git a/doc/using.but b/doc/using.but index 03619f69..d0729b4e 100644 --- a/doc/using.but +++ b/doc/using.but @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -\versionid $Id: using.but,v 1.35 2004/10/17 21:22:22 jacob Exp $ +\versionid $Id: using.but,v 1.36 2004/10/19 13:54:50 jacob Exp $ \C{using} Using PuTTY @@ -286,15 +286,17 @@ See \k{config-logging} for more details and options. \H{using-translation} Altering your \i{character set} configuration If you find that special characters (\i{accented characters}, for -example) are not being displayed correctly in your PuTTY session, it -may be that PuTTY is interpreting the characters sent by the server -according to the wrong \e{character set}. There are a lot of -different character sets available, so it's entirely possible for -this to happen. +example, or \i{line-drawing characters}) are not being displayed +correctly in your PuTTY session, it may be that PuTTY is interpreting +the characters sent by the server according to the wrong \e{character +set}. There are a lot of different character sets available, so it's +entirely possible for this to happen. If you click \q{Change Settings} and look at the \i{\q{Translation} -panel}, you should see a large number of character sets which you -can select. Now all you need is to find out which of them you want! +panel}, you should see a large number of character sets which you can +select, and other related options. Now all you need is to find out +which of them you want! (See \k{config-translation} for more +information.) \H{using-x-forwarding} Using \i{X11 forwarding} in SSH