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seb3773

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From: France

Registered: 2023-11-01

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PuTTY-TDE - native lightweight tqt3 port of PuTTY for tde

Hello !

PuTTY-TDE is a complete and faithful port of the renowned PuTTY (v0.74) graphical client to pure TQt3 (libtqt-mt). It provides a native, highly responsive, and feature-complete SSH, Telnet, Serial, and terminal emulator specifically crafted for Trinity Desktop Environment and lightweight X11 environments, completely free of any GTK, GNOME, or KParts dependencies :-)

Highlights:
- 100% Pure TQt3: Directly uses libtqt-mt and libX11. Zero dependencies on GTK (libgtk, libgdk, libglib), GNOME libraries, or heavy desktop frameworks.
- Unmodified Upstream Core: Retains the complete, rock-solid PuTTY C99 engine (114 upstream source files compiled directly) for cryptography, protocol handling, and VT100 terminal emulation.
- Featherweight Footprint: Self-contained executable of only ~910 KB through Link-Time Optimization (LTO), dead-code elimination, and aggressive ELF header stripping (sstrip).
- Self-Contained Resources: Application icons compiled directly into the executable binary as C byte arrays. No external PNG files or runtime theme packages required.

** UX Enhancements over Legacy GTK PuTTY:
- Persistent Configuration Window: Automatically unhides and restores when your terminal session ends, with input focus positioned on the host field for immediate reconnection.
- Position & Geometry Memory: Automatically remembers and restores window size and screen coordinates across sessions via TQSettings.
- Unified SSH Login Dialog: Enter username and password simultaneously in a window dialog instead of console login
- Smart Status Bar: Clean connection lifecycle display (Connecting... ➔ user@host[:port] ➔ [Closed]) with options shortcut hint.
- Full Context Menu: Classic Unix Ctrl + Right Click menu with session switching, dynamic saved sessions, remote special commands, and on-the-fly reconfiguration.

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.deb package and .qsi packages provided for easy installation.

https://github.com/seb3773/putty-tde/re … ag/v0.74-1

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Last edited by seb3773 (Today 11:11)

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