term_bidi_cache_store() now has a need to distinguish between the

[PuTTY.git] / doc / config.but

diff --git a/doc/config.but b/doc/config.but
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@@ -1401,6 +1401,28 @@ If you have a particularly garish application, you might want to
 turn this option off and make PuTTY only use the default foreground
 and background colours.
 
 turn this option off and make PuTTY only use the default foreground
 and background colours.
 

+\S{config-xtermcolour} \q{Allow terminal to use xterm 256-colour mode}
+
+\cfg{winhelp-topic}{colours.xterm256}
+
+This option is enabled by default. If it is disabled, PuTTY will
+ignore any control sequences sent by the server which use the
+extended 256-colour mode supported by recent versions of \cw{xterm}.
+
+If you have an application which is supposed to use 256-colour mode
+and it isn't working, you may find you need to tell your server that
+your terminal supports 256 colours. On Unix, you do this by ensuring
+that the setting of \cw{TERM} describes a 256-colour-capable
+terminal. You can check this using a command such as \c{infocmp}:
+
+\c $ infocmp | grep colors
+\c         colors#256, cols#80, it#8, lines#24, pairs#256,
+\e         bbbbbbbbbb
+
+If you do not see \cq{colors#256} in the output, you may need to
+change your terminal setting. On modern Linux machines, you could
+try \cq{xterm-256color}.
+

 \S{config-boldcolour} \q{Bolded text is a different colour}
 
 \cfg{winhelp-topic}{colours.bold}
 \S{config-boldcolour} \q{Bolded text is a different colour}
 
 \cfg{winhelp-topic}{colours.bold}


@@ -1552,9 +1574,9 @@ To remove one from the list, select it in the list box and press
 
 \cfg{winhelp-topic}{connection.keepalive}
 
 
 \cfg{winhelp-topic}{connection.keepalive}
 

-If you find your sessions are closing unexpectedly (\q{Connection
-reset by peer}) after they have been idle for a while, you might
-want to try using this option.
+If you find your sessions are closing unexpectedly (most often with
+\q{Connection reset by peer}) after they have been idle for a while,
+you might want to try using this option.

 
 Some network routers and firewalls need to keep track of all
 connections through them. Usually, these firewalls will assume a
 
 Some network routers and firewalls need to keep track of all
 connections through them. Usually, these firewalls will assume a