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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 a14c894325 docs: add a cross-reference from 'findbracket' to 'set matchbrackets' 2020-08-17 14:20:03 +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 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 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 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 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 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
Benno Schulenberg 6cd98e32f7 docs: document the new Sh-M-X format for binding <Shift+Meta+letter> 2020-01-23 11:11:34 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg aac3126183 docs: improve the description of which rc-files are read during startup 2020-01-19 13:27:41 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg 63cddceeaa docs: document the new -f/--rcfile option 2020-01-19 12:55:43 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg afa4c6b9fc copyright: update the years for the FSF 2020-01-15 11:42:38 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg c00431134f bump version numbers and add a news item for the 4.7 release 2019-12-23 11:15:53 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg b56db25a35 docs: mention that all keywords in a nanorc file should be in lowercase 2019-12-12 19:19:07 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg 076eb6f6af docs: mention that a negative number after "+" counts from the end
A negative line number given on the command line counts from the end
of the relevant file (-1 meaning the first line from the bottom),
and a negative column number from the end of the relevant line.

The feature was added in version 2.8.5 but not mentioned in the manual.

This addresses https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57342.
Suggested-by: Andreas Schamanek <schamane@fam.tuwien.ac.at>
2019-12-02 17:00:35 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg 154742c5e3 bump version numbers and add a news item for the 4.6 release 2019-11-29 11:08:22 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg 8637acb106 docs: correct the description of the 'spell' menu 2019-11-25 17:42:40 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg 51a3f78d69 docs: mention that 'hunspell' is now the first default spelling program 2019-11-25 17:38:50 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg 4281b6becb commands: rename 'fixer' to 'formatter', to be less misleading
The word "fixer" sounds too much as if the command would be able
to fix mistakes or correct errors.  Especially when seen next to
"linter", it sounds as if one does a syntax check and the other
fixes the found mistakes.  (Although the command might in theory
be used for this, it is not its intended purpose.)
2019-10-25 17:24:28 +02:00