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Update docs for change to UTF-8 by default, and emphasise UTF-8 more generally.

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[originally from svn r9846]
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Jacob Nevins 2013-05-28 23:46:44 +00:00
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@ -1254,12 +1254,16 @@ mechanism for PuTTY and the server to communicate this information,
so it must usually be manually configured. so it must usually be manually configured.
There are a lot of character sets to choose from. The \q{Remote There are a lot of character sets to choose from. The \q{Remote
character set} option lets you select one. By default PuTTY will character set} option lets you select one.
attempt to choose a character set that is right for your \i{locale} as
reported by Windows; if it gets it wrong, you can select a different
one using this control.
A few notable character sets are: By default PuTTY will use the \i{UTF-8} encoding of \i{Unicode}, which
can represent pretty much any character; data coming from the server
is interpreted as UTF-8, and keystrokes are sent UTF-8 encoded. This
is what most modern distributions of Linux will expect by default.
However, if this is wrong for your server, you can select a different
character set using this control.
A few other notable character sets are:
\b The \i{ISO-8859} series are all standard character sets that include \b The \i{ISO-8859} series are all standard character sets that include
various accented characters appropriate for different sets of various accented characters appropriate for different sets of
@ -1273,12 +1277,6 @@ Euro symbol.
\b If you want the old IBM PC character set with block graphics and \b If you want the old IBM PC character set with block graphics and
line-drawing characters, you can select \q{\i{CP437}}. line-drawing characters, you can select \q{\i{CP437}}.
\b PuTTY also supports \i{Unicode} mode, in which the data coming from
the server is interpreted as being in the \i{UTF-8} encoding of Unicode,
and keystrokes are sent UTF-8 encoded. If you select \q{UTF-8} as a
character set you can use this mode. Not all server-side applications
will support it.
If you need support for a numeric \i{code page} which is not listed in If you need support for a numeric \i{code page} which is not listed in
the drop-down list, such as code page 866, then you can try entering the drop-down list, such as code page 866, then you can try entering
its name manually (\c{\i{CP866}} for example) in the list box. If the its name manually (\c{\i{CP866}} for example) in the list box. If the