Benno Schulenberg
746ef89745
docs: condense the desciptions of cutting and pasting
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Mention the relevant keystroke directly (instead of the command name
followed by the default binding).
2020-09-20 19:38:52 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
82080b044b
docs: mention that syntax definitions are available in /usr/share/nano/
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Inspired-by: Hussam al-Homsi <sawuare@gmail.com>
2020-09-12 12:48:37 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
93b25ce014
tweaks: adjust some whitespace in the docs, and improve a comment
2020-09-12 12:21:24 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
7b19b4114c
docs: improve two wordings in the sample nanorc
2020-09-11 10:45:19 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
586a7d22e7
docs: add the customary (1) after the name of command-line programs
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Also, don't format the wrapping quotes of strings,
and normalize the formatting of default values.
This addresses https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59064 .
Reported-by: Helge Kreutzmann <debian@helgefjell.de>
2020-09-05 19:43:51 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
b122d3b8e5
docs: explain the 'set scrollercolor' option, for coloring the indicator
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And mention that a background color does not work on libvte before 0.55.
To find out the version of libvte on your system:
ls -R1 /usr/lib | grep libvte | grep 00 | grep -o "0\..."
2020-09-02 19:55:24 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
63ac050733
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 5.2 release
2020-08-24 09:53:07 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
71752f47cb
docs: reshuffle the section about the file browser to a better place
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First mention the three main 'pieces' of the editor: Editing window,
Help viewer, and File browser. Then mention how to change settings:
with the toggles or with nanorc files.
2020-08-19 08:54:30 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
b5fb41e963
docs: mention in the FAQ how to change the escape sequences of urxvt
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Replace an obsolete question that doesn't have a good answer: setting
TERM to vt100 is unlikely to make the more complicated keystrokes work,
which are the ones that are most likely not to work.
2020-08-18 09:00:56 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
a14c894325
docs: add a cross-reference from 'findbracket' to 'set matchbrackets'
2020-08-17 14:20:03 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
306906a8a7
docs: adjust description of ^T in cheatsheet, and mention M-Bsp
2020-08-13 07:21:21 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
b1a0f5e65a
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 5.1 release
2020-08-12 07:57:31 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
5b56791aef
docs: mention that anchors are visible when line numbers are shown
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Suggested-by: Tomáš Mudruňka <mudrunka@spoje.net>
2020-08-03 10:27:57 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
eb57b10273
docs: fix a closing tag in the FAQ [tidy]
2020-08-01 20:58:29 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
df9ca85961
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 5.0 release
2020-07-29 09:44:39 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
ee78f2348b
rcfile: rename bindable function 'curpos' to 'location'
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It is better that the bindable function is named the same as the
tag in the help lines, and that it is not an ugly abbreviation.
2020-07-05 11:05:45 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
2261377309
docs: complete the renaming of 'tempfile' to 'saveonexit'
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This should have been part of commit d4ee6a2b
from two months ago.
2020-07-05 10:53:57 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
2c228796a8
docs: improve some descriptions concerning the file browser
2020-07-03 18:45:09 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
1a2d0c1770
scrolling: add a function and a key binding to center the cursor line
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By default, this function is bound to ^L, to make that keystroke do
something actually useful. To not lose the Refresh function that this
keystroke had, the centering function additionally does a full redraw
and refresh of the screen.
2020-07-02 11:11:44 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
da0ac58ecc
docs: document the new -O/--bookstyle and 'set bookstyle' options
2020-06-27 11:12:21 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
8061a981b1
tweaks: correct two spelling mistakes [codespell]
2020-06-26 11:27:07 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
b1b89f01b7
docs: mention that M-X toggle is special, because available in most menus
2020-06-24 09:30:08 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
054cafa138
docs: mention the nine new color names, and "bold" plus "italic"
2020-06-18 15:31:06 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
26fb83c61f
docs: use 'bold' and 'light' instead of 'bright' in the sample nanorc
2020-06-15 15:30:52 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
7ff82aa5e2
rcfile: add bindable function 'execute', for access to "Execute Command"
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(This should have been added three weeks ago when ^T was rebound.)
2020-06-15 14:27:49 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
32ee39e44a
docs: document the --indicator (-q) and 'set indicator' options
2020-06-04 18:52:28 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
d9106abfda
rcfile: rename 'extcmd' to 'execute', to be more readable and fitting
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Also, improve its description in the documentation.
2020-05-31 12:04:58 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
09a004cad9
tweaks: order three menu names in the documentation slightly better
2020-05-24 11:24:49 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
d4ee6a2b53
options: rename --tempfile to --saveonexit, to be far clearer
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A long option should describe what it does, not vaguely hint at it.
Also, in several places of nano's code we deal with actual temp files,
and then having a flag called TEMP_FILE that doesn't have anything to
do with temp files is somewhat confusing.
2020-04-30 19:12:54 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
af062af490
docs: mention that doing a full-buffer operation wipes away all anchors
2020-04-30 18:58:17 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
56d1214187
syntax: move distro-specific files down to a subdirectory, syntax/extra/
2020-04-14 19:05:41 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
5755ecdbfc
options: let --afterends affect also the deleting of words (Ctrl+Delete)
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It makes more sense that <Ctrl+Delete> deletes the same thing as what
<Shift+Ctrl+Right> would select.
Suggested-by: Liu Hao <lh_mouse@126.com>
2020-04-14 12:14:49 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
bcaa1ef7f2
docs: explain how anchors work, and document their bindable functions
2020-04-13 12:20:36 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
edf2d8d68f
docs: mention that the dedicated cursor-moving keys are not rebindable
2020-04-10 12:25:02 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
66e64dd2d2
docs: in the sample nanorc file, refer instead of duplicating
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Instead of duplicating information, just refer to 'man nanorc'.
Also reshuffle a paragraph, and add a suggestion to just select
the syntax files that will actually get used.
2020-04-09 10:27:39 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
2d4bacf61d
docs: stop mentioning that --wordchars overrides --wordbounds
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Since the previous commit, it no longer does. Instead, the two
interfere, and the user probably wants to use just one of them.
2020-04-06 19:07:02 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
7d3aad403d
options: make -S the short synonym of --softwrap
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The form -$ is still accepted, but is deprecated.
2020-03-27 17:02:55 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
aa70f3d95e
options: stop recognizing the obsolete --morespace and --smooth
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They have been no-ops for a year.
Also remove their documentation entries.
(The nanorc options still remain -- to be removed next year.)
2020-03-27 16:54:09 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
49a84f9e8a
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 4.9 release
2020-03-24 11:11:22 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
39ed865043
docs: improve the descriptions of --softwrap and 'set softwrap'
2020-03-19 13:10:28 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
3690d60b71
rcfile: rename bindable function 'suspendenable' to 'suspendable'
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The name of a toggle function should match the name of the corresponding
option, like for 'mouse' and 'linenumbers' and 'smarthome' and such.
2020-03-15 11:17:46 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
067ee1a6b1
tweaks: highlight keystrokes in the documentation more consistently
2020-03-13 16:40:34 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
0c1db4879e
docs: update the missed occurrences of --suspendable / 'set suspendable'
2020-03-13 16:34:41 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
a91bc04e04
docs: update the form of an option, --suspendable / 'set suspendable'
2020-03-13 15:58:56 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
639f37669a
docs: remove the note saying that nanorc files must be in Unix format
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Since commit 98f038ad
from a month ago, nanorc files do not need to be
in Unix format (LF) but may also be in DOS (CR+LF) and Mac (CR) format.
2020-03-12 19:03:02 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
c65fa25ce2
docs: mention that ^[ (Esc) is unbindable, and explain why
2020-03-10 15:55:19 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
f2ae08ab19
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 4.8 release
2020-02-07 10:50:44 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
0856f53703
docs: mention that -D/--boldtext gets overridden by some nanorc options
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Also, remove an obsolete anchor, and add a missing word.
2020-02-06 16:07:11 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
7f0bfdfeb2
docs: put the three new behaviors in a bulletted list, to catch the eye
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Also, move the relevant section down in the nanorc man page, to increase
the contrast between the two pages.
2020-02-06 16:07:11 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
d141e849a3
tweaks: unabbreviate "argument" in the documentation
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Also, show that the argument in the extendsyntax format is not optional,
as any command requires at least one argument. Also mention 'tabgives'
among the commands that are allowed in an included file.
2020-02-04 12:23:58 +01:00