PuTTY horizontal scroll bar

[NT]

When I disable line wrap in PuTTY, no horizontal scroll is enabled. Is
there a way to enable horizontal scroll for lines that are longer than
the windows width?

Thanks,
Nathan

[those who know me have no need of my name]

in comp.security.ssh i read:

>When I disable line wrap in PuTTY, no horizontal scroll is enabled. Is
>there a way to enable horizontal scroll for lines that are longer than
>the windows width?

and your ssh question is ... ?

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[Alan Hadsell]

those who know me have no need of my name <not-a-rea...@usa.net> writes:

> in comp.security.ssh i read:
>
>>When I disable line wrap in PuTTY, no horizontal scroll is enabled. Is
>>there a way to enable horizontal scroll for lines that are longer than
>>the windows width?

To (almost) quote Lars "No such predefined functionality exists in
PuTTY".

> and your ssh question is ... ?

PuTTY is an ssh client. Simon Tatham, its author, recommends that
people with questions about PuTTY post them here. He frequently reads
and answers questions here.

--
Alan Hadsell
If something's already broken, does it really matter how many pieces it's in?
--James Bottomley on lkml

[those who know me have no need of my name]

in comp.security.ssh i read:

>those who know me have no need of my name <not-a-rea...@usa.net>
>writes:

>> and your ssh question is ... ?

>
>PuTTY is an ssh client. Simon Tatham, its author, recommends that
>people with questions about PuTTY post them here. He frequently reads
>and answers questions here.

putty is a terminal emulator, which is an ssh (or telnet) client, yes.
that doesn't make general putty questions on-topic, imo.

[Simon Tatham]

those who know me have no need of my name wrote:
> in comp.security.ssh i read:

>> PuTTY is an ssh client. Simon Tatham, its author, recommends that
>> people with questions about PuTTY post them here. He frequently reads
>> and answers questions here.
>
> putty is a terminal emulator, which is an ssh (or telnet) client, yes.
> that doesn't make general putty questions on-topic, imo.

This is true; perhaps I should clarify that aspect of my Feedback
page. Up until now I don't think it's been a major problem - the
vast majority of PuTTY questions have been SSH-related, since that's
by far the most complicated bit of the software.

I'm not entirely sure where I should recommend people go with
terminal-emulator type questions, though...
--
Simon Tatham "You may call that a cheap shot.
<ana...@pobox.com> I prefer to think of it as good value."

[those who know me have no need of my name]

in comp.security.ssh i read:

>those who know me have no need of my name wrote:

>> putty is a terminal emulator, which is an ssh (or telnet) client, yes.
>> that doesn't make general putty questions on-topic, imo.
>
>This is true; perhaps I should clarify that aspect of my Feedback
>page. Up until now I don't think it's been a major problem - the
>vast majority of PuTTY questions have been SSH-related, since that's
>by far the most complicated bit of the software.

sometimes people post a question that is at a tangent to their real
problem, sometimes forgetting which group they were in when they engaged
their reader to post. i was actually hoping to provoke the original poster
into rethinking their question -- perhaps there was some ssh aspect after
all, but the scroll bars were at the top of their mind. i do not want to
stifle anything even slightly ssh related, but likewise i don't think that
supporting a program which happens to include ssh is necessarily
appropriate either.

>I'm not entirely sure where I should recommend people go with
>terminal-emulator type questions, though...

i'm not sure this is a terrible forum for these questions, provided they
are indeed few and far between. if there is a forum where other ms windows
terminal emulators are discussed that would be better, but i can't say i'm
aware of which that might be, other than a general `apps' type place like
comp.os.ms-windows.apps.misc. a quick google search shows that most
terminal emulators are discussed in forums related to the systems to which
they are used to connect, even if the issue is with the emulator itself.

and all this is just my opinion, if others accept general putty questions
they will answer them irregardless of how i feel, and i'll get the hint and
shut-up.

[NT]

I did post to this newsgroup from the recomendation on the PuTTY
website. In addition I scanned the group to make sure that others were,
in fact, using this group for putty questions (although I didn't check
the FAQ - which I should have).

Although it seems to me that a separate group could be better suited for
application questions - I don't see where to draw the line (perhaps 2
new groups: comp.security.ssh.clients to be distinct from a
comp.protocols.ssh group?). Since the distinction between an app
question and an SSH question is so blurred most would be confused and
make the wrong choice anyway.

-Nathan

[Daniel Rosenzweig]

comp.terminals gets alot of terminal emulation (not just hardware terminal)
questions... I've asked PuTTY questions there before... and I'm about to
post another one there again :-) )

[those who know me have no need of my name]

in comp.security.ssh i read:

>comp.terminals gets alot of terminal emulation (not just hardware terminal)
>questions... I've asked PuTTY questions there before... and I'm about to
>post another one there again :-) )

excellent!

(why in heck didn't i see that? one of the benefits of failing to die
young i expect.)