from_backend() should always be called with len > 0. Only rlogin

[PuTTY.git] / doc / config.but

diff --git a/doc/config.but b/doc/config.but
index 68d0842ad9dfb64ddac10738ee4b633b4d7b19bb..604fcb16f9ab359ae20d1ee81818d3260bb5a533 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/config.but
+++ b/doc/config.but
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-\versionid $Id: config.but,v 1.24 2001/12/29 17:25:07 simon Exp $
+\versionid $Id: config.but,v 1.26 2002/02/24 15:25:19 simon Exp $
 
 \C{config} Configuring PuTTY
 
@@ -330,6 +330,11 @@ multiple times at the keyboard. If you set the answerback string to
 be empty, this problem should go away, but doing so might cause
 other problems.
 
+Note that this is \e{not} the feature of PuTTY which the server will
+typically use to determine your terminal type. That feature is the
+\q{Terminal-type string} in the Connection panel; see
+\k{config-termtype} for details.
+
 \S{config-localecho} \q{Local echo}
 
 \cfg{winhelp-topic}{terminal.localecho}
@@ -1059,6 +1064,12 @@ box below, and press the \q{Set} button.
 This mechanism currently only covers ASCII characters, because it
 isn't feasible to expand the list to cover the whole of Unicode.
 
+Character class definitions can be modified by control sequences
+sent by the server. This configuration option only controls the
+\e{default} state. If you modify this option in mid-session using
+\q{Change Settings}, you will need to reset the terminal (see
+\k{reset-terminal}) before the change takes effect.
+
 \H{config-colours} The Colours panel
 
 The Colours panel allows you to control PuTTY's use of colour.