ad13746da9
docs: reword the beginning of the chapter on nanorc files
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Also, move the text about valid color names to another item,
for shorter cross references.
2021-10-20 16:05:01 +02:00
440f39e558
docs: correct the description of the layout -- four areas, not five
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Also, remove the concept of "shortcut list", as there is no need.
Just use "two help lines" instead, like elsewhere.
2021-10-19 16:17:53 +02:00
108c84daf8
docs: move the chapter about editor basics into third position
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Or rather, move the chapter about command-line options to between
the chapters on file browser and feature toggles. Also, rename the
chapter about the built-in help, and move the section about screen
layout to be the first in the editor-basics chapter.
2021-10-19 15:53:49 +02:00
e63fe3be69
tweaks: reword a paragraph, and use usual M- to depict Meta keystrokes
2021-10-19 15:36:38 +02:00
bc4a141cba
tweaks: mark keystrokes consistently with @kbd in the manual
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The @key command has the same visual result in the Info output, but
looks different (non-italic) from @kbd in the HTML and PDF outputs.
2021-10-19 14:21:28 +02:00
1f36d5411a
docs: improve the title of the manual, away from the bare "nano"
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Also, suppress two unwanted blank lines in the HTML output, and
use a macro to avoid repeating the same three lines eight times.
2021-10-18 10:47:32 +02:00
46f76ca8b8
docs: avoid large Table of Contents at top of HTML version of manual
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Texinfo-6.8 (that was used to build the docs of nano-5.9) changed
the way the @contents command is processed for HTML output, with as
result a detailed table of contents at the start of the HTML page.
That is ugly and too much detail. To avoid that, produce a table
of contents only when generating output meant for printing.
This fixes https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?61344 .
Bug existed since version 5.9.
2021-10-17 16:55:24 +02:00
3a09577e0c
tweaks: replace the obscure @* with the slightly clearer @sp
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What @* does is guesswork when you don't use Texinfo regularly.
That the "sp" in the @sp command refers to vertical space is not
very clear either, but the command is used on nearby lines too,
so better use it more.
Also, improve two wordings and fix a four-year old typo.
2021-10-17 12:36:57 +02:00
557d8131ca
docs: prevent a black square in the PDF after the long synopsis line
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Also, prevent an unwanted break in a keystroke.
2021-10-16 17:46:33 +02:00
89fd11109d
docs: add a meta description for the HTML rendering of the manual
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Also, drop the Emacs mode line -- we don't use Emacs,
and Emacs doesn't need it.
2021-10-16 17:03:45 +02:00
ba9e5ac05d
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 5.9 release
2021-10-06 10:04:22 +02:00
88f7ec38f8
docs: spell "filename" as a single word, like in most other occurrences
2021-09-15 10:27:31 +02:00
b8daf1fb0b
docs: correct the default value of the errorcolor option
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It should be "bold,white,red" instead of "brightwhite,red"
because "bright" is deprecated and not documented.
Signed-off-by: Hussam al-Homsi <sawuare@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@telfort.nl>
2021-09-14 12:03:04 +02:00
0ac2dfd920
docs: refer to the FAQ when <Alt+Up> does nothing on a Linux console
2021-09-04 12:29:31 +02:00
aa553ee5d6
docs: correct the descriptions of how to invoke the spell checker
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The keystrokes to invoke it changed in version 5.0.
2021-08-30 17:09:41 +02:00
c6ba4ae89a
docs: improve the descriptions of several bindable functions
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Some functions behave differently when some lines or a region is marked.
2021-08-23 10:12:55 +02:00
5563c710d0
docs: improve the description of the 'tabstospaces' option
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It never mentioned to how many spaces a tab would be converted.
2021-07-01 09:52:10 +02:00
a2cb22faab
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 5.8 release
2021-06-15 09:52:45 +02:00
73168bb1b9
docs: improve the contact info and some line spacing in the PDF
2021-06-08 11:31:18 +02:00
f895f1beba
docs: mention the new 'set minicolor' option
2021-06-08 10:51:19 +02:00
b27efce732
docs: mention that "grey"/"gray" may be used as a synonym of "lightblack"
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Also, colorize "grey" and "gray" as valid names in a nanorc file.
2021-05-26 15:31:04 +02:00
a69a8ce3ca
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 5.7 release
2021-04-29 11:28:21 +02:00
5efb6836a8
options: retire the obsolete 'smooth', 'morespace', and 'nopauses'
2021-04-15 11:43:39 +02:00
b72d9af52c
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 5.6.1 release
2021-03-03 09:47:41 +01:00
ac5e5179fb
options: rename 'highlightcolor' to the more distinct 'spotlightcolor'
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This way there cannot be any confusion with syntax highlighting,
and it indicates better that a single place will be highlighted.
2021-03-03 09:31:46 +01:00
1e9d12abc5
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 5.6 release
2021-02-24 09:23:50 +01:00
0a57da42e0
docs: correct the description of --quickblank for the changed base value
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And mention that --minibar overrides the option too.
2021-02-22 12:24:06 +01:00
282f438967
color: use bright yellow to highlight a search match
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Plain yellow is too dark (more like brown) on some machines.
Lightyellow is a bit loud, but... very visible.
2021-02-15 12:29:15 +01:00
1b01adfa9f
docs: mention the new 'set highlightcolor' option
2021-02-14 12:51:09 +01:00
eb0962fb06
docs: remove all mentions of --markmatch and 'set markmatch'
2021-02-07 09:18:15 +01:00
0d11964503
docs: say that --minibar is modified by --constantshow and --stateflags
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The previous two commits reduced what is shown by default on the minibar.
Mention which extra options are needed to show the extra information.
2021-02-02 11:10:09 +01:00
7519a458b2
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 5.5 release
2021-01-14 11:08:05 +01:00
6360e4170a
copyright: update the years for the FSF
2021-01-11 14:22:51 +01:00
7b9567719c
tweaks: reshuffle an option, to have two related ones grouped together
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Options --stateflags and --minibar are slightly related; it looks
better to not have them separated by an unrelated option.
2021-01-07 14:27:49 +01:00
e14127b843
rcfile: rename 'nowrap' toggle to 'breaklonglines', to match the option
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Now all toggle functions have the same name as their corresponding
long command-line option. Also, all names now indicate the effect
of the toggle when it is invoked from a default setting.
2021-01-02 17:14:07 +01:00
ca398fdfdf
docs: explain the purpose of --markmatch / -^ / 'set markmatch'
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Also, colorize 'set markmatch' as a valid option in a nanorc file.
2020-12-24 11:49:49 +01:00
e353203010
docs: explain the effect of --minibar / -_ / 'set minibar'
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Also, colorize 'set minibar' as valid option in a nanorc file.
2020-12-23 17:15:06 +01:00
c1bd54dd47
tweaks: move 'set indicator' to its alphabetical place in the manual
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Also, reword some option descriptions, to mention the effect of the
option instead of what the user should give as argument.
2020-12-06 16:34:42 +01:00
3efb9c3a2e
docs: mention the new 'set promptcolor' option
2020-12-06 16:34:42 +01:00
a9bc118178
docs: remove all mentions of Slang
2020-12-05 12:23:06 +01:00
587e6e2c88
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 5.4 release
2020-12-02 11:15:31 +01:00
26f5c8b9d5
rcfile: stop accepting 'set view' in a nanorc file, and undocument it
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Like --restricted, --view really only makes sense on the command line.
2020-10-10 12:42:20 +02:00
ced0019b6c
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 5.3 release
2020-10-07 10:40:12 +02:00
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
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