777082a7b8
docs: add a link to the website also to the info manual
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And add a reference to the "cheat sheet" to the nanorc man page.
2020-10-02 10:32:44 +02:00
072c8aa39b
options: move --stateflags (-%) and --magic (-!) to the end of the list
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It's nicer to start the list with -A, -B, -C. And, when the user
does 'nano --help', these new flags are more likely to be noticed.
2020-10-01 11:24:39 +02:00
2c41600957
docs: explain the purpose of -! / --magic / 'set magic'
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Also, colorize 'set magic' as valid option in a nanorc file.
2020-09-25 16:35:50 +02:00
844c671bf1
docs: explain what the options --stateflags (-%) and 'set stateflags' do
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Also, colorize 'set stateflags' as valid option in a nanorc file.
2020-09-23 19:48:03 +02:00
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
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
93b25ce014
tweaks: adjust some whitespace in the docs, and improve a comment
2020-09-12 12:21:24 +02:00
7b19b4114c
docs: improve two wordings in the sample nanorc
2020-09-11 10:45:19 +02:00
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
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
63ac050733
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 5.2 release
2020-08-24 09:53:07 +02:00
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
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
a14c894325
docs: add a cross-reference from 'findbracket' to 'set matchbrackets'
2020-08-17 14:20:03 +02:00
306906a8a7
docs: adjust description of ^T in cheatsheet, and mention M-Bsp
2020-08-13 07:21:21 +02:00
b1a0f5e65a
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 5.1 release
2020-08-12 07:57:31 +02:00
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
eb57b10273
docs: fix a closing tag in the FAQ [tidy]
2020-08-01 20:58:29 +02:00
df9ca85961
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 5.0 release
2020-07-29 09:44:39 +02:00
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
2261377309
docs: complete the renaming of 'tempfile' to 'saveonexit'
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This should have been part of commit d4ee6a2b
2020-07-05 10:53:57 +02:00
2c228796a8
docs: improve some descriptions concerning the file browser
2020-07-03 18:45:09 +02:00
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
da0ac58ecc
docs: document the new -O/--bookstyle and 'set bookstyle' options
2020-06-27 11:12:21 +02:00
8061a981b1
tweaks: correct two spelling mistakes [codespell]
2020-06-26 11:27:07 +02:00
b1b89f01b7
docs: mention that M-X toggle is special, because available in most menus
2020-06-24 09:30:08 +02:00
054cafa138
docs: mention the nine new color names, and "bold" plus "italic"
2020-06-18 15:31:06 +02:00
26fb83c61f
docs: use 'bold' and 'light' instead of 'bright' in the sample nanorc
2020-06-15 15:30:52 +02:00
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
32ee39e44a
docs: document the --indicator (-q) and 'set indicator' options
2020-06-04 18:52:28 +02:00
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
09a004cad9
tweaks: order three menu names in the documentation slightly better
2020-05-24 11:24:49 +02:00
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
af062af490
docs: mention that doing a full-buffer operation wipes away all anchors
2020-04-30 18:58:17 +02:00
56d1214187
syntax: move distro-specific files down to a subdirectory, syntax/extra/
2020-04-14 19:05:41 +02:00
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
bcaa1ef7f2
docs: explain how anchors work, and document their bindable functions
2020-04-13 12:20:36 +02:00
edf2d8d68f
docs: mention that the dedicated cursor-moving keys are not rebindable
2020-04-10 12:25:02 +02:00
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
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
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
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
49a84f9e8a
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 4.9 release
2020-03-24 11:11:22 +01:00
39ed865043
docs: improve the descriptions of --softwrap and 'set softwrap'
2020-03-19 13:10:28 +01:00
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
067ee1a6b1
tweaks: highlight keystrokes in the documentation more consistently
2020-03-13 16:40:34 +01:00
0c1db4879e
docs: update the missed occurrences of --suspendable / 'set suspendable'
2020-03-13 16:34:41 +01:00
a91bc04e04
docs: update the form of an option, --suspendable / 'set suspendable'
2020-03-13 15:58:56 +01:00
639f37669a
docs: remove the note saying that nanorc files must be in Unix format
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Since commit 98f038ad
2020-03-12 19:03:02 +01:00
c65fa25ce2
docs: mention that ^[ (Esc) is unbindable, and explain why
2020-03-10 15:55:19 +01:00
f2ae08ab19
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 4.8 release
2020-02-07 10:50:44 +01:00
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
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
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
3f5ba950d6
tweaks: suggest a few more alternative key bindings and unbindings
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This demonstrates the presence of the 'savefile' function,
and makes the main help text look better.
2020-01-31 17:16:31 +01:00
0a52e92d4c
docs: for the alternative bindings, rebind ^C only in the main menu
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Because ^C is needed for Cancel in most other menus.
This fixes https://bugs.debian.org/950223 .
Reported-by: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
Bug existed since version 4.0, commit 3a170d2c
2020-01-31 16:54:55 +01:00
6cd98e32f7
docs: document the new Sh-M-X format for binding <Shift+Meta+letter>
2020-01-23 11:11:34 +01:00
aac3126183
docs: improve the description of which rc-files are read during startup
2020-01-19 13:27:41 +01:00
63cddceeaa
docs: document the new -f/--rcfile option
2020-01-19 12:55:43 +01:00
afa4c6b9fc
copyright: update the years for the FSF
2020-01-15 11:42:38 +01:00
7b0b9a12ea
docs: mention in the FAQ that auto-indentation is suppressed when pasting
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And that ^Js will be filtered out too.
2020-01-12 12:09:09 +01:00
12742586e5
tweaks: adjust or reword a few items in the FAQ
2020-01-07 16:55:30 +01:00
194620c5f0
docs: add a FAQ item about a self-compiled nano not reading /etc/nanorc
2020-01-07 14:34:23 +01:00
67d37adf98
tweaks: renumber some FAQ items in preparation for adding another
2020-01-07 14:24:47 +01:00
ade93ccf25
docs: use more generally available arrows in the cheatsheet
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Use bolded HTML entities for the four arrows, instead of the literal
triangular Unicode "arrows" which many fonts don't include.
This addresses https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57505 .
2019-12-30 16:41:22 +01:00
6c09504040
docs: stop saying that 'set fill' enables hard-wrapping -- it does not
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This fixes https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57477 .
2019-12-25 14:20:35 +01:00
c00431134f
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 4.7 release
2019-12-23 11:15:53 +01:00
b56db25a35
docs: mention that all keywords in a nanorc file should be in lowercase
2019-12-12 19:19:07 +01:00
60b826e5ee
tweaks: trim or adjust some whitespace in HTML, and add two keywords
2019-12-05 17:01:55 +01:00
1dd7b216a0
docs: add or improve the 'description' meta tag in the two HTML pages
2019-12-05 12:06:24 +01:00
87bf46ffb6
docs: add the 'lang' attribute in the right place to the two HTML pages
2019-12-05 11:52:17 +01:00
076eb6f6af
docs: mention that a negative number after "+" counts from the end
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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
154742c5e3
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 4.6 release
2019-11-29 11:08:22 +01:00
8637acb106
docs: correct the description of the 'spell' menu
2019-11-25 17:42:40 +01:00
51a3f78d69
docs: mention that 'hunspell' is now the first default spelling program
2019-11-25 17:38:50 +01:00
3258bb0ff4
docs: adjust the compilation instructions to two-digit version numbers
2019-10-27 19:21:55 +01:00
4281b6becb
commands: rename 'fixer' to 'formatter', to be less misleading
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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
c51f5f4bff
docs: mention that the 'nopauses' option is obsolete
2019-10-15 11:23:05 +02:00
bfdc31fbb4
docs: add the M-F and M-N keystrokes to the cheatsheet
2019-10-14 17:14:07 +02:00
c63f4c1f58
docs: remove the note about the formatter having been removed
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The 'fixer' command has taken the place of the 'formatter' command.
(Also, normalize a double blank line before a chapter.)
2019-10-14 10:30:04 +02:00
b5c5cde0d4
docs: document the 'fixer' command, a per-syntax content arranger
2019-10-14 10:28:45 +02:00
f813fd0f4d
rcfile: allow binding also F17...F24
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For historical reasons the rebinding code allows binding F13...F16,
which on most terminals are typable with Shift plus F1...F4. But,
at least on an Xfce Terminal, Shift plus F1...F12 produce F13...F24.
On a Linux console, Shift plus F1...F8 produce F13...F20. So: allow
to bind the full shifted F13...F24 range. It costs no extra code
and makes things more rounded.
2019-10-07 16:23:40 +02:00
e90b40e651
docs: add a note saying that rebinding ^M or ^I is not advisable
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Also say that rebinding ^H is sometimes impossible, or when it's
made possible, that it rebinds the Backspace key too.
This addresses https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56994 .
Reported-by: Tiago Almeida <tjamadeira@gmail.com>
2019-10-07 13:28:27 +02:00
07c1e72216
tweaks: slightly reword some fragments in the manual's rebinding section
2019-10-07 13:01:18 +02:00
7338b45d36
docs: remove some excessive detail from the sample nanorc file
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The sample file should just mention the basics. The manual contains
all the details.
2019-10-06 14:50:27 +02:00
c95e5362e6
docs: mention that color rules are applied in the order they are listed
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Suggested-by: Tiago Almeida <tjamadeira@gmail.com>
2019-10-06 14:27:29 +02:00
9a2ef3a542
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 4.5 release
2019-10-04 11:31:29 +02:00
cdb9b04980
docs: add two examples of the 'tabgives' command to the sample nanorc
2019-10-03 16:41:10 +02:00
310c971d50
docs: describe the new syntax-specific 'tabgives' command
2019-09-25 19:42:16 +02:00
aecbc6faa9
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 4.4 release
2019-08-25 10:29:14 +02:00
a06b921f12
docs: document the search-at-startup feature (+/string or +?string)
2019-08-20 19:22:25 +02:00
a2f7e31ba2
new document: a condensed overview of nano's shortcut keystrokes
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It's in a two-column format that fits on a single page, and uses the
more widely known Ctrl+X and Alt+X notations (instead of ^X and M-X).
The file is published on https://nano-editor.org/cheatsheet.html .
2019-08-16 19:49:50 +02:00
55983ee9d1
docs: make the synopsis of --speller and 'set speller' more accurate
2019-08-16 18:50:49 +02:00
94c9defde1
docs: slightly reword some of the descriptions around syntax highlighting
2019-08-09 19:16:16 +02:00
52e39ae5f7
docs: slightly reword the descriptions of most configure options
2019-08-02 17:10:11 +02:00
5e7ba03ad1
docs: stop mentioning the 'unjustify' function, as it no longer exists
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Unjustifying is done by using the general undo function (M-U).
2019-07-29 19:42:52 +02:00
97fec5603f
docs: mention the M-N toggle instead of the obsolete M-# one
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Reported-by: Bill Hager <prog00@protonmail.com>
2019-07-29 19:29:55 +02:00
895d2b8e9c
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 4.3 release
2019-06-18 10:04:16 +02:00
3bf04afa6d
tweaks: specifically refer to the manual of GNU grep for more regex info
2019-06-09 12:30:35 +02:00
fea1901592
docs: remove "--" from the default value of 'quotestr'
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Adjust the documentation to the removal of "--" in the previous commit.
2019-06-08 17:48:44 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg