advantages:
- protocol modules can call sk_write() without having to worry
about writes blocking, because blocking writes are handled in the
abstraction layer and retried later.
- `Lost connection while sending' is a thing of the past.
- <winsock.h> is no longer needed in most modules, because
"putty.h" doesn't have to declare `SOCKET' variables any more,
only the abstracted `Socket' type.
- select()-equivalent between multiple sockets will now be handled
sensibly, which opens the way for things like SSH port
forwarding.
[originally from svn r744]
- Robert de Bath's Compose key is now off by default and configurable on
- The ages-old controversy over whether ALT by itself should bring the
System menu up is now controllable by a config option
- You can now independently configure whether scrollback resets on a
keypress _and_ whether it resets on screen activity.
[originally from svn r741]
use when they have data from the network. Replaces the utterly daft
inbuf / inbuf_head / term_out() interface, which only made sense
when feeding to terminal.c. (terminal.c now implements
from_backend() as a small function that gateways to the old
interface.)
As a side effect, from_backend() also has an `is_stderr' parameter,
so scp can once again separate the server's pronouncements on stderr
from the actual protocol progress on stdout.
[originally from svn r729]
- cope with strange WinSock wrappers not supporting SIOCATMARK
- define yet more terminal compatibility modes
- support UK-ASCII (just like US-ASCII but # is a sterling sign)
- support connection keepalives at a configurable interval
[originally from svn r692]
ATTR_BLINK (as bold background) and VT52 support. Plus a
compatibility tracking system whereby all escape sequences can be
disabled for a pure-VT102 compatibility mode or other levels.
[originally from svn r421]
apparently defined behaviour for _all_ CSI-type sequences that ESC[Q
should be equivalent to ESC[0Q. Which is a pain in the wossname and
not a sane way to do it, but if the standards say it then I suppose
... :-(
[originally from svn r406]
- ^E answerback is now `PuTTY'.
- The framework is now in place for the scrollback to reset to
bottom on display _or_ keyboard events _or_ both. An actual
configurable option isn't yet present, but most of the code is in
place.
- Try to deal with the problems where incoming data gets dropped
after decoding but before display.
- Scrollback behaviour has changed: instead of keying it off
`scroll' versus `delete top line', things now go into the
scrollback from _either_ of those but only if the primary screen
is selected. Should fix problems with `less' and talkers.
- must_update variable has gone because rdb correctly observed that
it didn't seem to be doing a great deal :-)
[originally from svn r328]
- Stop using the identifier `environ' as some platforms make it a macro
- Fix silly error box at end of connection in FWHACK mode
- Fix GPF on maximise-then-restore
- Use SetCapture to allow drag-selecting outside the window
- Correctly update window title when iconic and in win_name_always mode
[originally from svn r12]
Simon Tatham