From 336fa400551de8ffa59cdac89d9abae49b7bb7c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Benno Schulenberg Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2018 14:23:16 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] docs: clarify what the scrollup and scrolldown bindable functions do --- doc/nano.texi | 6 ++++-- doc/nanorc.5 | 6 ++++-- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/nano.texi b/doc/nano.texi index 04dc5756..34be2dbd 100644 --- a/doc/nano.texi +++ b/doc/nano.texi @@ -1188,10 +1188,12 @@ Goes one line up (in the editor or browser). Goes one line down (in the editor or browser). @item scrollup -Scrolls up one line of text from the current position. +Scrolls the viewport up one row (meaning that the text slides down) +while keeping the cursor in the same text position, if possible. @item scrolldown -Scrolls down one line of text from the current position. +Scrolls the viewport down one row (meaning that the text slides up) +while keeping the cursor in the same text position, if possible. @item prevword Moves the cursor to the beginning of the previous word. diff --git a/doc/nanorc.5 b/doc/nanorc.5 index 0e6198aa..4f72395d 100644 --- a/doc/nanorc.5 +++ b/doc/nanorc.5 @@ -543,10 +543,12 @@ Goes one line up (in the editor or browser). Goes one line down (in the editor or browser). .TP .B scrollup -Scrolls up one line of text from the current position. +Scrolls the viewport up one row (meaning that the text slides down) +while keeping the cursor in the same text position, if possible. .TP .B scrolldown -Scrolls down one line of text from the current position. +Scrolls the viewport down one row (meaning that the text slides up) +while keeping the cursor in the same text position, if possible. .TP .B prevword Moves the cursor to the beginning of the previous word.