Document the three new configuration options I've added tonight

[PuTTY.git] / doc / faq.but

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+\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.12 2001/11/25 19:22:47 simon Exp $
+

 \A{faq} PuTTY FAQ
 
 This FAQ is published on the PuTTY web site, and also provided as an
 \A{faq} PuTTY FAQ
 
 This FAQ is published on the PuTTY web site, and also provided as an


@@ -554,7 +556,7 @@ try harder to keep connections alive instead of abandoning them.
 \S{faq-puttyputty}{question} When I \cw{cat} a binary file, I get
 `PuTTYPuTTYPuTTY' on my command line.
 
 \S{faq-puttyputty}{question} When I \cw{cat} a binary file, I get
 `PuTTYPuTTYPuTTY' on my command line.
 

-Don't \cw{cat} binary files, then.
+Don't do that, then.

 
 This is designed behaviour; when PuTTY receives the character
 Control-E from the remote server, it interprets it as a request to
 
 This is designed behaviour; when PuTTY receives the character
 Control-E from the remote server, it interprets it as a request to


@@ -565,10 +567,15 @@ response. Writing a binary file to your terminal is likely to output
 many Control-E characters, and cause this behaviour. Don't do it.
 It's a bad plan.
 
 many Control-E characters, and cause this behaviour. Don't do it.
 It's a bad plan.
 

+To mitigate the effects, you could configure the answerback string
+to be empty (see \k{config-answerback}); but writing binary files to
+your terminal is likely to cause various other unpleasant behaviour,
+so this is only a small remedy.
+

 \S{faq-puttyputty}{question} When I \cw{cat} a binary file, my
 window title changes to a nonsense string.
 
 \S{faq-puttyputty}{question} When I \cw{cat} a binary file, my
 window title changes to a nonsense string.
 

-Don't \cw{cat} binary files, then.
+Don't do that, then.

 
 It is designed behaviour that PuTTY should have the ability to
 adjust the window title on instructions from the server. Normally
 
 It is designed behaviour that PuTTY should have the ability to
 adjust the window title on instructions from the server. Normally