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@@ -478,7 +478,9 @@ remote machine.
@anchor{option --enable-ssh-support}
@item --enable-ssh-support
+@itemx --enable-putty-support
@opindex enable-ssh-support
+@opindex enable-putty-support
Enable the OpenSSH Agent protocol.
@@ -522,6 +524,12 @@ gpg-connect-agent /bye
Adding the @option{--verbose} shows the progress of starting the agent.
+The @option{--enable-putty-support} is only available under Windows
+and allows the use of gpg-agent with the ssh implementation
+@command{putty}. This is similar to the regular ssh-agent support but
+makes use of Windows message queue as required by @command{putty}.
+
+
@end table
All the long options may also be given in the configuration file after