From 0f2dd8456fa268f45c6c94e6845cfd9e77a08b54 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@telfort.nl>
Date: Thu, 14 May 2020 17:27:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] usage: unabbreviate option arguments where possible

And make it clearer what kind of argument is expected:
digits, characters, or a program name.
---
 src/nano.c | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/nano.c b/src/nano.c
index f41b66c4..3dfc5e12 100644
--- a/src/nano.c
+++ b/src/nano.c
@@ -500,14 +500,14 @@ void usage(void)
 #ifndef NANO_TINY
 	print_opt("-S", "--softwrap", N_("Display overlong lines on multiple rows"));
 #endif
-	print_opt(_("-T <#cols>"), _("--tabsize=<#cols>"),
-					N_("Set width of a tab to #cols columns"));
+	print_opt(_("-T <number>"), _("--tabsize=<number>"),
+					N_("Make a tab this number of columns wide"));
 	print_opt("-U", "--quickblank", N_("Wipe status bar upon next keystroke"));
 	print_opt("-V", "--version", N_("Print version information and exit"));
 #ifndef NANO_TINY
 	print_opt("-W", "--wordbounds",
 					N_("Detect word boundaries more accurately"));
-	print_opt(_("-X <str>"), _("--wordchars=<str>"),
+	print_opt(_("-X <string>"), _("--wordchars=<string>"),
 					N_("Which other characters are word parts"));
 #endif
 #ifdef ENABLE_COLOR
@@ -554,13 +554,13 @@ void usage(void)
 #endif
 	print_opt("-p", "--preserve", N_("Preserve XON (^Q) and XOFF (^S) keys"));
 #ifdef ENABLED_WRAPORJUSTIFY
-	print_opt(_("-r <#cols>"), _("--fill=<#cols>"),
+	print_opt(_("-r <number>"), _("--fill=<number>"),
 					N_("Set width for hard-wrap and justify"));
 #endif
 #ifdef ENABLE_SPELLER
 	if (!ISSET(RESTRICTED))
-		print_opt(_("-s <prog>"), _("--speller=<prog>"),
-					N_("Enable alternate speller"));
+		print_opt(_("-s <program>"), _("--speller=<program>"),
+					N_("Use this alternative spell checker"));
 #endif
 	print_opt("-t", "--saveonexit", N_("Save changes on exit, don't prompt"));
 #ifndef NANO_TINY