Terminal /
Appearance
The Appearance category of the Session Options dialog allows you to configure the appearance of the screen for the selected 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. .
Current color scheme group
This list box displays the current color scheme A combination of session settings that specify a variety of colors associated with the terminal window, including foreground and background. for this session's window and allows you to select the color scheme for your session windows from the existing schemes. By using the Edit... and New buttons, you can also modify existing schemes or create new ones.
Note: If the settings for this option differ from the color scheme settings in the Global Options/Terminal/Appearance/Color Scheme dialog, these settings will override the global settings.
For more information on color schemes, see Overview of Color Schemes and Creating or Modifying a Color Scheme.
This group allows you to select the font displayed in your session window.
Normal font
This box displays the current font used in this session's window. By using the Font... button, you can select a different font to display.
Narrow font
Check this option to display the narrow font currently being used and to enable the Font... button. By using the Font... button, you can select a different font to display.
Character encoding
Different computer systems can use different character
encodings for the same language. For example, UNIX variants often use
a character encoding called Extended UNIX Coding (EUC) to represent Japanese
characters. Microsoft Windows uses an encoding called Shift JIS. SecureCRT
also supports UTF-8 character encoding for those systems that require
it. This option allows you to select the encoding method you need to display
your language. Select the type of encoding used by the remote system.
If the remote system uses the same character encoding as used by Microsoft
Windows systems, select Default. This option uses facilities
built into the Microsoft operating system to decode and display the data.
If the remote system uses a different encoding, select from the available
encoding methods. If the encoding method for your language is not available,
try setting this option to Default (be sure that your font
and script settings are correct). If you still cannot display your language,
please let us know.
Use Unicode line-drawing characters
Check this box to use Unicode line-drawing characters.
Cursor group
This group allows you to configure the cursor used in this session's window.
This option allows you to configure the style of cursor displayed.
This option allows you to configure the color of the cursor displayed. By using the Color... button, you can select a different color for display.
This option turns on and off the blinking of the cursor for this session's window. To stop the blinking, clear the check box.
Highlight keywords group
This group allows you to create lists of keywords that can be highlighted in the SecureCRT terminal window.
Name
This option allows you to select (or create) a list of keywords that you want to be highlighted in the terminal window (the entire keyword will be highlighted). To create a new list of keywords, select the New... entry from the drop-down list. This opens the Keyword List Properties dialog where you can assign a name to the new list and add words to it. To edit an existing list, select the name of the list you want to modify and press the Edit button.
The word delimiters for keyword highlighting are the following:
` ~!#$%^&*()+=:;<>,.?/\[]{}|'
Word delimiters specified in the Terminal category of the Session Options dialog only affect word selection by double-clicking and do not affect keyword highlighting.
To disable the highlight feature, select <None> from the drop-down list.
Style
This option allows you to select the style in which keywords are highlighted.
Note: Using this option reduces output display performance. If the host's shell supports highlighting, that is the recommended way to highlight keywords.