@@ -188,8 +201,16 @@ Ignored, for compatibility with Pico.
INITIALIZATION FILE
nano will read initialization files in the following
-order: $SYSCONFDIR/nanorc, then ~/.nanorc. Please see nanorc(5) and
-the example file nanorc.sample which should be provided with
+order:
+$SYSCONFDIR/nanorc,
+
+then
+~/.nanorc.
+
+Please see
+nanorc(5)
+
+and the example file nanorc.sample which should be provided with
nano.
@@ -198,30 +219,31 @@ the example file nanorc.sample which should be provided with
nano will try to dump the buffer into an emergency file in some
cases. Mainly, this will happen if nano receives a SIGHUP or
SIGTERM or runs out of memory, when it will write the buffer into a file
-named "nano.save" if the buffer didn't have a name already, or will add
-a ".save" suffix to the current filename. If an emergency file with that
-name already exists in the current directory, ".save" and a number (e.g.
-".save.1") will be suffixed to the current filename in order to make it
-unique. In multibuffer mode, nano will write all the open buffers
-to the respective emergency files.
+named
+nano.save
+
+if the buffer didn't have a name already, or will add a ".save" suffix
+to the current filename. If an emergency file with that name already
+exists in the current directory, ".save" and a number (e.g. ".save.1")
+will be suffixed to the current filename in order to make it unique. In
+multibuffer mode, nano will write all the open buffers to the
+respective emergency files.
BUGS
Please send any comments or bug reports to
-
-
-nano@nano-editor.org.
-
-
+nano@nano-editor.org.
+
The nano mailing list is available from
-
+nano-devel@gnu.org.
-nano-devel@gnu.org.
+
+To subscribe, email to
+nano-devel-request@gnu.org
-To subscribe, email to nano-devel-request@gnu.org with a
-subject of "subscribe".
+with a subject of "subscribe".
HOMEPAGE
@@ -242,9 +264,13 @@ subject of "subscribe".
AUTHOR
-Chris Allegretta <chrisa@asty.org>, et al (see AUTHORS and THANKS for
-details).
-This manual page was originally written by Jordi Mallach
+Chris Allegretta <chrisa@asty.org>, et al (see
+AUTHORS
+
+and
+THANKS
+
+for details). This manual page was originally written by Jordi Mallach
<jordi@sindominio.net>, for the Debian GNU system (but may be
used by others).
@@ -267,6 +293,6 @@ used by others).
This document was created by
man2html,
using the manual pages.
-Time: 04:08:28 GMT, February 13, 2003
+Time: 22:27:55 GMT, June 19, 2003
diff --git a/nanorc.5 b/nanorc.5
index 54a919eb..c9f4e8bd 100644
--- a/nanorc.5
+++ b/nanorc.5
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
.\" Public License for copying conditions. There is NO warranty.
.\"
.\" $Id$
-.TH NANORC 5 "February 14, 2003"
+.TH NANORC 5 "June 19, 2003"
.\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
.\"
.SH NAME
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ The \fInanorc\fP file contains the default settings for \fBnano\fP.
During startup, \fBnano\fP will first read its system-wide settings from
.IR $SYSCONFDIR/nanorc ,
and then user-specific settings from
-.IR $HOME/.nanorc .
+.IR ~/.nanorc .
.SH OPTIONS
The configuration file accepts a series of "set" and "unset" commands,
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ Use cut to end of line with ^K by default.
Wrap lines at column number \fIn\fP. If \fIn\fP is 0 or less, the line
length will be the screen width less \fIn\fP. The default value is -8.
.TP
+\fBset/unset historylog\fP
+Enable
+.I ~/.nano_history
+for saving and reading search/replace strings.
+.TP
\fBset/unset keypad\fP
Use alternate keypad routines.
.TP
@@ -114,11 +119,6 @@ than 0.
\fBset/unset tempfile\fP
Save automatically on exit, don't prompt.
.TP
-\fBset/unset historylog\fP
-Enable
-.I~/.nano_history
-for saving and reading search/replace strings.
-.TP
\fBset/unset view\fP
Disallow file modification.
.TP
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ instance of \fIer\fP.
.I $SYSCONFDIR/nanorc
System-wide configuration file
.TP
-.I $HOME/.nanorc
+.I ~/.nanorc
Per-user configuration file
.SH SEE ALSO
.PD 0
diff --git a/nanorc.5.html b/nanorc.5.html
index 35d0224f..849f89e8 100644
--- a/nanorc.5.html
+++ b/nanorc.5.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
Manpage of NANORC
NANORC
-Section: File Formats (5)
Updated: February 9, 2003
Index
+Section: File Formats (5)
Updated: June 19, 2003
Index
Return to Main Contents
@@ -11,15 +11,6 @@ Section: File Formats (5)
Updated: February 9, 2003
Index
nanorc - GNU nano's rcfile
-SYNOPSIS
-
-/etc/nanorc
-
-$HOME/.nanorc
-
-
-
-
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents GNU nano's rcfile.
@@ -31,7 +22,16 @@ than just copying Pico's look and feel, nano also implements some
missing (or disabled by default) features in Pico, such as "search and
replace" and "go to line number".
-
+
+The nanorc file contains the default settings for nano.
+During startup, nano will first read its system-wide settings from
+$SYSCONFDIR/nanorc,
+
+and then user-specific settings from
+~/.nanorc.
+
+
+
OPTIONS
The configuration file accepts a series of "set" and "unset" commands,
@@ -43,19 +43,29 @@ GNU nano will read one command per line.
Options in rcfiles take precedence over nano's defaults, and command line
options override rcfile settings.
+Options are unset by default, except for options that take an argument.
+
The supported commands and arguments are:
- set/unset autoindent
-
Use auto-indentation.
- set/unset backup
-
-Create backup files in filename~.
+Create backup files in
+filename~.
+
- set/unset const
-
-Constantly update the cursor position.
+Constantly display the cursor position in the status bar.
- set/unset cut
-
Use cut to end of line with ^K by default.
- set fill n
-
-Set the column where lines will be wrapped at to n.
+Wrap lines at column number n. If n is 0 or less, the line
+length will be the screen width less n. The default value is -8.
+
- set/unset historylog
-
+Enable
+~/.nano_history
+
+for saving and reading search/replace strings.
- set/unset keypad
-
Use alternate keypad routines.
- set/unset multibuffer
-
@@ -69,20 +79,28 @@ Don't display the help lists at the bottom of the screen.
- set/unset nowrap
-
Don't wrap text at all.
- set operatingdir "directory"
-
-Set operating directory (chroots the user to directory and below).
+nano will only read and write files inside directory and its
+subdirectories. Also, the current directory is changed to here, so files
+are inserted from this dir. By default the operating directory feature is
+turned off.
- set/unset preserve
-
Preserve the XON and XOFF keys (^Q and ^S).
- set quotestr "string"
-
-The email-quote string. This is a "regular expression" if your
-system supports them, otherwise a literal string.
-Default value is set quotestr "^([ ]*[|>:}#])+" if you have regexps,
-otherwise set quotestr "> ".
+The email-quote string, used to justify email-quoted paragraphs. This is
+an "extended regular expression" if your system supports them, otherwise a
+literal string. The default value is
+
+ set quotestr "^([ \t]*[|>:}#])+"
+
+if you have regexps, otherwise set quotestr "> ". Note that '\t'
+above stands for a literal Tab character.
- set/unset regexp
-
Do regular expression searches by default.
- set/unset smooth
-
Use smooth scrolling by default.
- set speller spellprog
-
-Use spelling checker spellprog instead of the default (spell).
+Use spelling checker spellprog instead of the built-in one, which
+calls spell.
- set/unset suspend
-
Allow nano to be suspended with ^Z.
- set tabsize n
-
@@ -90,8 +108,6 @@ Use a tab size of n instead of the default (8); must be greater
than 0.
- set/unset tempfile
-
Save automatically on exit, don't prompt.
-
- set/unset historylog
-
-Enable ~/.nano_history for saving and reading search/replace strings.
- set/unset view
-
Disallow file modification.
- syntax str [fileregex ... ]
@@ -123,7 +139,20 @@ instance of er.
-
+
+FILES
+
+
+- $SYSCONFDIR/nanorc
+
+
-
+System-wide configuration file
+
- ~/.nanorc
+
+
-
+Per-user configuration file
+
+
SEE ALSO
@@ -132,12 +161,18 @@ instance of er.
-/usr/share/doc/nano/examples/nanorc.sample (or equivalent on your system)
+/usr/share/doc/nano/examples/nanorc.sample (or equivalent on your
+system)
AUTHOR
-Chris Allegretta <chrisa@asty.org>, et al (see AUTHORS and THANKS for
-details).
+Chris Allegretta <chrisa@asty.org>, et al (see
+AUTHORS
+
+and
+THANKS
+
+for details).
This manual page was written by Jordi Mallach <jordi@gnu.org>.
@@ -145,9 +180,9 @@ This manual page was written by Jordi Mallach <
Index
- NAME
-
-
- SYNOPSIS
-
-
- DESCRIPTION
-
-
- OPTIONS
-
+
- DESCRIPTION
-
+
- OPTIONS
-
+
- FILES
-
- SEE ALSO
-
- AUTHOR
-
@@ -155,6 +190,6 @@ This manual page was written by Jordi Mallach <man2html,
using the manual pages.
-Time: 04:08:33 GMT, February 13, 2003
+Time: 22:28:00 GMT, June 19, 2003