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> Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help
> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 15:59:11 GMT
> 
> > I use the SSH Secure Shell Client (ssh.com). It allows you to set the
> 
> I recommend `putty', BTW.

Seconded.

> I haven't used either of them that much, but putty "just worked" whereas
> ssh.com's thing was more trouble and even after some "extensive"
> customization it never worked nearly as well:
> PuTTY supports colors, mouse (via xterm-mouse-mode), and many more
> modifier+key combinations.

I do use PuTTY extensively, and it has yet to fail me.

On top of all the advantages mentioned by Stefan, it's a native
Windows application, so there are no ``usual'' Cygwin-related issues,
like the cygdrive thingy and the need to depend on large DLLs.