Chapter 3: Configuring PuTTY

PuTTY is configured using the control panel that comes up before you start a session. Some options can also be changed in the middle of a session, by selecting Change Settings from the window menu.

• The Session panel
• The host name section
• Loading and storing saved sessions
• "Close Window on Exit"
• The Terminal panel
• "Auto wrap mode initially on"
• "DEC Origin Mode initially on"
• "Implicit CR in every LF"
• "Beep enabled"
• "Use background colour to erase screen"
• "Enable blinking text"
• "Use local terminal line discipline"
• Controlling session logging
• The Keyboard panel
• Changing the action of the Backspace key
• Changing the action of the Home and End keys
• Changing the action of the function keys and keypad
• Controlling Application Cursor Keys mode
• Controlling Application Keypad mode
• Using NetHack keypad mode
• Enabling a DEC-like Compose key
• The Window panel
• Setting the size of the PuTTY window
• Controlling scrollback
• "Warn before closing window"
• "Window closes on ALT-F4"
• "System menu appears on ALT-Space"
• "System menu appears on Alt alone"
• "Ensure window is always on top"
• The Appearance panel
• Controlling the appearance of the cursor
• Controlling the font used in the terminal window
• Controlling the window title
• The Translation panel
• Line drawing characters
• Character set translation of output data
• Character set translation of input data
• The Selection panel
• Changing the actions of the mouse buttons
• Configuring word-by-word selection
• The Colours panel
• "Bolded text is a different colour"
• "Attempt to use logical palettes"
• Adjusting the colours in the terminal window
• The Connection panel
• "Terminal-type string"
• "Auto-login username"
• Using keepalives to prevent disconnection
• The Telnet panel
• "Terminal-speed string"
• Setting environment variables on the server
• "Handling of OLD_ENVIRON ambiguity"
• The SSH panel
• Executing a specific command on the server
• SSH authentication options
• SSH protocol options
• Storing configuration in a file