Terminal / Appearance

This category only appears if VanDyke Software's SecureCRT® 5.0 (or newer) is also installed.

The Appearance category of the Session Options dialog allows you to configure the appearance of the screen for the selected session .

Current color scheme
A combination of session settings that specify a variety of colors associated with the terminal window, including foreground and background. group

This list box displays the current color scheme 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" in the SecureCRT Help system.

Fonts group

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 graphics characters

Check this box to use Unicode graphics characters including line-drawing characters.

Draw lines graphically

Check this box to have SecureCRT render line-drawing characters using graphical drawing calls. This ensures that lines will be rendered correctly with fonts that do not support line-drawing characters, or with fonts that have line-drawing characters that do not properly connect between adjacent cells. This option takes precedence over the Use Unicode graphics characters option.

Cursor group

This group allows you to configure the cursor used in this session's window.

Cursor style

This option allows you to configure the style of cursor displayed.

Use color

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.

Blinking

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 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. 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.

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.