bc40dd645a
docs: adjust and extend the Pico-compatibility section in the manual
2019-03-24 10:49:47 +01:00
69601315c4
docs: add notes to draw attention to the changed defaults
2019-03-18 20:08:01 +01:00
d5b21d7bd0
copyright: update the years for the FSF in the documentation too
2019-03-11 08:27:19 +01:00
610be482fa
docs: suggest a setting for 'stripecolor' in the sample nanorc
2019-03-09 09:54:27 +01:00
6e04d697a1
docs: describe the new options -J, --guidestripe, and 'set stripecolor'
2019-03-09 09:27:08 +01:00
2c7d336711
bindings: rename 'cutwordleft' to 'chopwordleft', and similar for right
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These bindable functions should not connote cutting, as they don't put
anything into the cutbuffer.
2019-02-24 17:31:40 +01:00
5e769686fb
docs: mention that 'cutwordleft' is bound to <Shift+Ctrl+Delete>
...
The default binding was made in commit e6429e78
2019-02-24 11:25:35 +01:00
df4d181987
help, docs: say "Delete" when things don't go into the cutbuffer
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Reported-by: Božidar Putanec <bozidarp@yahoo.com>
2019-02-24 11:00:06 +01:00
00713a7c47
docs: deprecate the use of morespace, smooth, nonewlines, and nowrap
2019-02-20 16:34:29 +01:00
3270250184
docs: mention that --morespace and --smooth are obsolete and ignored
2019-02-19 19:34:34 +01:00
60bdac2bbc
docs: describe breaklonglines, emptyline, finalnewline, jumpyscrolling
2019-02-19 19:06:26 +01:00
f6c767a372
docs: describe the four new options (-b, -f, -j, -e)
2019-02-19 17:48:43 +01:00
6c89815e8b
docs: stop saying that --fill switches on automatic hard-wrapping
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The two were decoupled in the previous commit. Just say that --fill
sets the target width for both justifying and automatic hard-wrapping.
2019-02-18 09:41:56 +01:00
6470106eef
docs: mention nano's major features directly instead of referring
...
In addition, the referral in the FAQ was to nano's home page,
which does not mention any advantages or features of nano.
2019-01-31 20:30:53 +01:00
2482cfca56
build: eradicate the --disable-wrapping-as-root configure option
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Hard-wrapping is disabled by default for any user, so this special
configure option is no longer needed.
2019-01-25 11:37:51 +01:00
98b1f8f059
options: stop recognizing and ignoring -b, -e, -f, -j, and -q
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This signals our break from trying to be as compatible with Pico as
possible. We were already incompatible with modern Pico in the -n
and -W options, and in several character-set and color options, so
ignoring those five options brought us very little.
Anyway, soon some of those options will be reused and will have the
effect of making nano look and behave more like Pico.
2019-01-25 11:22:56 +01:00
38e3318e5f
tweaks: reword the description of the disadvantages of Pico
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Also reword a list of features to exclude the ones that only
make sense when contrasting nano with Pico.
2019-01-25 11:00:51 +01:00
6aad99bd81
docs: stop implying that nano wants to be fully compatible with Pico
2019-01-25 10:50:14 +01:00
757f558f3b
tweaks: renumber some FAQ items, to compensate for the deleted ones
...
Also, reshuffle one item, to have related items next to each other.
2019-01-23 20:59:30 +01:00
1f9283ec82
docs: remove from the FAQ some items that are no longer relevant
2019-01-23 20:53:08 +01:00
2eb1960523
docs: mention that 'quotestr' enables the rewrapping of comment blocks
...
Inspired-by: David Griffith <dave@661.org>
2019-01-23 20:01:49 +01:00
63db58cbfd
docs: adjust for the enhancement of the default quoting regex
2019-01-22 20:06:14 +01:00
b596639f95
options: actually rename --rebindkeypad to --rawsequences (-K)
2018-12-31 18:35:46 +01:00
0213f412d1
docs: say that --rebinddelete can correct both <Backspace> and <Delete>
2018-12-28 19:48:54 +01:00
dc99610c36
docs: reword and reshuffle the description of --rawsequences
...
It's not just about the numeric keypad, but about the interpretation
of all editing keys (arrows, Home, End, PageUp, PageDown, Insert, and
Delete), of the escape sequences that they produce.
2018-12-28 19:29:38 +01:00
67c69b2298
options: rename long version of -K from --rebindkeypad to --rawsequences
...
To better describe what it does, and to have full contrast with the
--rebinddelete option: the latter can now be shortened to --rebind
without getting a conflict, and --rawsequences can be abbreviated
to simply --raw and still make sense.
2018-12-28 17:35:55 +01:00
3121ee4b2e
options: stop recognizing and mentioning --quiet and 'set quiet'
...
Those options have been a no-op and obsolete for over a year.
Just continue to accept and ignore -q, for some "compatibility"
with Pico.
2018-12-18 19:29:40 +01:00
9dd6407bea
docs: correct the descriptions of 'speller' and 'linter' functions
...
Since the last release, the linter function is bound separately and
no longer masks or overrides the speller function.
2018-12-17 16:05:35 +01:00
c0abcc6018
docs: harmonize the style of bindable-function descriptions
2018-12-10 11:57:14 +01:00
3a79766da6
rcfile, docs: remove deprecated forms of two options and five bindables
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This addresses https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53785 .
2018-12-03 10:25:55 +01:00
a9b4430888
docs: update the links in the FAQ to the mailing-list info pages
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This fixes https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55129 .
Reported-by: Peter Passchier <peter@passchier.net>
2018-12-02 20:05:32 +01:00
44ea37573a
docs: remove references to not being able to undo justifications
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Any series of justifications (and other edits) is now undoable.
2018-11-20 19:21:35 +01:00
31fdd2908b
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 3.2 release
2018-11-11 16:42:46 +01:00
2404474dce
tweaks: change a bunch of URLs to use 'https' instead of 'http'
2018-11-11 14:46:23 +01:00
252f14796e
bindings: hard-bind the zap function to M-Del (Alt+Delete)
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So that the function is available in a default setup.
Signed-off-by: Brand Huntsman <alpha@qzx.com>
2018-11-04 11:47:03 +01:00
ae3ec1784d
options: add --zap, that makes <Bsp> and <Del> erase a marked region
...
Using --zap or -Z on the command line, or 'set zap' in a nanorc file,
makes the <Bsp> and <Del> keys erase selected text (a marked region)
as they do in some other editors, and without affecting the cutbuffer.
This fulfills https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54837 .
Requested-by: Liu Hao <lh_mouse@126.com>
Signed-off-by: Brand Huntsman <alpha@qzx.com>
2018-11-04 11:46:57 +01:00
5662a38802
new feature: a bindable 'zap', to erase text without changing cutbuffer
...
This function allows the user to "make space": annihilating lines or
regions while keeping intact for pasting the stuff in the cutbuffer
that was cut or copied earlier.
Signed-off-by: Brand Huntsman <alpha@qzx.com>
2018-11-04 11:46:19 +01:00
91155486c7
docs: document the slightly changed workings of the --view option
2018-10-23 19:29:18 +02:00
f442f91187
bindings: rename 'prevhistory' to 'older' and 'nexthistory' to 'newer'
...
Rename not only the bindable functions, but more importantly reword the
tags that are shown for ^P and ^N in the help lines: "Older" / "Newer",
because these are clearer and not awkward abbreviations.
2018-10-15 17:31:40 +02:00
33d67d5cee
docs: give suggestions for alternative key bindings in the sample nanorc
2018-10-15 17:19:40 +02:00
ddd033adaf
docs: remove a no-longer-needed suggestion from the sample nanorc
...
It would result in having both <Delete> and <Backspace> behaving as
Backspace, which seems senseless -- unless the <Delete> key produces
ASCII DEL and --rebinddelete is needed to make it behave as Delete.
In the latter case it would make more sense if --rebinddelete made
both rebindings: ASCII DEL to Delete and KEY_DC to Backspace, like
it used to be in the distant past, before commit 79a33bb3
2018-10-07 14:27:54 +02:00
f9134af504
docs, usage: mention that --showcursor now covers help texts too
2018-10-07 10:38:11 +02:00
915064870f
tweaks: swap and reword two bullet points in the rnano manpage
2018-10-03 19:56:03 +02:00
401c49e611
docs: update rnano manpage, as -R/--restricted now reads nanorc
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This fixes https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54770 .
2018-10-03 19:50:40 +02:00
eb9111a575
docs: update the description of -R/--restricted, as it now reads nanorc
2018-10-02 19:30:51 +02:00
031f255ffd
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 3.1 release
2018-09-18 19:27:31 +02:00
8efdd08a86
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 3.0 release
2018-09-09 11:29:00 +02:00
27d2db2d1f
tweaks: improve a couple of comments in the sample nanorc
2018-09-09 10:14:04 +02:00
571676eb85
docs: improve a comment about rebinding <Backspace>
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And move it up, to give the now-final comment a bit more prominence.
2018-09-09 08:33:23 +02:00
80bea3eb9b
docs: slightly reword the description of four bindable functions
2018-08-26 09:41:27 +02:00
63b15275bd
bindings: remove the More-Space toggle entirely
...
It is so unlikely that a user will want to bind it that it
just clutters the help text (and the documentation).
2018-08-25 10:10:27 +02:00
772c324f25
bindings: remove backup and new-buffer toggles (M-B, M-F) from main menu
...
These are available in the menus where they are relevant: the Write-Out
and the Insert menu, respectively. Having them duplicated in the main
menu is inconsistent and eats precious keystrokes. (Sorry, Chris.)
2018-08-25 10:07:28 +02:00
bc42ae42a9
docs: the 'noconvert' bindable function was renamed to 'flipconvert'
...
Also, move it to sit with the other toggles of the Insert menu, and
remove its mention from among the main-menu toggles.
2018-08-25 10:05:21 +02:00
8560a0a225
docs: mention that "normal" can be used to give things the default color
2018-08-10 19:42:31 +02:00
5c179aae7d
docs: mention that the 'formatter' command has been superseded
2018-08-09 20:29:30 +02:00
975b491235
dropping a feature: remove the ability to use the 'formatter' command
...
Since the last version, the user can filter an entire buffer through
an external command. This external command can also be a formatting
program, so there is no longer any need for this specific and special
formatter command.
2018-08-09 20:29:30 +02:00
418bd3be34
rcfile: allow to rebind the Cancel function in the yesno menu
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This fixes the first part of https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54447 .
2018-08-05 20:01:47 +02:00
9a47a9c4c0
rcfile, docs: no longer recognize nor mention 'set backwards'
...
The option has been a no-op since 2.9.0. And now that the
^W/^Q/M-W/M-Q set is available, 'set backwards' is entirely
outdated.
2018-07-29 21:00:12 +02:00
54a4123d4c
bindings: remove the 'searchagain' function entirely
...
The user is obliged to make use of 'findprevious' and 'findnext' instead.
Also, adjust the description of 'wherewas' to its wider availability.
2018-07-29 11:43:13 +02:00
d04c8f88f1
docs: say that 'cutwordright' is now bound to <Ctrl+Delete> by default
...
Also, suggest to rebind ^H to 'cutwordleft' so that <Ctrl+Backspace>
will delete the word to the left of the cursor (on some terminals).
2018-07-22 19:27:50 +02:00
7c9a4793dd
tweaks: properly escape "\" in a man page and "@" in a texi document
...
Also make the involved sentences more precise.
2018-07-19 20:17:27 +02:00
bfe65af6f3
bindings: bind M-Q to 'findprevious' by default, and M-W to 'findnext'
...
This makes things symmetrical: ^W starts a forward search, ^Q starts
a backward search, M-W searches the next occurrence forward, and M-Q
searches the next occurrence backward.
The Tabs-To-Spaces toggle is moved to M-O, and thus the More-Space
toggle is no longer bound by default.
2018-07-18 19:18:45 +02:00
eb84205426
bindings: rename two bindable functions: copytext to copy, uncut to paste
...
To match the common names used for these functions, for consistency,
and because 'uncut' sounds too much like "undo the cut".
2018-07-13 19:46:56 +02:00
c2593c1c5a
docs: reshuffle a bindable function to a slightly better position
2018-07-13 19:46:56 +02:00
4c02329205
docs: mention that "Ins" and "Del" are valid rebindable keys
...
Also, consistently refer to Latin letters and ASCII characters
where needed, and document more accepted characters.
This addresses https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54071 .
2018-07-11 14:10:35 +02:00
078265456c
docs: mention that also Ctrl increases the stride when selecting text
...
The Alt key together with Shift is a special workaround for when
Shift+PgUp and Shift+PgDn don't work on the user's terminal. But
probably it is more common to use the Ctrl key together with Shift
to select larger pieces of text. So mention this possibility.
2018-07-10 15:58:41 +02:00
1057ca7a16
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 2.9.8 release
2018-06-02 09:51:16 +02:00
54cab02030
docs: improve the description of --nonewlines, and properly sort it
2018-06-01 15:54:08 +02:00
2633114b8e
docs: add a missing double quote in the default brackets string
...
It was accidentally lost three years ago, in commit 7e1bc82d
2018-06-01 15:53:57 +02:00
856322b01e
main: interpret only a double slash (//) as quoting, not a single one
...
Otherwise the first line of a multiline /*...*/-comment would be
seen as quoted and thus *not* as the first line of a paragraph.
In the code, use "/{2}" to prevent the remainder of the line
getting colored as a comment.
2018-06-01 09:21:03 +02:00
a4e353799b
docs: make quotes around regexes bold, as they are part of the command
2018-05-31 12:07:12 +02:00
64f28515fd
docs: remove quotes around the name of a syntax -- they are not needed
2018-05-31 11:25:21 +02:00
b84dea9898
docs: improve description of 'speller' and related bindable functions
2018-05-30 20:38:27 +02:00
a1dc1376be
docs: describe what constitutes a paragraph
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Also fix a typo.
2018-05-30 10:32:26 +02:00
6fe132194c
docs: improve the description of the --autoindent option
2018-05-30 10:29:31 +02:00
0ea434b006
tweaks: reduce the abundance of the word 'toggle' in the Info manual
2018-05-30 10:01:45 +02:00
cd8e932c65
main: add "/" to the quoting regex, to allow justifying //-comments
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And adjust the documentation accordingly.
2018-05-27 20:29:52 +02:00
a6c0212158
bindings: add the "flippipe" bindable function
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So the toggle for piping to an external command can be rebound.
This fixes https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53987 .
2018-05-27 10:36:33 +02:00
299e710845
docs, usage: make it clear that the argument of --quotestr is a regex
...
In the past, the argument could be either a regex or a literal string,
so the wording was kind of vague. But nowadays we can count on having
regex support (through gnulib), so be more precise in the description.
2018-05-22 18:45:58 +02:00
3628863f90
docs: remove mention of the quotestr for when regex support is lacking
...
Since version 2.8.0, nano will use (wnen needed) the regex routines
from gnulib, so mentioning the quotestr for when regex support is
lacking, has been obsolete and pointless for more than a year.
Also, remove some superfluous backslashes, use a non-breaking space
in the texinfo document, and order the regex consistently.
2018-05-21 20:08:19 +02:00
09d8ee82b7
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 2.9.7 release
2018-05-15 08:48:00 +02:00
dac3b25d16
docs: note a small difference with Pico in the default hard-wrapping
2018-05-14 12:10:38 +02:00
858663444e
new feature: an option to make the 'nextword' function stop at word ends
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When 'afterends' is set and Ctrl+Right or Shift+Ctrl+Right is pressed,
nano will stop at the ends of words instead of their beginnings.
Signed-off-by: Mark-Weston <markweston@cock.li>
Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@telfort.nl>
2018-05-10 11:32:01 +02:00
c0b15c2982
signals: don't trap segfault/abort when envvar NANO_NOCATCH is defined
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When the user wants to get a backtrace, the crash handler shouldn't
kick in.
2018-05-09 11:53:34 +02:00
f1530c7ba0
docs: add notes about deprecated options and function names
...
Also remove two notes that are obsolete by now.
2018-04-30 15:28:47 +02:00
6a064503e5
docs: slightly improve the description of the file browser in the manual
2018-04-28 12:34:39 +02:00
4d92dffb3a
bindings: rename constupdate to constantshow, cuttoend to cutfromcursor
...
This makes the names of these bindable functions equal to the names of
their corresponding options -- like for all the other toggles that have
a corresponding option.
2018-04-28 12:01:23 +02:00
4c1c425bbb
bindings: add the 'linenumbers' bindable function
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This makes the line-numbers toggle rebindable, like all the others.
2018-04-28 11:44:53 +02:00
a0147c5a72
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 2.9.6 release
2018-04-27 10:56:10 +02:00
27eccbec23
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 2.9.5 release
2018-03-29 09:59:13 +02:00
f9415e347a
docs: clarify how the Linux console is deficient: in the arrow keys
2018-03-28 19:34:26 +02:00
e01bcddf16
docs: document the newly added color name "normal"
2018-03-28 14:03:52 +02:00
336fa40055
docs: clarify what the scrollup and scrolldown bindable functions do
2018-03-17 14:27:23 +01:00
3089a98169
tweaks: fix a typo and adjust some wording and formatting in the FAQ
2018-03-12 11:43:43 +01:00
1b704e7c8c
tweaks: reduce the font size of the questions in the FAQ
...
Make them smaller to make them sound less like shouting.
2018-03-12 11:25:03 +01:00
efb9192ee5
docs: mention in the FAQ that <Shift+Insert> pastes from the clipboard
...
This kind of addresses https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53310 .
2018-03-12 11:21:26 +01:00
c782b4cb72
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 2.9.4 release
2018-03-08 10:59:32 +01:00
7f88eff96f
docs: mention that a key can be bound to a string
2018-02-28 17:28:16 +01:00
48749a9500
docs: note also in the Info manual that text can be selected with Shift
...
And remove a detail that is untrue when 'set selectedcolor' is used.
2018-02-27 09:50:45 +01:00
aa41eb69c0
docs: mention that errorcolor does have default colors
...
This fixes https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53225 .
2018-02-27 09:41:17 +01:00
cb0289f0dc
tweaks: fix a copy-and-paste error
2018-02-24 13:31:59 +01:00
b027263a37
small addition: allow customizing the color of an error message
...
The new option 'set errorcolor' allows the user to specify the color
combination for the status bar when an error message is displayed.
2018-02-23 12:35:17 +01:00
ddbff6dcb2
tweaks: slightly rewrap the FAQ's table of contents
2018-02-04 18:20:13 +01:00
467cc8edf3
tweaks: remove two deprecated options and six rebindable function names
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This addresses https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?48992 .
2018-02-04 13:51:13 +01:00
bb667beb5a
bindings: rename the bindable function 'gototext' to 'flipgoto'
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This brings it in line with the other three "flip" toggles.
2018-02-04 10:34:39 +01:00
ae7366616f
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 2.9.3 release
2018-01-29 09:31:12 +01:00
ddc1de1939
docs: remove the note about needing a recent ncurses for macros to work
...
After commit e739448c
2018-01-27 17:54:32 +01:00
cb56a575fd
options: recognize -M and --trimblanks on the command line
2018-01-23 13:49:48 +01:00
6a4d88cb4c
docs: update the FAQ for the changed default location of history files
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And reword some things about translations and Unicode support.
2018-01-14 11:51:21 +01:00
30f367e0db
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 2.9.2 release
2018-01-02 15:51:12 +01:00
66fd6a5ab1
options: rename 'justifytrim' to 'trimblanks', because it has morphed
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The option now causes nano to trim trailing whitespace also when
hardwrapping occurs while the user is typing.
2017-12-06 20:38:13 +01:00
800a997008
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 2.9.1 release
2017-11-27 19:06:26 +01:00
0465adb9ce
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 2.9.0 release
2017-11-18 11:33:28 +01:00
7ea13d4269
tweaks: correct two minor things in the documentation
2017-11-17 21:52:31 +01:00
06049f5141
docs: update references to the nanorc files for the XDG changes
2017-11-17 21:40:54 +01:00
4220854367
docs: mention that macros work correctly only on terminal emulators
2017-11-13 21:08:36 +01:00
c3a11fb7ed
options: remove '--quiet' and 'set quiet', because they hide problems
...
If the user uses a single version of nano, they have no need for
--quiet. If they do sometimes use an older version and don't want
to see the warnings, they can use 2>/dev/null (they could make an
alias for that and put it before the call of nano).
2017-11-02 17:27:53 +01:00
2356693b81
docs: document the more everyday names of three bindable functions
...
List "browser", "pageup" and "pagedown" in the manuals; the first
because it matches "speller", and the latter two because they are
what these functions are commonly known by. The names "tofiles",
"prevpage" and "nextpage" are now undocumented, but they are still
recognized by the code, as they match the tags for these functions.
2017-10-25 17:44:13 +02:00
4d35835189
docs: decribe the bindable functions 'recordmacro' and 'runmacro'
2017-10-19 21:37:41 +02:00
fc36ff7275
options: retire 'set backwards' -- it's still recognized but a no-op
2017-10-15 10:45:22 +02:00
ba65cd48cc
bindings: make ^Q and ^S do something useful by default
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^S will be the first thing people will try for saving a file,
and ^Q is somewhat mnemonic because it is to the left of ^W:
it searches backward.
Make these keystrokes available also in the tiny version.
2017-10-14 20:34:43 +02:00
c7eecd74de
new feature: a bindable function that starts always a backward search
2017-10-14 20:30:46 +02:00
80ed2568fc
tweaks: remove a comment from the docs that is no longer accurate
...
Date and version are updated to match each release, so the user does
not have to wonder whether the man page really describes the binary.
Also remove a bit of superfluous markup.
2017-10-12 21:17:39 +02:00
aa45994bbb
build: let git ignore also the generated PDF file
2017-09-19 20:56:04 +02:00
4aec1649f5
docs: remove another remark about indenting lacking undo capability
2017-09-13 19:44:31 +02:00
6c2c6b58a4
docs: remove man page reference to indent/unindent lacking undo/redo
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This is no longer accurate.
2017-09-12 20:08:50 +02:00
a09eedf0a3
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 2.8.7 release
2017-08-27 09:37:01 +02:00
4562401505
bindings: hard-bind Alt+Up and Alt+Down to findprevious and findnext
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So that these functions have bindings by default, and easy bindings.
Add them to the help viewer too, so that searching backward becomes
possible there.
2017-08-14 10:34:15 +02:00
f2317cc64e
tweaks: a comma does not end a sentence, and is not part of a variable
2017-08-08 21:45:21 +02:00
1c1cbae6bc
small addition: allow customizing the color of selected text
...
The new option 'set selectedcolor' applies to marked text, to the
currently selected file in the file browser, and to the highlighted
match during interactive search-and-replace.
2017-08-06 09:30:32 +02:00
969e99bc85
tweaks: adjust spacing and wording in sample.nanorc
2017-08-06 09:08:02 +02:00
8f2ac1b7f6
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 2.8.6 release
2017-07-21 09:51:22 +02:00
e4a69f8b94
docs: move the descriptions of 'header' and 'magic' next to 'syntax'
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And reword them too, so that it is clearer what the mechanism is
for determining which syntax to use for a file.
2017-07-15 12:32:57 +02:00
63c428ad08
options: rename --cut to --cutfromcursor, to be clearer
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Rename the corresponding rc-file option too, of course.
2017-07-14 16:06:52 +02:00
f4c3670f64
docs: reword the explanation of the 'syntax' command
2017-07-14 15:21:30 +02:00
6d121cc81f
docs: improve some spacing, especially of the synopsis in the PDF
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And in the bargain improve some mark-up here and there.
2017-07-14 13:38:32 +02:00
e57b755665
docs: use the @command and @option mark-up more consistently
2017-07-14 10:44:59 +02:00
961294f533
docs: add some more mark-up to the Info document
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And rewrap the feature toggles, so that a title does not start
a sentence.
2017-07-13 22:17:29 +02:00
46cec27b26
docs: use real cross references in the Info document
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And refer backward instead of forward.
2017-07-13 21:43:27 +02:00
baa73d69e3
docs: improve cross references and mark-up in the Info document
2017-07-13 19:49:44 +02:00
ac7a071893
options: recognize -a and --atblanks on the command line
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In nano, -a is only effective when also -$ is given, so this will
not conflict with Pico since Pico does not know the -$ option.
2017-07-07 13:07:10 +02:00
bb4d0d548a
new feature: allow lines to be softwrapped at whitespace
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Extend get_softwrap_breakpoint() to break softwrapped lines on
whitespace when a flag is set. This flag is controlled by the new
rcfile option "atblanks". The '>' characters marking two-column
characters at the edge of the screen are disabled when it's on.
If get_softwrap_breakpoint() can't find whitespace in screen range, it
will break the line on the screen edge. (In this case, a blank can be
on the last column of the screen, but text can't, so that a blank on the
last column doesn't become invisible and possibly break the display.)
This fulfills https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?49959 .
Requested-by: Nicholas Boel <axxisd@gmail.com>
2017-07-07 13:07:10 +02:00
30986db708
docs: mention that boldtext can be overridden also for function tags
2017-07-07 10:27:18 +02:00
79971a309f
docs: remove the mention of backslashes for the argument of 'comment'
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Also remove the backslashes from the two syntaxes that contained them.
This completes the fix for https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?51370 .
2017-07-07 10:15:17 +02:00
747310562c
tweaks: avoid a failure with black diamonds in a PDF
2017-07-03 17:40:37 +02:00
1ae97076cd
docs: make the guillemot and the middle dot appear correctly in HTML
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For the man page, encode them properly, and for the Info stuff,
just set the right document encoding.
This fixes https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?51369 .
2017-07-03 13:03:54 +02:00
09f516a58b
syntax: man, groff: fix the string that introduces a comment
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The comment marker is not «."» but «.\"», which requires three
backslashes to specify. Also adjust the documentation.
2017-07-03 11:07:21 +02:00
025232b25b
docs: mention the default values for comment and whitespace directives
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Also, use proper mark-up for the examples.
2017-07-03 10:43:09 +02:00
3719d8e208
docs: be more precise about when a dash is given instead of a filename
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The dash doesn't have to be the first non-option argument: it can
be anywhere among the filenames -- there can even be multiple ones
(but don't mention this explicitly).
2017-06-29 20:56:58 +02:00
9ffd3c0222
docs: consistently describe the -U/-c and -r/-w overrides
2017-06-29 17:48:50 +02:00
c0a52372f1
docs: drop the cluttering Info-style links from the HTML manual
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Especially: get rid of the "Up: (dir)" link that points nowhere.
Also, add a horizontal line before the final Table of Contents.
2017-06-27 19:55:12 +02:00
6520aa0079
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 2.8.5 release
2017-06-25 10:37:17 +02:00
dbbc14e0ac
tweaks: be consistent in the spelling of title bar and status bar
2017-06-23 10:33:19 +02:00
b4a955512e
docs: spell "title bar" and "status bar" correctly
2017-06-18 20:09:30 +02:00
403e87c0a0
docs: avoid a double "see" for cross references in the HTML manual
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This fixes https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?51208 .
2017-06-08 16:25:23 +02:00
5907f8801b
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 2.8.4 release
2017-05-21 10:21:03 +02:00
491e02f532
tweaks: reorder three items in the Info document
2017-05-19 21:09:02 +02:00
afd8a4e804
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 2.8.3 release
2017-05-18 11:53:19 +02:00
e1e15fd0f4
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 2.8.2 release
2017-05-04 10:24:54 +02:00
c1ebfa04ae
docs: in the FAQ, extend the answer to the pasting problem
2017-04-28 22:13:02 +02:00
7b442ea4cb
tweaks: be more precise about what --disable-extra does
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Also, harmonize some configure-option descriptions,
add a slash after a subdir, and fix a typo.
2017-04-26 13:54:48 +02:00
a846a2c19f
docs: add an item to the FAQ, about pasting from Windows to a remote nano
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Also, add two missing configure options, and frob some other things.
2017-04-26 12:49:10 +02:00
d6313c2f8c
tweaks: fix two typos
2017-04-24 20:29:41 +02:00
ac1444578c
docs: harmonize the nanorc man page and Info document a bit
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And make the strings after "start=" and "end=" more readable.
2017-04-21 11:29:19 +02:00
9a4c384afa
docs: reword the main paragraph of the man page
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Mention some things that really set nano apart from Pico.
Plus some other small tweaks here and there.
2017-04-19 20:31:04 +02:00
bbc718633e
docs: mention that also numbercolor overrides boldtext
2017-04-16 19:30:40 +02:00
1e8f6fd7a9
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 2.8.1 release
2017-04-12 10:11:45 +02:00
0b93fff802
docs: correct an answer to a question in the FAQ
2017-04-11 21:10:07 +02:00
1c74517629
docs: remove the self-referencing stuff and the changelog from the FAQ
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Furthermore, change an item header into a question, swap two items,
and tweak the formatting a bit.
2017-04-11 20:41:17 +02:00
754c62c5cc
copyright: update the years, use ranges, and explain this usage
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The interval 2013-2017 for the Free Software Foundation is valid
because in those years there were releases with changes by either
Chris or David, and the GNU maintainers guide advises to mention
a new year in all files of a package, not just in the ones that
actually changed, and be done with it for the rest of the year.
2017-04-09 12:09:23 +02:00
6d70ab11d6
docs: mention another difference with Pico in the Info document
2017-04-02 13:26:53 +02:00
032030566c
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 2.8.0 release
2017-03-31 10:54:55 +02:00
42ae3e377f
docs: mention some more differences with Pico in the Info document
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Mention the ability to use <Tab> in the search history, the ability
to restore the cursor position when reopening a file, the ability to
read output of a command, and the lack of file-managing commands in
the file browser.
2017-03-26 12:41:44 +02:00
19b7021076
tweaks: suggest a separate color scheme for root
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And slightly change the existing one for normal users.
2017-03-23 19:28:33 +01:00
da62ef8a43
tweaks: correct some formatting irregularities in the FAQ
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And modify a few wordings too.
2017-03-20 20:33:47 +01:00
6d873d3760
startup: add option 'nopauses' to disable pausing after a warning
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This addresses a followup of https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50362 .
Reported-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
2017-03-16 19:26:39 +01:00
926fe5f789
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 2.7.5 release
2017-02-23 11:33:45 +01:00
fb8fdcaa0a
tweaks: fiddle with some wordings in the texinfo document
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Also, add two cross references: one in words, and one with a link.
2017-02-12 12:06:44 +01:00
7fac9ec51c
docs: mention the ability to read from stdin
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Also, remove the special "+line,column" argument from among the options,
since it isn't an option -- put it in a separate paragraph instead.
2017-02-12 11:39:51 +01:00
eba470a869
tweaks: normalize some paragraph formatting in the FAQ
2017-01-21 12:31:01 +01:00
f119a90fe5
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 2.7.4 release
2017-01-10 11:29:34 +01:00
4920030384
docs: snip some obsolete items from the FAQ, and normalize its dates
2017-01-09 21:43:59 +01:00
54e6fe2b4a
build: install the Info and Html manuals even when 'makeinfo' is missing
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If the system on which nano is configured does not have the 'makeinfo'
program installed, the prebuilt and packaged nano.info and nano.html
should nevertheless be installed.
Also, the TEXINFOS primary has built-in rules for generating HTML files
from the texinfo sources, so an explicit rule is not needed.
This indirectly addresses https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49969 .
2017-01-06 20:01:41 +01:00
991e49a36a
docs: bring some air into the FAQ, so that <Ctrl+Up/Down> become useful
2017-01-03 14:00:21 +01:00
f1b87f960c
build: rename the sample config file, so it will be colored like a nanorc
2016-12-30 22:05:01 +01:00
b0ef2e2803
build: move the syntax files out of the doc/ directory
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They are not documentation, they are functional elements of nano.
2016-12-30 22:05:01 +01:00
6981294c9d
build: move all documentation into a single directory
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There are just a handful of source files for the documentation --
it is wasteful and cumbersome to have these in separate directories.
Also: remove the French man pages -- they are too far out of date.
(And anyway, we should acquire a general framework for translating
the documentation.)
2016-12-30 22:05:00 +01:00
293423bdda
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 2.7.3 release
2016-12-28 12:24:05 +01:00
f4321250ef
docs: clarify the difference between "Esc Esc ddd" and "M-V xxxxxx"
2016-12-28 11:54:49 +01:00
2fbb71d555
syntax: nftables: add two new families, and add set references
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Signed-off-by: Arturo Borrero González <arturo@debian.org>
2016-12-23 09:47:44 +01:00
7a8ae90dac
bump version numbers and add a news item for 2.7.2
2016-12-12 15:05:34 +01:00
fd3423f79a
syntax: give the statistics part of a git patch a different color
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Also, be more selective when coloring a git diff line. And color
an svn index line too.
2016-12-10 17:53:53 +01:00
0e01080983
binding: allow to rebind the word-completion function, and document it
2016-12-07 17:18:56 +01:00
68a0314500
build: add configure option --disable-wordcomp to disable word completion
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(The variable 'pletion_line' is not conditionalized with this option, as
it would become messy. The compiler will probably be able to elide it.)
When using --enable-tiny, it is not possible to use --enable-wordcomp,
because the word completion function uses the undo system.
2016-12-07 17:02:25 +01:00
f03f5d5b51
docs: correct and improve the description of --disable-wrapping
2016-12-04 17:14:11 +01:00
eb68cd1c6b
syntax: avoid using black colors
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We should avoid defining color schemes that are unreadable on common
white-on-black or black-on-white terminals. Change the black in the
autoconf error strings to brightred for that reason.
2016-11-23 21:08:59 +01:00
e472b72565
syntax: gentoo: various updates
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- make version highlight less blindly greedy and conform to real versions
- move version matching before USE matching to avoid hitting USE flags
that look like versions
- change USE regex to match the Gentoo PMS
- extend arch match to include more keywords
- make category matching more restrictive to avoid false positives
- drop operators =< and => that Gentoo doesn't support
URL: https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49569
Reported-by: Konstantin Shakhnov <kastian@mail.ru>
2016-11-14 13:44:53 -05:00
8a66c820ab
syntax: don't leave the number after 'fill' and 'tabsize' in red
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Also, don't use ignore-case for things that don't contain letters.
2016-11-12 13:00:09 +01:00
af0f81f71d
docs: mention that a foreground color can be bright
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Also replace some backslashed spaces because they hinder the
justification of the man page.
2016-10-30 10:03:06 +01:00
04aab233d0
bump version numbers and add a news item for 2.7.1
2016-10-29 11:11:33 +02:00
10c9093942
general: add the option -g/--showcursor, to match Pico
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The nanorc option already exists, but not the corresponding one
for the command line.
2016-10-27 11:34:41 +02:00
3ed5ddba31
docs: remove a reference that was only valid on Debian systems
2016-10-23 17:22:30 +02:00
6cacd1e320
tweaks: make several small adjustments to the documentation
2016-10-23 12:29:21 +02:00
d9cae81a0e
docs: mention the existence of the toggles in the man page
2016-10-22 17:27:15 +02:00
83ee1feda4
docs: add 'set linenumbers' and '--linenumbers' to the texinfo document
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Also mention the corresponding toggle (M-#).
2016-10-22 17:06:50 +02:00
c7610ba356
docs: add 'linenumbers' and 'numbercolor' to the sample nanorc
2016-10-22 13:49:13 +02:00
de2aa4f24a
rcfile: add an option to customize the color of line numbers
2016-10-20 16:48:45 +02:00
de95ca68f7
new feature: the ability to show line numbers before the text
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It can be activated with --linenumbers on the command line or with
'set linenumbers' in a nanorc file, and it can be toggled with M-#.
Signed-off-by: Faissal Bensefia <faissaloo@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>
2016-10-20 16:47:52 +02:00
815b326864
syntax: show another deprecated keyword (replace2) in red
2016-10-11 20:57:57 +02:00
01bf034bb6
rcfile: reject rebindings that have no effect or have side effects
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Also, show in green only the ^ and M- combinations that are valid.
This fixes https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49097 .
Signed-off-by: Rishabh Dave <rishabhddave@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>
2016-10-11 19:46:18 +02:00
add0d698b7
syntax: show deprecated keywords in red, and 'wordchars' in green
2016-09-11 12:22:02 +02:00
b92d35d1f2
browser: add the option showcursor, to place the cursor on the highlight
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This lets users of braille displays find the selected item immediately.
This fulfills a request by Enrico Mioso.
See https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/nano-devel/2016-09/msg00025.html .
2016-09-11 09:41:52 +02:00
3ddf6ff955
syntax: make the contents of the X-Bugs field in a PO file stand out
2016-09-06 10:58:03 +02:00
d04c0b7555
docs: refresh some info in the FAQ
2016-09-03 21:46:22 +02:00
f13707fd1d
history: slate the search-history migration for removal
2016-09-03 21:04:17 +02:00
ed9e5d7183
docs: mark some rebindable function names as deprecated
2016-09-03 20:12:29 +02:00
002652d263
bump version numbers and add a news item for 2.7.0
2016-09-01 12:38:35 +02:00
49fc528d88
restore the GNU marker in nano's name
2016-08-14 21:42:37 +02:00
b2e2c89b62
bump version numbers and add a news item for 2.6.3
2016-08-10 11:48:32 +02:00
b40520b574
bump version numbers and add a news item for 2.6.2
2016-07-28 09:21:27 +02:00
c6dbcf91c3
new feature: functions to jump to previous or following block of text
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And hard-bind the keys Ctrl+Up and Ctrl+Down to these functions.
Unlike the paragraph-jumping code, these new functions disregard
any indentation, treating only blank lines as separators. They
also do an automatic smart home when that option is set.
This fulfills https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?48291 .
2016-07-24 12:00:00 +02:00
1349c1d02c
syntax: allow capital letters in Rust struct/trait names
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Per https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference.html#fn2 , non-ASCII characters are
currently not allowed in stable Rust, so keep it ASCII-only for now.
Signed-off-by: Dirkjan Ochtman <dirkjan@ochtman.nl>
2016-07-21 10:21:19 +02:00
6f12992cea
new feature: add the option --wordchars, to set extra word characters
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This allows the user to specify which other characters, besides the
default alphanumeric ones, should be considered as part of a word, so
that word operations like Ctrl+Left and Ctrl+Right will pass them by.
Using this option overrides the option --wordbounds.
This fulfills https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?47283 .
2016-07-13 20:49:30 +02:00
bfcb4cd415
bump version numbers and add a news item for 2.6.1
2016-06-27 11:01:54 +02:00
61d7ca4c41
docs: adjust the description of the verbatim function
2016-06-27 09:35:05 +02:00
ba9214c689
syntaxes: add highlighting rules for Rust
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With tweaks from Andrea Canciani, Ben Young, Tennix, and Dirkjan Ochtman.
This fulfills https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?48163 .
2016-06-25 09:56:11 +02:00
1a4ec6c2d3
moving: allow specifying negative numbers in "Go To Line"
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The negatives are taken to mean: from the end of the file,
and: from the end of the line.
This fulfills https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?48248 .
2016-06-24 14:47:02 +02:00
49eaa7c465
docs: bump pointers to the newest version available
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Fix references to an old dist dir in FAQ and RPM spec file.
2016-06-23 19:53:58 +02:00
c2b199e926
docs: use https for nano-editor.org, and drop the www
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Switch to https and drop the www. prefix for all occurrences of the
website URL.
2016-06-23 19:51:01 +02:00
f26e88bb52
tweaks: a few last tiny adjustments before release
2016-06-17 15:04:44 +02:00
efa42e4a88
docs: update the version number for the upcoming release
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Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>
2016-06-13 12:27:26 +02:00
3e5fcec76c
remove the GNU marker from nano's name
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Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>
2016-06-13 12:22:33 +02:00
6a2032f5b0
new feature: comment/uncomment current line or selected lines
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This allows for commenting or uncommenting a line or a bunch of lines
with a single keystroke (default binding: M-3). The characters used
for commenting/uncommenting are specified by the active syntax file.
Reviewed-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>
Signed-off-by: Mike Scalora <mike@scalora.org>
2016-05-25 22:29:50 +02:00
8aeb8434d6
more svn->git updates
2016-04-17 23:39:07 -04:00
111b30008a
syntax: changelog: support more bug/issue styles
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These are formats used by binutils/glibc/gdb/gcc.
2016-04-12 15:20:30 -04:00
d92eb4fee3
all: eradicate SVN's $Id$ tags
2016-04-05 14:59:12 +02:00
2146942248
Correcting the description of 'justifytrim', adding it to the Info document,
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sorting it, and tweaking a wording.
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2016-02-26 09:04:54 +00:00
162d534ff6
GNU nano 2.5.3 release
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2016-02-25 21:46:09 +00:00
9f98333dce
Call kill_spaces_on_justify justifytrim, to match the rest of rcfile naming conventions.
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2016-02-25 21:04:45 +00:00
0dec394303
Make that kill_spaces_on_justify, add hilighting.
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2016-02-22 15:23:57 +00:00
8d005c8743
Saying that the 2.5 branch is a "rolling" release, that lock files are done,
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and preparing for 2.5.3.
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2016-02-14 12:17:17 +00:00
6f352038da
Making the formatter command more visible in the Go syntax file.
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2016-02-11 17:30:16 +00:00
0dbc867a16
Adjusting the version number in the docs before release.
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2016-02-09 20:57:37 +00:00
836fa7066a
Using a character class instead of a literal tab and space.
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The change was inspired by David Niklas.
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2016-02-07 13:14:23 +00:00
6829241433
Removing the --nofollow option that hasn't been working for a dozen years.
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With this option, nano would simply refuse to write to any symlinked file;
if anyone really used this option, they would certainly have complained.
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2016-02-06 10:59:31 +00:00
2a2e012064
Condensing the descriptions of command-key sequences and of the screen layout;
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mentioning how to enter Unicode and that regular expressions are line oriented.
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2016-02-05 11:55:55 +00:00
7b74fedc05
Showing ^^ and M-^ as valid key names.
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2016-01-31 13:20:40 +00:00
3331828696
Mentioning that the position history is limited to the 200 most recent files.
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2016-01-25 20:51:00 +00:00
2b72f1d1f1
Documenting the --enable-altrcname configure option.
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2016-01-25 20:38:10 +00:00
13ba5432cd
Removing a mistaken '+': only one menu name is allowed in key bindings.
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2016-01-17 16:47:20 +00:00
Benno Schulenberg