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Benno Schulenberg 746ef89745 docs: condense the desciptions of cutting and pasting
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/
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
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
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
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
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
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'
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'
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
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"
(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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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'
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
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
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
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
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