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@@ -129,6 +129,13 @@ but all the recommended software here is open source (and please don't install p
 <ul>
 <li><a href="../putty/putty.html">PuTTY</a>.You need this to generate and to use ssh keys on Windows. Otherwise none of git, scp, ftp or rsync will work. It includes command line tools ssh, scp 
 (pscp) and sFTP (psftp). The <a href="https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html">PuTTY</a> installation includes puttygen and  pagent which you also need. Version 0.77 was released on 2022-05-27. 
+
+<li><a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/openssh/openssh_overview">OpenSSH for Windows</a> is new since 2018. It is a 
+set of command line tools which are an alternative to PuTTY. It also includes scp and sftp. It integrates well with Github for Windows and enables you to 
+use rsync over ssh. NB use this Microsoft documented install method which puts the executables in <var>windows\system32\openssh\</var>.
+[This is so new that none of the other troggle documentation refers to it: all those other pages need to be rewritten to use this
+instead of or as an alternative to PuTty/Pageant.]
+
   <li><a href="https://desktop.github.com/">GitHub Desktop for Windows</a> - yes this works with the expo server git even though we don't use GitHub itself.
 	<li><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/">VS Code</a> is a free (but not FOSS) editor with in-built git capability and plug-ins ("Git History", 
 "GitLens")which render git branches graphically. Also available for Linux.
@@ -136,12 +143,10 @@ but all the recommended software here is open source (and please don't install p
    <li><a href="https://www.gitkraken.com/">GitKraken</a> - Very pretty GUI interface to git, also Linux version. 
     Times-out for our server unless you buy it but free for university people.
 <li><a href="https://winscp.net/eng/download.php">WinScp</a> can be used as an alternative to Filezilla if you like (like Filezilla, it uses PuTTY ssh keys)
-<li><a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/openssh/openssh_overview">OpenSSH for Windows</a> is new since 2018. It is a 
-set of command line tools which are an alternative to PuTTY. It also includes scp and sftp. It integrates well with Github for Windows and enables you to 
-use rsync over ssh.
+
 <li><a href="https://www.java.com/en/">java</a> - needed for GPSprune and CaveConverter. Has to be installed separately on a Windows machine.
 <li><a href="https://notepad-plus-plus.org/">Notepad++</a> or any other syntax-highlighting code editor for HTML and python. We have a syntax-highlighter 
-to colourize .svx files, download it: <a href="/site_media/survex.xml">survex.xml</a>.
+to colourize .svx files, download it: <a href="/site_media/survex.xml">survex.xml</a> (no dark-mode yet though).
 
       </ul>
 
@@ -153,6 +158,8 @@ to colourize .svx files, download it: <a href="/site_media/survex.xml">survex.xm
 	  <p>You will definitely want the 
 	  <a href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=donjayamanne.githistory">"Git History" extension</a>
 	  and probably the "GitLens" extension too.
+      <p>It is entirely feasible (and on a slow machine, recommended) to use VS Code only for git management, and using a faster Windows-native editor, 
+      such as Notepad++, for actually editing code and text.