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"
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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
Benno Schulenberg
c51f5f4bff
docs: mention that the 'nopauses' option is obsolete
2019-10-15 11:23:05 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
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
Benno Schulenberg
b5c5cde0d4
docs: document the 'fixer' command, a per-syntax content arranger
2019-10-14 10:28:45 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
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
Benno Schulenberg
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
Benno Schulenberg
07c1e72216
tweaks: slightly reword some fragments in the manual's rebinding section
2019-10-07 13:01:18 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
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
Benno Schulenberg
9a2ef3a542
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 4.5 release
2019-10-04 11:31:29 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
310c971d50
docs: describe the new syntax-specific 'tabgives' command
2019-09-25 19:42:16 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
aecbc6faa9
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 4.4 release
2019-08-25 10:29:14 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
55983ee9d1
docs: make the synopsis of --speller and 'set speller' more accurate
2019-08-16 18:50:49 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
94c9defde1
docs: slightly reword some of the descriptions around syntax highlighting
2019-08-09 19:16:16 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
895d2b8e9c
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 4.3 release
2019-06-18 10:04:16 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
3bf04afa6d
tweaks: specifically refer to the manual of GNU grep for more regex info
2019-06-09 12:30:35 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
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
f2c61c4b9a
docs: mention the default value for 'errorcolor'
2019-06-07 11:24:51 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
c4e04eb682
docs: show double quotes where they are needed
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Instead of saying that string parameters should be enclosed in
double quotes, just show the quotes in the relevant commands.
Also, rename the parameters, to better fit the subsequent description.
2019-06-07 11:15:02 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
941637615b
docs: clarify that in nano regexes are extended regular expressions
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And add a concise summary of the most important special characters.
This addresses https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56438 .
2019-06-06 15:16:56 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
378aa8bc41
docs: slightly reword the notice about the changed defaults since 4.0
2019-06-05 19:40:15 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
edbdcb9b9a
docs: add a light warning to the explanation of --nonewlines
2019-06-04 19:54:58 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
1ca9241eaa
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 4.2 release
2019-04-24 10:55:23 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
8a4639cdd6
docs: put the 'set guidestripe' option into its alphabetical position
2019-04-16 10:05:35 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
3a0a6b5db8
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 4.1 release
2019-04-15 09:33:07 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
82f1ce8ebf
bindings: remove the jumpy-scrolling toggle entirely
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It is still possible to use --jumpyscrolling on the command line or
'set jumpyscrolling' in a nanorc file, but a user will have to restart
nano when they decide they want chunky instead of smooth scrolling,
a decision that should be rather rare.
This frees up the M-S keystroke to be reused for toggling softwrap.
2019-04-09 17:46:21 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
209531a761
docs: remove all mention of --finalnewline, and undefault --nonewlines
2019-04-07 10:02:22 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
84d21b0972
tweaks: consistently use .sp instead of .PP to insert a blank line
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And use plain .P to start a new paragraph.
2019-04-01 17:31:35 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
a1375474d9
docs: remove the AUTHOR section, per advice from 'man man-pages'
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Also because most of nano has meanwhile been written by other people
than Chris. And because authorship is meta-information, irrelevant
for knowing how to operate nano.
2019-03-25 15:55:34 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
d0cc75f197
docs: put paths and filenames in italics, per 'man man-pages'
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Plus a few other text and formatting tweaks.
2019-03-25 15:31:47 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
0fccfc0373
docs: re-title the temporary section about the changed defaults
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To avoid having both a NOTE and a NOTES section.
2019-03-25 15:22:30 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
3e4edb2a5a
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 4.0 release
2019-03-24 12:14:12 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
92ad431be4
tweaks: escape hyphens that must be hard hyphens in the man pages
2019-03-24 11:32:01 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
37477bfbb5
tweaks: slightly reword, for esthetics of the resulting Info document
2019-03-24 10:57:55 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
69601315c4
docs: add notes to draw attention to the changed defaults
2019-03-18 20:08:01 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
d5b21d7bd0
copyright: update the years for the FSF in the documentation too
2019-03-11 08:27:19 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
6e04d697a1
docs: describe the new options -J, --guidestripe, and 'set stripecolor'
2019-03-09 09:27:08 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
2c7d336711
bindings: rename 'cutwordleft' to 'chopwordleft', and similar for right
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These bindable functions should not connote cutting, as they don't put
anything into the cutbuffer.
2019-02-24 17:31:40 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
5e769686fb
docs: mention that 'cutwordleft' is bound to <Shift+Ctrl+Delete>
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The default binding was made in commit e6429e78
, half a year ago,
but the documentation was not adjusted.
2019-02-24 11:25:35 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
df4d181987
help, docs: say "Delete" when things don't go into the cutbuffer
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Reported-by: Božidar Putanec <bozidarp@yahoo.com>
2019-02-24 11:00:06 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
00713a7c47
docs: deprecate the use of morespace, smooth, nonewlines, and nowrap
2019-02-20 16:34:29 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
60bdac2bbc
docs: describe breaklonglines, emptyline, finalnewline, jumpyscrolling
2019-02-19 19:06:26 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
6c89815e8b
docs: stop saying that --fill switches on automatic hard-wrapping
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The two were decoupled in the previous commit. Just say that --fill
sets the target width for both justifying and automatic hard-wrapping.
2019-02-18 09:41:56 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
2eb1960523
docs: mention that 'quotestr' enables the rewrapping of comment blocks
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Inspired-by: David Griffith <dave@661.org>
2019-01-23 20:01:49 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
63db58cbfd
docs: adjust for the enhancement of the default quoting regex
2019-01-22 20:06:14 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
0213f412d1
docs: say that --rebinddelete can correct both <Backspace> and <Delete>
2018-12-28 19:48:54 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
dc99610c36
docs: reword and reshuffle the description of --rawsequences
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It's not just about the numeric keypad, but about the interpretation
of all editing keys (arrows, Home, End, PageUp, PageDown, Insert, and
Delete), of the escape sequences that they produce.
2018-12-28 19:29:38 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
67c69b2298
options: rename long version of -K from --rebindkeypad to --rawsequences
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To better describe what it does, and to have full contrast with the
--rebinddelete option: the latter can now be shortened to --rebind
without getting a conflict, and --rawsequences can be abbreviated
to simply --raw and still make sense.
2018-12-28 17:35:55 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
3121ee4b2e
options: stop recognizing and mentioning --quiet and 'set quiet'
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Those options have been a no-op and obsolete for over a year.
Just continue to accept and ignore -q, for some "compatibility"
with Pico.
2018-12-18 19:29:40 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
9dd6407bea
docs: correct the descriptions of 'speller' and 'linter' functions
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Since the last release, the linter function is bound separately and
no longer masks or overrides the speller function.
2018-12-17 16:05:35 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
c0abcc6018
docs: harmonize the style of bindable-function descriptions
2018-12-10 11:57:14 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
3a79766da6
rcfile, docs: remove deprecated forms of two options and five bindables
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This addresses https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53785 .
2018-12-03 10:25:55 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
31fdd2908b
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 3.2 release
2018-11-11 16:42:46 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
2404474dce
tweaks: change a bunch of URLs to use 'https' instead of 'http'
2018-11-11 14:46:23 +01:00
Brand Huntsman
252f14796e
bindings: hard-bind the zap function to M-Del (Alt+Delete)
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So that the function is available in a default setup.
Signed-off-by: Brand Huntsman <alpha@qzx.com>
2018-11-04 11:47:03 +01:00
Brand Huntsman
ae3ec1784d
options: add --zap, that makes <Bsp> and <Del> erase a marked region
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Using --zap or -Z on the command line, or 'set zap' in a nanorc file,
makes the <Bsp> and <Del> keys erase selected text (a marked region)
as they do in some other editors, and without affecting the cutbuffer.
This fulfills https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54837 .
Requested-by: Liu Hao <lh_mouse@126.com>
Signed-off-by: Brand Huntsman <alpha@qzx.com>
2018-11-04 11:46:57 +01:00
Brand Huntsman
5662a38802
new feature: a bindable 'zap', to erase text without changing cutbuffer
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This function allows the user to "make space": annihilating lines or
regions while keeping intact for pasting the stuff in the cutbuffer
that was cut or copied earlier.
Signed-off-by: Brand Huntsman <alpha@qzx.com>
2018-11-04 11:46:19 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
91155486c7
docs: document the slightly changed workings of the --view option
2018-10-23 19:29:18 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
f442f91187
bindings: rename 'prevhistory' to 'older' and 'nexthistory' to 'newer'
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Rename not only the bindable functions, but more importantly reword the
tags that are shown for ^P and ^N in the help lines: "Older" / "Newer",
because these are clearer and not awkward abbreviations.
2018-10-15 17:31:40 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
031f255ffd
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 3.1 release
2018-09-18 19:27:31 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
8efdd08a86
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 3.0 release
2018-09-09 11:29:00 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
80bea3eb9b
docs: slightly reword the description of four bindable functions
2018-08-26 09:41:27 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
63b15275bd
bindings: remove the More-Space toggle entirely
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It is so unlikely that a user will want to bind it that it
just clutters the help text (and the documentation).
2018-08-25 10:10:27 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
772c324f25
bindings: remove backup and new-buffer toggles (M-B, M-F) from main menu
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These are available in the menus where they are relevant: the Write-Out
and the Insert menu, respectively. Having them duplicated in the main
menu is inconsistent and eats precious keystrokes. (Sorry, Chris.)
2018-08-25 10:07:28 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
bc42ae42a9
docs: the 'noconvert' bindable function was renamed to 'flipconvert'
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Also, move it to sit with the other toggles of the Insert menu, and
remove its mention from among the main-menu toggles.
2018-08-25 10:05:21 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
8560a0a225
docs: mention that "normal" can be used to give things the default color
2018-08-10 19:42:31 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
5c179aae7d
docs: mention that the 'formatter' command has been superseded
2018-08-09 20:29:30 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
975b491235
dropping a feature: remove the ability to use the 'formatter' command
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Since the last version, the user can filter an entire buffer through
an external command. This external command can also be a formatting
program, so there is no longer any need for this specific and special
formatter command.
2018-08-09 20:29:30 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
418bd3be34
rcfile: allow to rebind the Cancel function in the yesno menu
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This fixes the first part of https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54447 .
2018-08-05 20:01:47 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
9a47a9c4c0
rcfile, docs: no longer recognize nor mention 'set backwards'
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The option has been a no-op since 2.9.0. And now that the
^W/^Q/M-W/M-Q set is available, 'set backwards' is entirely
outdated.
2018-07-29 21:00:12 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
54a4123d4c
bindings: remove the 'searchagain' function entirely
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The user is obliged to make use of 'findprevious' and 'findnext' instead.
Also, adjust the description of 'wherewas' to its wider availability.
2018-07-29 11:43:13 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
d04c8f88f1
docs: say that 'cutwordright' is now bound to <Ctrl+Delete> by default
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Also, suggest to rebind ^H to 'cutwordleft' so that <Ctrl+Backspace>
will delete the word to the left of the cursor (on some terminals).
2018-07-22 19:27:50 +02:00