This directory contains a Mac OS X port of PuTTY/pterm, running as a
native Aqua GUI application.
-THIS PORT IS CURRENTLY UNFINISHED AND EXPERIMENTAL. You are welcome
-to use it, but don't be surprised at unexpected behaviour. I'm not
-kidding.
+THIS PORT IS CURRENTLY UNFINISHED AND EXPERIMENTAL. It is _not_
+considered to be of release quality, even if you've found it (and
+are reading this) in a PuTTY release source archive. You are welcome
+to try using it, but don't be surprised at unexpected behaviour. I'm
+not kidding.
In particular, I have not yet decided where OS X PuTTY should store
its configuration data. Options include storing it in ~/.putty to be
Other ways in which the port is currently unfinished include:
+Bit rot
+-------
+
+ - the conversion of the old fixed-size 'Config' structure to the
+ new dynamic 'Conf' was never applied to this directory
+
+ - probably other things are out of date too; it would need some
+ work to make it compile again
+
Missing terminal window features
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- use of Alt+numberpad to enter arbitrary numeric character codes
is not yet supported
- - cut and paste isn't supported
-
- there's no Meta key yet. (I'd like to at least have the
possibility of using Command rather than Option as the Meta key,
since the latter is necessary to send some characters, including
- there's no specials menu
+ - mouse activity isn't supported (neither cut-and-paste nor xterm
+ mouse tracking)
+
Missing terminal emulation features
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Other missing features
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- - SessionWindow's dealloc method does nothing yet, so leaks memory
-
- no Event Log
- no mid-session Change Settings
-
- - no icon (surprisingly important in an OS X app!)