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Add a note about nested SSH sessions not being supported

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Fixes #2971
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Kovid Goyal 2020-09-16 08:36:08 +05:30
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@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ to *Edit* it in which case kitty will download it and open it locally in your
to the remote computer. Note that this happens without needing to install *any*
special software on the server, beyond ``ls`` that supports hyperlinks.
.. note::
Nested SSH sessions are not supported. The kitten will always try to copy
remote files from the first SSH host. This is because there is no way for
|kitty| to detect and follow a nested SSH session robustly.
.. note::
If you have not setup automatic password-less SSH access, then, when
editing starts you will be asked to enter your password just once,