From 23f7e1b13834bee58b186328b60af4d876bc195c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Lawrence Ramsey <pooka109@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 23:14:01 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] make the latest faq entry more accurate git-svn-id: svn://svn.savannah.gnu.org/nano/trunk/nano@2342 35c25a1d-7b9e-4130-9fde-d3aeb78583b8 --- doc/faq.html | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/faq.html b/doc/faq.html index a526bd83..c1eea109 100644 --- a/doc/faq.html +++ b/doc/faq.html @@ -173,8 +173,10 @@ <hr width="100%"> <h1><a name="4"></a>4. Running</h1> <h2><a name="4.1"></a>4.1. How do I open a file with a name beginning with '+' from the command line?</h2> -<blockquote><p>A command line option that begins with '+' is always treated as a starting line number. The option just after it, though, is always treated as a filename. So if you want to open '+filename.txt' starting on line 1, you should use:</p> - <p><b>nano +1 +filename.txt</b></p></blockquote> +<blockquote><p>If a command line option that begins with '+' is followed by at least one more option, the former is always treated as a starting line number and the latter is always treated as a filename. If a command line option that begins with '+' isn't followed by any more options, it's always treated as a filename. Examples:</p> + <p>To open '+filename.txt' starting on line 1: <b>nano +filename.txt</b><br> + To open '+filename.txt' starting on line 10: <b>nano +10 +filename.txt</b><br> + To open '+filename.txt' starting on line 1 and 'filename.txt' starting on line 10 (if nano has been compiled with multibuffer support): <b>nano +1 +filename.txt +20 filename.txt</b></p></blockquote> <h2><a name="4.2"></a>4.2. Ack! My backspace/delete/enter/double bucky/meta key doesn't seem to work! What can I do?</h2> <blockquote><p>Try setting your $TERM variable to 'vt100'. Nano doesn't yet support every term entry under the sun.</p> <p>Bourne shell users (bash and sh): <b>export TERM=vt100</b><br>