Updates before the point where the manual mentions colors.

doc/mcedit.1.in

@@ -27,9 +27,8 @@ sign and the number).
 Force black and white display.
 .TP
 .I "\-c"
-Force color mode on terminals where
+Force ANSI color mode on terminals that don't seem to have color
-.B mcedit
+support.
-defaults to black and white.
 .TP
 .I "\-C <keyword>=<FGcolor>,<BGcolor>:<keyword>= ..."
 Specify a different color set.  See the
@@ -44,11 +43,9 @@ Display the compiled-in search path for GNU Midnight Commander data
 files.
 .TP
 .I "\-t"
-Used only if the code was compiled with Slang and terminfo: it makes
+Force using termcap database instead of terminfo.  This option is only
-the Midnight Commander use the value of the
+applicable if GNU Midnight Commander was compiled with S-Lang library
-.B TERMCAP
+with terminfo support.
-variable for the terminal information instead of the information on
-the system wide terminal database.
 .TP
 .I "\-V"
 Display the version of the program.
@@ -56,60 +53,58 @@ Display the version of the program.
 .I "\-x"
 Force xterm mode.  Used when running on xterm-capable terminals (two
 screen modes, and able to send mouse escape sequences).
-.PP
 .SH FEATURES
-The internal file editor provides most of the features of common full
+The internal file editor is a full-featured full screen editor.  It can
-screen editors.  It has an extendable file size limit of sixteen
+edit files up to 64 megabytes.  It is possible to edit binary files. 
-megabytes and edits binary files flawlessly.  The features it presently
+The features it presently supports are: block copy, move, delete, cut,
-supports are: Block copy, move, delete, cut, paste;
+paste; key for key undo; pull-down menus; file insertion; macro
-.I key for key undo;
+commands; regular expression search and replace (and our own
-pull-down menus; file insertion; macro definition; regular expression
+scanf-printf search and replace); shift-arrow text highlighting (if
-search and replace (and our own scanf-printf search and replace);
+supported by the terminal); insert-overwrite toggle; word wrap;
-shift-arrow MSW-MAC text highlighting (if supported by the terminal);
+autoindent; tunable tab size; syntax highlighting for various file
-insert-overwrite toggle; word-wrap; a variety of tabbing options; syntax
+types; and an option to pipe text blocks through shell commands like
-highlighting for various file types; and an option to pipe text blocks
+indent and ispell.
-through shell commands like indent and ispell.
-.PP
 .SH KEYS
-The editor is easy to use and can be used without learning.  To see what
+The editor is easy to use and can be used without learning.  The
-keys do what, just consult the appropriate pull-down menu.  Other keys
+pull-down menu is invoked by pressing F9.  You can learn other keys from
-are: Shift movement keys do text highlighting,
+the menu and from the buttor bar labels.
+.PP
+In addition to that, Shift combined with arrows does text highlighting
+(if supported by the terminal):
 .B Ctrl-Ins
 copies to the file
 .BR ~/.mc/cedit/cooledit.clip ,
-and
 .B Shift-Ins
 pastes from
-.BR ~/.mc/cedit/cooledit.clip .
+.BR ~/.mc/cedit/cooledit.clip ,
 .B Shift-Del
 cuts to
 .BR ~/.mc/cedit/cooledit.clip ,
 and
 .B Ctrl-Del
-deletes highlighted text - all if supported by the terminal.  Mouse
+deletes highlighted text.  Mouse highlighting also works on some
-highlighting also works, and you can override the mouse as usual by
+terminals.  To use the standard mouse support provided by your terminal,
-holding down the shift key while dragging the mouse to let normal
+hold the Shift key.  Don't forget that the mouse support in the terminal
-terminal mouse highlighting work.
+doesn't share the clipoard with
+.BR mcedit .
 .PP
 The completion key (usually
 .B "Alt-Tab"
 or
-.BR "Escape-Tab" )
+.BR "Escape Tab" )
 completes the word under the cursor using the words used earlier in the
 file.
 .PP
 To define a macro, press
 .B Ctrl-R
-and then type out the key
+and then type out the keys you want to be executed.  Press
-strokes you want to be executed.  Press
 .B Ctrl-R
 again when finished.  You can then assign the macro to any key you like
 by pressing that key.  The macro is executed when you press
 .B Ctrl-A
 and then the assigned key.  The macro is also executed if you press
 Meta, Ctrl, or Esc and the assigned key, provided that the key is not
-used for any other function.  Once defined, the macro commands go into
+used for any other function.  The macro commands are stored in the file
-the file
 .BR ~/.mc/cedit/cooledit.macros .
 Do NOT edit this file if you are going to use macros again in the same
 editing session, because
@@ -132,8 +127,11 @@ will run ispell on a block of text in a similar way.  The script file
 will be called
 .BR ~/.mc/cedit/edit.spell.rc .
 .PP
-Keys can be redefined from the Midnight Commander options menu.
+If some keys don't work, you can use
-.PP
+.B Learn Keys
+in the
+.B Options
+menu.
 .SH SYNTAX HIGHLIGHTING
 .B mcedit
 supports syntax highlighting.  This means that keywords and contexts
@@ -144,27 +142,37 @@ The file
 .B ~/.mc/cedit/Syntax
 is rescanned on opening of a any new editor file.  The file contains
 rules for highlighting, each of which is given on a separate line, and
-define which keywords will be highlighted to what color.  The file is
+define which keywords will be highlighted to what color.
-also divided into sections, each beginning with a line with the
-.B file
-command, followed by a regular expression.  The regular expression
-dictates the file name that that set of rules applies to.  Following
-this is a description to be printed on the left of the editor window
-explaining the file type to the user.  A third optional argument is a
-regular expression to match the first line of text of the file.  If
-either the file name matches, or the first line of text, then those
-rules will be loaded.
 .PP
-A section ends with the start of a new section. Each section is divided
+The file is divided into sections, each beginning with a line with the
-into contexts, and each context contains rules. A context is a scope
+.B file
-within the text that a particular set of rules belongs to. For instance,
+command.  The sections are normally put into separate files using the
-the region within a C style comment (i.e. between
+.B include
+command.
+.PP
+The
+.B file
+command has three arguments.  The first argument is a regular expression
+that is applied to the file name to determine if the following section
+applies to the file.  The second argument is the description of the file
+type.  It is used in
+.BR cooledit ;
+future versions of
+.B mcedit
+may use it as well.  The third optional argument is a regular expression
+to match the first line of text of the file.  The rules in the following
+section apply if either the file name or the first line of text matches.
+.PP
+A section ends with the start of another section.  Each section is
+divided into contexts, and each context contains rules.  A context is a
+scope within the text that a particular set of rules belongs to.  For
+instance, the text within a C style comment (i.e. between
 .B /*
 and
 .BR */ )
-has its own color. This is a context, although it will have no further
+has its own color.  This is a context, although it has no further rules
-rules inside it because there is probably nothing that we want
+inside it because there is probably nothing that we want highlighted
-highlighted within a C comment.
+within a C comment.
 .PP
 A trivial C programming section might look like this:
 .PP
@@ -310,7 +318,6 @@ A useful hint is to work with as much as possible with the things you
 can do rather than try to do things that this implementation can't deal
 with.  Also remember that the aim of syntax highlighting is to make
 programming less prone to error, not to make code look pretty.
-.PP
 .SH COLORS
 The default colors may be changed by appending to the
 .B MC_COLOR_TABLE
@@ -323,7 +330,6 @@ editnormal=lightgray,black:\\
 editbold=yellow,black:\\
 editmarked=black,cyan"
 .fi
-.PP
 .SH OPTIONS
 Most options can now be set from the editors options dialog
 box. See the
@@ -390,7 +396,6 @@ original file, thus replacing it.  The safest method is create backups
 (2).  Where a backup file is created before any changes are made.  You
 can specify your own backup file extension in the dialog.  Note that
 saving twice will replace your backup as well as your original file.
-.PP
 .SH MISCELLANEOUS
 You can use scanf search and replace to search and replace a C format
 string.  First take a look at the
@@ -430,7 +435,6 @@ binary files, you should set
 .B display bits
 to 7 bits in the Midnight Commander options menu to keep the
 spacing clean.
-.PP
 .SH FILES
 .I @prefix@/share/mc/mc.hlp
 .IP
@@ -460,7 +464,6 @@ from here instead of the system-wide startup file.
 .IP
 User's own temporary directory where block commands are processed
 and saved.
-.PP
 .SH LICENSE
 This program is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public
 License as published by the Free Software Foundation. See the built-in
@@ -471,10 +474,8 @@ The latest version of this program can be found at
 ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/utils/file/managers/mc/.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 cooledit(1), mc(1), gpm(1), terminfo(1), scanf(3).
-.PP
 .SH AUTHORS
 Paul Sheer (psheer@obsidian.co.za) is the developer of
 the Midnight Commander's internal editor.
-.PP
 .SH BUGS
 Bugs should be reported to mc-devel@gnome.org