Colin, I've fiddled with Putty and pterm a bit more and I now think my bug description may not be helpful. I still think there is something illogical going on, but I now think it's that nothing happens to the pterm/putty window until you give the window focus.
Sorry for the confusion. -- Adam Trickett Overton, HANTS, UK -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]