f2c61c4b9a
docs: mention the default value for 'errorcolor'
2019-06-07 11:24:51 +02:00
c4e04eb682
docs: show double quotes where they are needed
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Instead of saying that string parameters should be enclosed in
double quotes, just show the quotes in the relevant commands.
Also, rename the parameters, to better fit the subsequent description.
2019-06-07 11:15:02 +02:00
941637615b
docs: clarify that in nano regexes are extended regular expressions
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And add a concise summary of the most important special characters.
This addresses https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56438 .
2019-06-06 15:16:56 +02:00
378aa8bc41
docs: slightly reword the notice about the changed defaults since 4.0
2019-06-05 19:40:15 +02:00
edbdcb9b9a
docs: add a light warning to the explanation of --nonewlines
2019-06-04 19:54:58 +02:00
1ca9241eaa
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 4.2 release
2019-04-24 10:55:23 +02:00
8a4639cdd6
docs: put the 'set guidestripe' option into its alphabetical position
2019-04-16 10:05:35 +02:00
3a0a6b5db8
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 4.1 release
2019-04-15 09:33:07 +02:00
1fe3e2ed69
docs: mention that -b is the opposite of -w also in the latter's item
2019-04-14 08:49:25 +02:00
90cbdbbe75
docs: mention that M-S now toggles softwrap and M-N line numbers
2019-04-11 17:46:19 +02:00
d79b9823ae
bindings: add easier keystrokes for the linenumber and softwrap toggles
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For most people, M-N and M-S are simpler to type than M-# and M-$,
and more mnemonic.
2019-04-09 17:48:26 +02:00
82f1ce8ebf
bindings: remove the jumpy-scrolling toggle entirely
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It is still possible to use --jumpyscrolling on the command line or
'set jumpyscrolling' in a nanorc file, but a user will have to restart
nano when they decide they want chunky instead of smooth scrolling,
a decision that should be rather rare.
This frees up the M-S keystroke to be reused for toggling softwrap.
2019-04-09 17:46:21 +02:00
209531a761
docs: remove all mention of --finalnewline, and undefault --nonewlines
2019-04-07 10:02:22 +02:00
84d21b0972
tweaks: consistently use .sp instead of .PP to insert a blank line
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And use plain .P to start a new paragraph.
2019-04-01 17:31:35 +02:00
f6a7983a8a
docs: for two of the toggles, mention the new instead of the old option
2019-03-26 17:08:31 +01:00
a1375474d9
docs: remove the AUTHOR section, per advice from 'man man-pages'
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Also because most of nano has meanwhile been written by other people
than Chris. And because authorship is meta-information, irrelevant
for knowing how to operate nano.
2019-03-25 15:55:34 +01:00
d0cc75f197
docs: put paths and filenames in italics, per 'man man-pages'
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Plus a few other text and formatting tweaks.
2019-03-25 15:31:47 +01:00
0fccfc0373
docs: re-title the temporary section about the changed defaults
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To avoid having both a NOTE and a NOTES section.
2019-03-25 15:22:30 +01:00
d0a7e6e6a6
docs: give the FILES section in the man page its canonical title
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Suggested-by: Michael Siegel <msi@malbolge.net>
2019-03-25 14:59:28 +01:00
3e4edb2a5a
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 4.0 release
2019-03-24 12:14:12 +01:00
92ad431be4
tweaks: escape hyphens that must be hard hyphens in the man pages
2019-03-24 11:32:01 +01:00
123a102c52
docs: remove the mentioning of --disable-wrapping-as-root from the FAQ
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This configure option is gone.
2019-03-24 11:02:33 +01:00
37477bfbb5
tweaks: slightly reword, for esthetics of the resulting Info document
2019-03-24 10:57:55 +01:00
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>
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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'
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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
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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
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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
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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'
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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
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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
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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
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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'
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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
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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'
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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
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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
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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
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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'
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Benno Schulenberg