Terminal
The Terminal category of the Session Options dialog allows you to configure general session A session is a set of options that are assigned to a connection to a remote machine. These settings and options are saved under a session name and allow the user to have different preferences for different hosts. options for the selected session.
Audio bell
Check this option to have SecureCRT emit an audible sound when a bell character is received. This option is on by default.
Visual bell
Check this button to have SecureCRT flash the session window when a bell character is received. This option is off by default.
Check this button to have SecureCRT automatically close the session window after disconnecting from the remote machine.
Clear on disconnect
Check this button to have SecureCRT automatically clear the session window after disconnecting from the remote machine.
Auto reconnect
Check this option to automatically reconnect to a remote machine when a connection A data path or circuit between two computers over a phone line, network cable, or other means. is terminated.
Jump scroll
When this option is off, each line is scrolled off the screen one at a time. When Jump Scroll is on, up to a full screen can be scrolled off the screen at once. When viewing a large volume of data from the remote host, turning on Jump Scroll can significantly enhance performance.
Minimize drawing (faster)
Checking this option speeds the scrolling process by not refreshing the screen as often. .
Scroll to clear screen
Many applications send an escape sequence to clear the screen. When this option is turned on, the current screen's data is scrolled into the scrollback buffer prior to clearing the screen.
Scroll to bottom on output
Check this button to have SecureCRT automatically scroll to the bottom of the incoming data when new data is received, as long as the session is scrolled back less than a screen length. If this option is turned off, you must scroll back at least one page in order to not be scrolled back to the bottom on output.
Scroll to bottom on keypress
Check this button to have SecureCRT automatically scroll to the bottom of the incoming data when a key is pressed.
Mouse group
This group contains options that affect mouse behavior.
Shift forces local mouse operations
This option causes mouse operations to be local rather than remote when the SHIFT key is pressed. This option is on, by default.
Send scroll wheel events to remote
This option allows SecureCRT to scroll remote applications. This only works when you run a remote application that starts an alternate screen buffer. This applies to most applications such as Emacs, Vim, and Midnight Commander.
This group contains controls designed to prevent your connection A data path or circuit between two computers over a phone line, network cable, or other means. from being closed due to a lack of network traffic between SecureCRT and the remote machine.
Send string n every n seconds
Check this box to send a string to the remote machine on a regular basis.
· Enter the string that you want to send in the Send string entry box. Strings can contain commands or other information. For a listing of special octal and escape codes that can be included as part of the sent string, see the table of ASCII Control Codes and the table of Send String and Function Key Commands.
· Enter how often you want the string sent in the associated every n seconds entry box. The default value for this option is 300 seconds; the minimum is 10 seconds.
Send protocol NO-OP every n seconds
Check this box to send a NO-OP instruction to the remote machine on a regular basis.
· Enter how often you want the NO-OP sent in the associated every n seconds entry box. The default value for this option is 60 seconds; the minimum is 10 seconds.
Note: Sending NO-OP instructions is only available for SSH2 The second version of the SSH protocol which provides a way to encrypt network traffic between a client and a server, with a slightly different set of security features than the SSH1 protocol provides. and Telnet Telnet is a protocol that provides an interface for communications between clients and servers. sessions.
Selection group
Set word delimiter characters
By default, SecureCRT uses all non-alphanumeric characters (except underscore) as word delimiters when selecting an entire "word" with a double-click action as described in Selecting Text in the Terminal Window. You can modify the word delimiter characters by entering your personal word delimiter characters in this entry box. Do not separate the entries with spaces or any other character.