Putty on windows has a "change settings" option on the window menu that allows some reconfiguration. This option is missing. I don't know if this is just unimplemented on the unix port, or if there's some interaction with gnome or metacity that's eating it, or there's a different way of getting the menu that I don't know about. There seems to be code in unix/pterm.c for creating a menu with a "change settings" menuitem, but I can't see how to get the menu. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Start an ssh session in putty click the "window menu" Actual Results: Get the normal window-manager provided menu items (minimise, maximise, etc.) Expected Results: get "new session" and "change settings" menu items, among others. Gnome 2.8.2, metacity 2.8.13 ("simple" theme), putty 0.57 Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.3.5-20050130, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r1, 2.6.11-gentoo-r6 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11-gentoo-r6 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2000+ Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4-r1 [2.3.4 (#1, Feb 23 2005, 07:53:17)] distcc 2.16 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled]dev-lang/python: 2.3.4-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: [Not Present] sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r6, 2.13 sys-devel/automake: 1.8.5-r3, 1.5, 1.4_p6, 1.6.3, 1.7.9, 1.9.4 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r7 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.10-r4 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/www.ibiblio.org/gentoo /gentoo.blueyonder.co.uk http://gentoo.tiscali.nl/gentoo/" LANG="en_GB" MAKEOPTS="-j 4" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X alsa apm arts audiofile avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cddb cdr crypt url dnd doc dvd dvdread emacs emboss encode esd fam flac foomaticdb fortra gif gimp gimpprint gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 guile imagemagick imlib i va jpeg ldap libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif mozilla mozsvg mozxmlterm mp3 ule ncurses nls ogg oggvorbis opengl pam pdflib perl png python quicktime ne ruby scanner sdl slang sndfile speex spell ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex ti etype truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb v4l v4l2 vorbis xml xml2 xmms xprint b" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTDIR_OVERLA
Hmm, the menu appears here in net-misc/putty-0.57, it could well be some interaction with your DE. I get a "New Session, Saved Sessions->, Change Settings, etc" menu. Please confirm you are holding down the ctrl key and then right clicking the terminal region of the putty window.
Yes, that works. I thought I'd tried every combination of modifier keys and mouse clicks. Just to make me look extra silly, is that (ctrl-right click on main area) documented somewhere? Is it a Gnome standard?
