4.6.8 Disabling remote character set configurationPuTTY has the ability to change its character set configuration in response to commands from the server. Some programs send these commands unexpectedly or inconveniently. In particular, BitchX (an IRC client) seems to have a habit of reconfiguring the character set to something other than the user intended. If you find that accented characters are not showing up the way you expect them to, particularly if you're running BitchX, you could try disabling the remote character set configuration commands.
4.6.9 Disabling Arabic text shaping PuTTY supports shaping of Arabic text, which means that if your server sends text written in the basic Unicode Arabic alphabet then it will convert it to the correct display forms before printing it on the screen. If you are using full-screen software which was not expecting this to happen (especially if you are not an Arabic speaker and you unexpectedly find yourself dealing with Arabic text files in applications which are not Arabic-aware), you might find that the display becomes corrupted. By ticking this box, you can disable Arabic text shaping so that PuTTY displays precisely the characters it is told to display. You may also find you need to disable bidirectional text display; see section 4.6.10
. 4.6.10 Disabling bidirectional text display PuTTY supports bidirectional text display, which means that if your server sends text written in a language which is usually displayed from right to left (such as Arabic or Hebrew) then PuTTY will automatically flip it round so that it is displayed in the right direction on the screen. If you are using full-screen software which was not expecting this to happen (especially if you are not an Arabic speaker and you unexpectedly find yourself dealing with Arabic text files in applications which are not Arabic-aware), you might find that the display becomes corrupted. By ticking this box, you can disable bidirectional text display, so that PuTTY displays text from left to right in all situations. You may also find you need to disable Arabic text shaping; see section 4.6.9
. The Window configuration panel allows you to control aspects of the PuTTY window. 4.7.1 Setting the size of the PuTTY window The ‘Columns’ and ‘Rows’ boxes let you set the PuTTY window to a precise size. Of course you can also drag the window to a new size while a session is running. 4.7.2 What to do when the window is resized These options allow you to control what happens when the user tries to resize the PuTTY window using its window furniture. There are four options here:
•‘Change the number of rows and columns’: the font size will not change. (This is the default.)
•‘Change the size of the font’: the number of rows and columns in the terminal will stay the same, and the font size will change.