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
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
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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
f9134af504
docs, usage: mention that --showcursor now covers help texts too
2018-10-07 10:38:11 +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
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'
...
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'
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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
...
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
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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
...
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
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
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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
...
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
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
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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
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
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
467cc8edf3
tweaks: remove two deprecated options and six rebindable function names
...
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
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
...
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
c7eecd74de
new feature: a bindable function that starts always a backward search
2017-10-14 20:30:46 +02:00
4aec1649f5
docs: remove another remark about indenting lacking undo capability
2017-09-13 19:44:31 +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
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
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'
...
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
...
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
...
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
...
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
...
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
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
7b442ea4cb
tweaks: be more precise about what --disable-extra does
...
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
...
Also, add two missing configure options, and frob some other things.
2017-04-26 12:49:10 +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
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
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
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
...
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
...
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
f119a90fe5
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 2.7.4 release
2017-01-10 11:29:34 +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
Benno Schulenberg