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
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
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
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
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docs: mention that the 'nopauses' option is obsolete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
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
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
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
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
f2c61c4b9a
docs: mention the default value for 'errorcolor'
2019-06-07 11:24:51 +02:00
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
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
378aa8bc41
docs: slightly reword the notice about the changed defaults since 4.0
2019-06-05 19:40:15 +02:00
edbdcb9b9a
docs: add a light warning to the explanation of --nonewlines
2019-06-04 19:54:58 +02:00
1ca9241eaa
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 4.2 release
2019-04-24 10:55:23 +02:00
8a4639cdd6
docs: put the 'set guidestripe' option into its alphabetical position
2019-04-16 10:05:35 +02:00
3a0a6b5db8
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 4.1 release
2019-04-15 09:33:07 +02:00
1fe3e2ed69
docs: mention that -b is the opposite of -w also in the latter's item
2019-04-14 08:49:25 +02:00
d79b9823ae
bindings: add easier keystrokes for the linenumber and softwrap toggles
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For most people, M-N and M-S are simpler to type than M-# and M-$,
and more mnemonic.
2019-04-09 17:48:26 +02:00
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
209531a761
docs: remove all mention of --finalnewline, and undefault --nonewlines
2019-04-07 10:02:22 +02:00
f6a7983a8a
docs: for two of the toggles, mention the new instead of the old option
2019-03-26 17:08:31 +01:00
3e4edb2a5a
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 4.0 release
2019-03-24 12:14:12 +01:00
37477bfbb5
tweaks: slightly reword, for esthetics of the resulting Info document
2019-03-24 10:57:55 +01:00
bc40dd645a
docs: adjust and extend the Pico-compatibility section in the manual
2019-03-24 10:49:47 +01:00
69601315c4
docs: add notes to draw attention to the changed defaults
2019-03-18 20:08:01 +01:00
d5b21d7bd0
copyright: update the years for the FSF in the documentation too
2019-03-11 08:27:19 +01:00
6e04d697a1
docs: describe the new options -J, --guidestripe, and 'set stripecolor'
2019-03-09 09:27:08 +01:00
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
5e769686fb
docs: mention that 'cutwordleft' is bound to <Shift+Ctrl+Delete>
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The default binding was made in commit e6429e78
2019-02-24 11:25:35 +01:00
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
00713a7c47
docs: deprecate the use of morespace, smooth, nonewlines, and nowrap
2019-02-20 16:34:29 +01:00
3270250184
docs: mention that --morespace and --smooth are obsolete and ignored
2019-02-19 19:34:34 +01:00
60bdac2bbc
docs: describe breaklonglines, emptyline, finalnewline, jumpyscrolling
2019-02-19 19:06:26 +01:00
f6c767a372
docs: describe the four new options (-b, -f, -j, -e)
2019-02-19 17:48:43 +01:00
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
2482cfca56
build: eradicate the --disable-wrapping-as-root configure option
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Hard-wrapping is disabled by default for any user, so this special
configure option is no longer needed.
2019-01-25 11:37:51 +01:00
98b1f8f059
options: stop recognizing and ignoring -b, -e, -f, -j, and -q
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This signals our break from trying to be as compatible with Pico as
possible. We were already incompatible with modern Pico in the -n
and -W options, and in several character-set and color options, so
ignoring those five options brought us very little.
Anyway, soon some of those options will be reused and will have the
effect of making nano look and behave more like Pico.
2019-01-25 11:22:56 +01:00
38e3318e5f
tweaks: reword the description of the disadvantages of Pico
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Also reword a list of features to exclude the ones that only
make sense when contrasting nano with Pico.
2019-01-25 11:00:51 +01:00
6aad99bd81
docs: stop implying that nano wants to be fully compatible with Pico
2019-01-25 10:50:14 +01:00
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
63db58cbfd
docs: adjust for the enhancement of the default quoting regex
2019-01-22 20:06:14 +01:00
0213f412d1
docs: say that --rebinddelete can correct both <Backspace> and <Delete>
2018-12-28 19:48:54 +01:00
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
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
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
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
c0abcc6018
docs: harmonize the style of bindable-function descriptions
2018-12-10 11:57:14 +01:00
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
44ea37573a
docs: remove references to not being able to undo justifications
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Any series of justifications (and other edits) is now undoable.
2018-11-20 19:21:35 +01:00
31fdd2908b
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 3.2 release
2018-11-11 16:42:46 +01:00
2404474dce
tweaks: change a bunch of URLs to use 'https' instead of 'http'
2018-11-11 14:46:23 +01:00
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
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
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
91155486c7
docs: document the slightly changed workings of the --view option
2018-10-23 19:29:18 +02:00
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
f9134af504
docs, usage: mention that --showcursor now covers help texts too
2018-10-07 10:38:11 +02:00
eb9111a575
docs: update the description of -R/--restricted, as it now reads nanorc
2018-10-02 19:30:51 +02:00
031f255ffd
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 3.1 release
2018-09-18 19:27:31 +02:00
8efdd08a86
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 3.0 release
2018-09-09 11:29:00 +02:00
80bea3eb9b
docs: slightly reword the description of four bindable functions
2018-08-26 09:41:27 +02:00
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
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
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
8560a0a225
docs: mention that "normal" can be used to give things the default color
2018-08-10 19:42:31 +02:00
5c179aae7d
docs: mention that the 'formatter' command has been superseded
2018-08-09 20:29:30 +02:00
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
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
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
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
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
7c9a4793dd
tweaks: properly escape "\" in a man page and "@" in a texi document
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Also make the involved sentences more precise.
2018-07-19 20:17:27 +02:00
bfe65af6f3
bindings: bind M-Q to 'findprevious' by default, and M-W to 'findnext'
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This makes things symmetrical: ^W starts a forward search, ^Q starts
a backward search, M-W searches the next occurrence forward, and M-Q
searches the next occurrence backward.
The Tabs-To-Spaces toggle is moved to M-O, and thus the More-Space
toggle is no longer bound by default.
2018-07-18 19:18:45 +02:00
eb84205426
bindings: rename two bindable functions: copytext to copy, uncut to paste
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To match the common names used for these functions, for consistency,
and because 'uncut' sounds too much like "undo the cut".
2018-07-13 19:46:56 +02:00
c2593c1c5a
docs: reshuffle a bindable function to a slightly better position
2018-07-13 19:46:56 +02:00
4c02329205
docs: mention that "Ins" and "Del" are valid rebindable keys
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Also, consistently refer to Latin letters and ASCII characters
where needed, and document more accepted characters.
This addresses https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54071 .
2018-07-11 14:10:35 +02:00
078265456c
docs: mention that also Ctrl increases the stride when selecting text
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The Alt key together with Shift is a special workaround for when
Shift+PgUp and Shift+PgDn don't work on the user's terminal. But
probably it is more common to use the Ctrl key together with Shift
to select larger pieces of text. So mention this possibility.
2018-07-10 15:58:41 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg