putty-source/mac

$Id: README.mac,v 1.1 2002/12/11 18:34:49 ben Exp $

Information about PuTTY for the Mac OS
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Compiling it:

 See ../README for generic information.

 I compile PuTTY using MPW, with Universal Headers 3.4.2.  The
 "mkputty.mpw" script does most of the work, but currently needs you
 to run "Rez -append -o PuTTY mac_res.r {Includes}" to get the
 resources compiled in.  The Makefile currently only generates a
 Classic 68K application.  Other architectures will come later.

Runtime requirements:

 PuTTY should run on any Macintosh running System 7.0 or later.  The
 Classic 68K build seems not to run under Mac OS X (even with
 Classic.app).

Known bugs:

 * PowerPC and fat versions fail to start on systems without AppearanceLib (ie
   most System 7 ones).  The 68k version works fine. [MAYBE FIXED]
 * Display is far too slow.
 * Real bold doesn't compensate for changing character widths without Color
   QuickDraw. [MAYBE FIXED]
 * sshsha.c and sshmd5.c cause a stack overflow in Apple's PowerPC C compiler 
   unless optimisation is entirely disabled.

Features we need (and aren't entirely obvious):

 * Scroll-conflation -- scroll_display should change the in-memory
   display and remember the scroll, then do_scroll should be called
   only when scroll_display gets called for a different rectangle or
   term_paint happens.

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