d0c2c1e6b9
suspension: leave ^Z unbound by default -- just ^T^Z will suspend nano
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Suggest in the documentation how to get a one-keystroke Suspend.
2021-11-05 15:24:45 +01:00
7365ef4092
docs: mention "grey" also at the other place where color names are listed
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And harmonize the wrapping of the phrase.
Indirectly-reported-by: Brad Town <brad@bradtown.com>
2021-11-03 11:21:39 +01:00
fc5d58ad97
tweaks: add two spaces and two comments, and drop an internal check
2021-10-31 16:45:43 +01:00
a373fa500a
docs: add a suggested rebind and three suggested unbinds to the sample rc
2021-10-31 11:14:09 +01:00
52d4b96639
docs: mark options -z, --suspendable, and 'set suspendable' as obsolete
2021-10-31 10:55:07 +01:00
0f40752139
docs: add a hint about making ^L do just 'refresh' to the sample nanorc
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Just for the sake of completeness -- I doubt anyone ever uses Refresh.
2021-10-22 11:50:04 +02:00
f368e2732d
docs: reword several of the descriptions in the chapter on building nano
2021-10-20 16:12:48 +02:00
ad13746da9
docs: reword the beginning of the chapter on nanorc files
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Also, move the text about valid color names to another item,
for shorter cross references.
2021-10-20 16:05:01 +02:00
440f39e558
docs: correct the description of the layout -- four areas, not five
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Also, remove the concept of "shortcut list", as there is no need.
Just use "two help lines" instead, like elsewhere.
2021-10-19 16:17:53 +02:00
108c84daf8
docs: move the chapter about editor basics into third position
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Or rather, move the chapter about command-line options to between
the chapters on file browser and feature toggles. Also, rename the
chapter about the built-in help, and move the section about screen
layout to be the first in the editor-basics chapter.
2021-10-19 15:53:49 +02:00
e63fe3be69
tweaks: reword a paragraph, and use usual M- to depict Meta keystrokes
2021-10-19 15:36:38 +02:00
bc4a141cba
tweaks: mark keystrokes consistently with @kbd in the manual
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The @key command has the same visual result in the Info output, but
looks different (non-italic) from @kbd in the HTML and PDF outputs.
2021-10-19 14:21:28 +02:00
1f36d5411a
docs: improve the title of the manual, away from the bare "nano"
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Also, suppress two unwanted blank lines in the HTML output, and
use a macro to avoid repeating the same three lines eight times.
2021-10-18 10:47:32 +02:00
46f76ca8b8
docs: avoid large Table of Contents at top of HTML version of manual
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Texinfo-6.8 (that was used to build the docs of nano-5.9) changed
the way the @contents command is processed for HTML output, with as
result a detailed table of contents at the start of the HTML page.
That is ugly and too much detail. To avoid that, produce a table
of contents only when generating output meant for printing.
This fixes https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?61344 .
Bug existed since version 5.9.
2021-10-17 16:55:24 +02:00
3a09577e0c
tweaks: replace the obscure @* with the slightly clearer @sp
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What @* does is guesswork when you don't use Texinfo regularly.
That the "sp" in the @sp command refers to vertical space is not
very clear either, but the command is used on nearby lines too,
so better use it more.
Also, improve two wordings and fix a four-year old typo.
2021-10-17 12:36:57 +02:00
557d8131ca
docs: prevent a black square in the PDF after the long synopsis line
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Also, prevent an unwanted break in a keystroke.
2021-10-16 17:46:33 +02:00
89fd11109d
docs: add a meta description for the HTML rendering of the manual
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Also, drop the Emacs mode line -- we don't use Emacs,
and Emacs doesn't need it.
2021-10-16 17:03:45 +02:00
af757d3b3f
docs: reshuffle a GNU marker, to make the title clearer in search engines
2021-10-11 09:27:56 +02:00
ba9e5ac05d
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 5.9 release
2021-10-06 10:04:22 +02:00
bc7e7d847e
docs: list the default color combo for 'spotlightcolor' in sample nanorc
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The comment says that only 'errorcolor' and 'spotlightcolor' have
a default value. Better list the default value for both of them.
2021-10-01 09:47:45 +02:00
88f7ec38f8
docs: spell "filename" as a single word, like in most other occurrences
2021-09-15 10:27:31 +02:00
0010cd4443
tweaks: slightly reword or rewrap some comments in the sample nanorc
2021-09-15 09:55:14 +02:00
7d6ffd9e78
docs: don't use "light" after "bold", as the latter often implies "light"
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On most terminals "bold" also makes the relevant text lighter (or just
makes it lighter, like on a Linux console). Only some terminals allow
the user to switch this coupling of bold to light off.
Suggested-by: Hussam al-Homsi <sawuare@gmail.com>
2021-09-14 12:40:32 +02:00
b8daf1fb0b
docs: correct the default value of the errorcolor option
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It should be "bold,white,red" instead of "brightwhite,red"
because "bright" is deprecated and not documented.
Signed-off-by: Hussam al-Homsi <sawuare@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@telfort.nl>
2021-09-14 12:03:04 +02:00
0ac2dfd920
docs: refer to the FAQ when <Alt+Up> does nothing on a Linux console
2021-09-04 12:29:31 +02:00
aa553ee5d6
docs: correct the descriptions of how to invoke the spell checker
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The keystrokes to invoke it changed in version 5.0.
2021-08-30 17:09:41 +02:00
abce19b0e4
docs: improve the recipe in the FAQ for dealing with Alt+Up on a console
2021-08-25 11:53:27 +02:00
fc317660cb
tweaks: harmonize the indentations in the FAQ somewhat
2021-08-25 11:28:45 +02:00
949fcde6f7
docs: indent the paragraphs in the FAQ that list commands to be typed
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And use a monospaced font for them.
2021-08-25 11:27:26 +02:00
c6ba4ae89a
docs: improve the descriptions of several bindable functions
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Some functions behave differently when some lines or a region is marked.
2021-08-23 10:12:55 +02:00
dab3f95c71
tweaks: instead of "one" use "you", like in the rest of the man page
2021-08-23 10:04:01 +02:00
840ad5890f
docs: move the notice in the main man page, to try and catch other eyes
2021-08-23 10:00:44 +02:00
d3a7f3abed
tweaks: restore a quote that was accidentally deleted four months ago
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Commit a69a8ce3
2021-08-23 09:39:12 +02:00
296c5a32c7
docs: replace a non-problem in the FAQ with something possibly useful
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Opening a file whose name starts with a plus is not a problem at all.
Instead describe how to get the Alt+Up keystroke to scroll on a Linux
console (on Debian and friends).
This addresses https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57294 .
2021-08-18 11:54:54 +02:00
0694255893
tweaks: adjust a description of 'showcursor', to match the other ones
2021-07-01 16:12:06 +02:00
5563c710d0
docs: improve the description of the 'tabstospaces' option
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It never mentioned to how many spaces a tab would be converted.
2021-07-01 09:52:10 +02:00
a2cb22faab
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 5.8 release
2021-06-15 09:52:45 +02:00
101dc4e805
docs: make ^E access the Execute menu in the example CUA bindings
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Also, add the normal CUA bindings for Undo (^Z) and Redo (^Y),
and drop the M-X thinko.
With these more "usual" alternative bindings, ^X will now do a Cut
(putting the cut text into the cutbuffer) only when in the main menu
-- in the other places it did not put anything into the cutbuffer,
so it's better to have only the default ^K ("kill") for that.
Suspension is now accessible with ^E^Z, and the Speller with ^E^S.
This fixes https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?60766 .
Bug existed since version 3.2, commit 33d67d5c
2021-06-11 11:10:28 +02:00
74c6bdac9f
docs: add example bindings for uppercasing and lowercasing a word
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(The diff looks weird in 'less' -- the "c" before the "^T" hides
two escape sequences.)
2021-06-10 10:40:49 +02:00
73168bb1b9
docs: improve the contact info and some line spacing in the PDF
2021-06-08 11:31:18 +02:00
f895f1beba
docs: mention the new 'set minicolor' option
2021-06-08 10:51:19 +02:00
b27efce732
docs: mention that "grey"/"gray" may be used as a synonym of "lightblack"
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Also, colorize "grey" and "gray" as valid names in a nanorc file.
2021-05-26 15:31:04 +02:00
a69a8ce3ca
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 5.7 release
2021-04-29 11:28:21 +02:00
5efb6836a8
options: retire the obsolete 'smooth', 'morespace', and 'nopauses'
2021-04-15 11:43:39 +02:00
b72d9af52c
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 5.6.1 release
2021-03-03 09:47:41 +01:00
ac5e5179fb
options: rename 'highlightcolor' to the more distinct 'spotlightcolor'
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This way there cannot be any confusion with syntax highlighting,
and it indicates better that a single place will be highlighted.
2021-03-03 09:31:46 +01:00
1e9d12abc5
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 5.6 release
2021-02-24 09:23:50 +01:00
0a57da42e0
docs: correct the description of --quickblank for the changed base value
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And mention that --minibar overrides the option too.
2021-02-22 12:24:06 +01:00
282f438967
color: use bright yellow to highlight a search match
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Plain yellow is too dark (more like brown) on some machines.
Lightyellow is a bit loud, but... very visible.
2021-02-15 12:29:15 +01:00
1b01adfa9f
docs: mention the new 'set highlightcolor' option
2021-02-14 12:51:09 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg