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Document 'Permit control characters in pasted text'

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And the consequent GUI rearrangements.
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@ -1386,20 +1386,6 @@ Unicode always.
The Selection panel allows you to control the way \i{copy and paste}
work in the PuTTY window.
\S{config-rtfpaste} Pasting in \i{Rich Text Format}
\cfg{winhelp-topic}{selection.rtf}
If you enable \q{Paste to clipboard in RTF as well as plain text},
PuTTY will write formatting information to the clipboard as well as
the actual text you copy. The effect of this is
that if you paste into (say) a word processor, the text will appear
in the word processor in the same \i{font}, \i{colour}, and style
(e.g. bold, underline) PuTTY was using to display it.
This option can easily be inconvenient, so by default it is
disabled.
\S{config-mouse} Changing the actions of the mouse buttons
\cfg{winhelp-topic}{selection.buttons}
@ -1544,15 +1530,37 @@ be to invent a clipboard name yourself, to create a special clipboard
shared \e{only} between instances of PuTTY, or between just instances
configured in that particular way.
\H{config-selection-words} The Words panel
\S{config-paste-ctrl-char} \q{Permit control characters in pasted text}
PuTTY will \I{word-by-word selection}select a word at a time in the
terminal window if you \i{double-click} to begin the drag. This panel
allows you to control precisely what is considered to be a word.
\cfg{winhelp-topic}{selection.pastectrl}
It is possible for the clipboard to contain not just text (with
newlines and tabs) but also control characters such as ESC which could
have surprising effects if pasted into a terminal session, depending
on what program is running on the server side. Copying text from a
mischievous web page could put such characters onto the clipboard.
By default, PuTTY filters out the more unusual control characters,
only letting through the more obvious text-formatting characters
(newlines, tab, backspace, and DEL).
Setting this option stops this filtering; on paste, any character on
the clipboard is sent to the session uncensored. This might be useful
if you are deliberately using control character pasting as a simple
form of scripting, for instance.
\H{config-selection-copy} The Copy panel
The Copy configuration panel controls behaviour specifically related to
copying from the terminal window to the clipboard.
\S{config-charclasses} Character classes
\cfg{winhelp-topic}{selection.charclasses}
\cfg{winhelp-topic}{copy.charclasses}
PuTTY will \I{word-by-word selection}select a word at a time in the
terminal window if you \i{double-click} to begin the drag. This section
allows you to control precisely what is considered to be a word.
Each character is given a \e{class}, which is a small number
(typically 0, 1 or 2). PuTTY considers a single word to be any
@ -1588,6 +1596,20 @@ terminal (see \k{reset-terminal}). However, if you modify this
option in mid-session using \q{Change Settings}, it will take effect
immediately.
\S{config-rtfcopy} Copying in \i{Rich Text Format}
\cfg{winhelp-topic}{copy.rtf}
If you enable \q{Copy to clipboard in RTF as well as plain text},
PuTTY will write formatting information to the clipboard as well as
the actual text you copy. The effect of this is
that if you paste into (say) a word processor, the text will appear
in the word processor in the same \i{font}, \i{colour}, and style
(e.g. bold, underline) PuTTY was using to display it.
This option can easily be inconvenient, so by default it is
disabled.
\H{config-colours} The Colours panel
The Colours panel allows you to control PuTTY's use of \i{colour}.