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Benno Schulenberg d0c2c1e6b9 suspension: leave ^Z unbound by default -- just ^T^Z will suspend nano
Suggest in the documentation how to get a one-keystroke Suspend.
2021-11-05 15:24:45 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg 7365ef4092 docs: mention "grey" also at the other place where color names are listed
And harmonize the wrapping of the phrase.

Indirectly-reported-by: Brad Town <brad@bradtown.com>
2021-11-03 11:21:39 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg fc5d58ad97 tweaks: add two spaces and two comments, and drop an internal check 2021-10-31 16:45:43 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg a373fa500a docs: add a suggested rebind and three suggested unbinds to the sample rc 2021-10-31 11:14:09 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg 52d4b96639 docs: mark options -z, --suspendable, and 'set suspendable' as obsolete 2021-10-31 10:55:07 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg 0f40752139 docs: add a hint about making ^L do just 'refresh' to the sample nanorc
Just for the sake of completeness -- I doubt anyone ever uses Refresh.
2021-10-22 11:50:04 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg f368e2732d docs: reword several of the descriptions in the chapter on building nano 2021-10-20 16:12:48 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg ad13746da9 docs: reword the beginning of the chapter on nanorc files
Also, move the text about valid color names to another item,
for shorter cross references.
2021-10-20 16:05:01 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg 440f39e558 docs: correct the description of the layout -- four areas, not five
Also, remove the concept of "shortcut list", as there is no need.
Just use "two help lines" instead, like elsewhere.
2021-10-19 16:17:53 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg 108c84daf8 docs: move the chapter about editor basics into third position
Or rather, move the chapter about command-line options to between
the chapters on file browser and feature toggles.  Also, rename the
chapter about the built-in help, and move the section about screen
layout to be the first in the editor-basics chapter.
2021-10-19 15:53:49 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg e63fe3be69 tweaks: reword a paragraph, and use usual M- to depict Meta keystrokes 2021-10-19 15:36:38 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg bc4a141cba tweaks: mark keystrokes consistently with @kbd in the manual
The @key command has the same visual result in the Info output, but
looks different (non-italic) from @kbd in the HTML and PDF outputs.
2021-10-19 14:21:28 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg 1f36d5411a docs: improve the title of the manual, away from the bare "nano"
Also, suppress two unwanted blank lines in the HTML output, and
use a macro to avoid repeating the same three lines eight times.
2021-10-18 10:47:32 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg 46f76ca8b8 docs: avoid large Table of Contents at top of HTML version of manual
Texinfo-6.8 (that was used to build the docs of nano-5.9) changed
the way the @contents command is processed for HTML output, with as
result a detailed table of contents at the start of the HTML page.
That is ugly and too much detail.  To avoid that, produce a table
of contents only when generating output meant for printing.

This fixes https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?61344.

Bug existed since version 5.9.
2021-10-17 16:55:24 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg 3a09577e0c tweaks: replace the obscure @* with the slightly clearer @sp
What @* does is guesswork when you don't use Texinfo regularly.
That the "sp" in the @sp command refers to vertical space is not
very clear either, but the command is used on nearby lines too,
so better use it more.

Also, improve two wordings and fix a four-year old typo.
2021-10-17 12:36:57 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg 557d8131ca docs: prevent a black square in the PDF after the long synopsis line
Also, prevent an unwanted break in a keystroke.
2021-10-16 17:46:33 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg 89fd11109d docs: add a meta description for the HTML rendering of the manual
Also, drop the Emacs mode line -- we don't use Emacs,
and Emacs doesn't need it.
2021-10-16 17:03:45 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg af757d3b3f docs: reshuffle a GNU marker, to make the title clearer in search engines 2021-10-11 09:27:56 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg ba9e5ac05d bump version numbers and add a news item for the 5.9 release 2021-10-06 10:04:22 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg bc7e7d847e docs: list the default color combo for 'spotlightcolor' in sample nanorc
The comment says that only 'errorcolor' and 'spotlightcolor' have
a default value.  Better list the default value for both of them.
2021-10-01 09:47:45 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg 88f7ec38f8 docs: spell "filename" as a single word, like in most other occurrences 2021-09-15 10:27:31 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg 0010cd4443 tweaks: slightly reword or rewrap some comments in the sample nanorc 2021-09-15 09:55:14 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg 7d6ffd9e78 docs: don't use "light" after "bold", as the latter often implies "light"
On most terminals "bold" also makes the relevant text lighter (or just
makes it lighter, like on a Linux console).  Only some terminals allow
the user to switch this coupling of bold to light off.

Suggested-by: Hussam al-Homsi <sawuare@gmail.com>
2021-09-14 12:40:32 +02:00
Hussam al-Homsi b8daf1fb0b docs: correct the default value of the errorcolor option
It should be "bold,white,red" instead of "brightwhite,red"
because "bright" is deprecated and not documented.

Signed-off-by: Hussam al-Homsi <sawuare@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@telfort.nl>
2021-09-14 12:03:04 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg 0ac2dfd920 docs: refer to the FAQ when <Alt+Up> does nothing on a Linux console 2021-09-04 12:29:31 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg aa553ee5d6 docs: correct the descriptions of how to invoke the spell checker
The keystrokes to invoke it changed in version 5.0.
2021-08-30 17:09:41 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg abce19b0e4 docs: improve the recipe in the FAQ for dealing with Alt+Up on a console 2021-08-25 11:53:27 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg fc317660cb tweaks: harmonize the indentations in the FAQ somewhat 2021-08-25 11:28:45 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg 949fcde6f7 docs: indent the paragraphs in the FAQ that list commands to be typed
And use a monospaced font for them.
2021-08-25 11:27:26 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg c6ba4ae89a docs: improve the descriptions of several bindable functions
Some functions behave differently when some lines or a region is marked.
2021-08-23 10:12:55 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg dab3f95c71 tweaks: instead of "one" use "you", like in the rest of the man page 2021-08-23 10:04:01 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg 840ad5890f docs: move the notice in the main man page, to try and catch other eyes 2021-08-23 10:00:44 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg d3a7f3abed tweaks: restore a quote that was accidentally deleted four months ago
Commit a69a8ce3 unintentionally removed the double quote that should
terminate the version string.
2021-08-23 09:39:12 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg 296c5a32c7 docs: replace a non-problem in the FAQ with something possibly useful
Opening a file whose name starts with a plus is not a problem at all.
Instead describe how to get the Alt+Up keystroke to scroll on a Linux
console (on Debian and friends).

This addresses https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57294.
2021-08-18 11:54:54 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg 0694255893 tweaks: adjust a description of 'showcursor', to match the other ones 2021-07-01 16:12:06 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg 5563c710d0 docs: improve the description of the 'tabstospaces' option
It never mentioned to how many spaces a tab would be converted.
2021-07-01 09:52:10 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg a2cb22faab bump version numbers and add a news item for the 5.8 release 2021-06-15 09:52:45 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg 101dc4e805 docs: make ^E access the Execute menu in the example CUA bindings
Also, add the normal CUA bindings for Undo (^Z) and Redo (^Y),
and drop the M-X thinko.

With these more "usual" alternative bindings, ^X will now do a Cut
(putting the cut text into the cutbuffer) only when in the main menu
-- in the other places it did not put anything into the cutbuffer,
so it's better to have only the default ^K ("kill") for that.

Suspension is now accessible with ^E^Z, and the Speller with ^E^S.

This fixes https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?60766.

Bug existed since version 3.2, commit 33d67d5c,
since the more usual example bindings were introduced.
2021-06-11 11:10:28 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg 74c6bdac9f docs: add example bindings for uppercasing and lowercasing a word
(The diff looks weird in 'less' -- the "c" before the "^T" hides
two escape sequences.)
2021-06-10 10:40:49 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg 73168bb1b9 docs: improve the contact info and some line spacing in the PDF 2021-06-08 11:31:18 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg f895f1beba docs: mention the new 'set minicolor' option 2021-06-08 10:51:19 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg b27efce732 docs: mention that "grey"/"gray" may be used as a synonym of "lightblack"
Also, colorize "grey" and "gray" as valid names in a nanorc file.
2021-05-26 15:31:04 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg a69a8ce3ca bump version numbers and add a news item for the 5.7 release 2021-04-29 11:28:21 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg 5efb6836a8 options: retire the obsolete 'smooth', 'morespace', and 'nopauses' 2021-04-15 11:43:39 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg b72d9af52c bump version numbers and add a news item for the 5.6.1 release 2021-03-03 09:47:41 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg ac5e5179fb options: rename 'highlightcolor' to the more distinct 'spotlightcolor'
This way there cannot be any confusion with syntax highlighting,
and it indicates better that a single place will be highlighted.
2021-03-03 09:31:46 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg 1e9d12abc5 bump version numbers and add a news item for the 5.6 release 2021-02-24 09:23:50 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg 0a57da42e0 docs: correct the description of --quickblank for the changed base value
And mention that --minibar overrides the option too.
2021-02-22 12:24:06 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg 282f438967 color: use bright yellow to highlight a search match
Plain yellow is too dark (more like brown) on some machines.
Lightyellow is a bit loud, but... very visible.
2021-02-15 12:29:15 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg 1b01adfa9f docs: mention the new 'set highlightcolor' option 2021-02-14 12:51:09 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg eb0962fb06 docs: remove all mentions of --markmatch and 'set markmatch' 2021-02-07 09:18:15 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg 0d11964503 docs: say that --minibar is modified by --constantshow and --stateflags
The previous two commits reduced what is shown by default on the minibar.
Mention which extra options are needed to show the extra information.
2021-02-02 11:10:09 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg 0122119a44 docs: correct the word order for Alt+D in the cheat sheet -- it changed 2021-01-20 19:25:29 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg 64bf03b0d9 docs: correct the formatting of a comment in the sample nanorc 2021-01-15 10:05:04 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg 7519a458b2 bump version numbers and add a news item for the 5.5 release 2021-01-14 11:08:05 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg 6360e4170a copyright: update the years for the FSF 2021-01-11 14:22:51 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg 7b9567719c tweaks: reshuffle an option, to have two related ones grouped together
Options --stateflags and --minibar are slightly related; it looks
better to not have them separated by an unrelated option.
2021-01-07 14:27:49 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg e14127b843 rcfile: rename 'nowrap' toggle to 'breaklonglines', to match the option
Now all toggle functions have the same name as their corresponding
long command-line option.  Also, all names now indicate the effect
of the toggle when it is invoked from a default setting.
2021-01-02 17:14:07 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg ca398fdfdf docs: explain the purpose of --markmatch / -^ / 'set markmatch'
Also, colorize 'set markmatch' as a valid option in a nanorc file.
2020-12-24 11:49:49 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg e353203010 docs: explain the effect of --minibar / -_ / 'set minibar'
Also, colorize 'set minibar' as valid option in a nanorc file.
2020-12-23 17:15:06 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg c1bd54dd47 tweaks: move 'set indicator' to its alphabetical place in the manual
Also, reword some option descriptions, to mention the effect of the
option instead of what the user should give as argument.
2020-12-06 16:34:42 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg 3efb9c3a2e docs: mention the new 'set promptcolor' option 2020-12-06 16:34:42 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg a9bc118178 docs: remove all mentions of Slang 2020-12-05 12:23:06 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg 587e6e2c88 bump version numbers and add a news item for the 5.4 release 2020-12-02 11:15:31 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg 622b031e27 docs: use standard-compliant HTML entities for the four arrows
HTML 4 knows only the four-letter abbreviations for the arrows.
Use those, so that also browsers with very limited knowledge
(like Dillo) will show the arrows correctly.
2020-10-11 15:58:40 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg 26f5c8b9d5 rcfile: stop accepting 'set view' in a nanorc file, and undocument it
Like --restricted, --view really only makes sense on the command line.
2020-10-10 12:42:20 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg ced0019b6c bump version numbers and add a news item for the 5.3 release 2020-10-07 10:40:12 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg 777082a7b8 docs: add a link to the website also to the info manual
And add a reference to the "cheat sheet" to the nanorc man page.
2020-10-02 10:32:44 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg 072c8aa39b options: move --stateflags (-%) and --magic (-!) to the end of the list
It's nicer to start the list with -A, -B, -C.  And, when the user
does 'nano --help', these new flags are more likely to be noticed.
2020-10-01 11:24:39 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg 2c41600957 docs: explain the purpose of -! / --magic / 'set magic'
Also, colorize 'set magic' as valid option in a nanorc file.
2020-09-25 16:35:50 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg 844c671bf1 docs: explain what the options --stateflags (-%) and 'set stateflags' do
Also, colorize 'set stateflags' as valid option in a nanorc file.
2020-09-23 19:48:03 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg 746ef89745 docs: condense the desciptions of cutting and pasting
Mention the relevant keystroke directly (instead of the command name
followed by the default binding).
2020-09-20 19:38:52 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg 82080b044b docs: mention that syntax definitions are available in /usr/share/nano/
Inspired-by: Hussam al-Homsi <sawuare@gmail.com>
2020-09-12 12:48:37 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg 93b25ce014 tweaks: adjust some whitespace in the docs, and improve a comment 2020-09-12 12:21:24 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg 7b19b4114c docs: improve two wordings in the sample nanorc 2020-09-11 10:45:19 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg 586a7d22e7 docs: add the customary (1) after the name of command-line programs
Also, don't format the wrapping quotes of strings,
and normalize the formatting of default values.

This addresses https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59064.
Reported-by: Helge Kreutzmann <debian@helgefjell.de>
2020-09-05 19:43:51 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg b122d3b8e5 docs: explain the 'set scrollercolor' option, for coloring the indicator
And mention that a background color does not work on libvte before 0.55.

To find out the version of libvte on your system:

  ls -R1 /usr/lib | grep libvte | grep 00 | grep -o "0\..."
2020-09-02 19:55:24 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg 63ac050733 bump version numbers and add a news item for the 5.2 release 2020-08-24 09:53:07 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg 71752f47cb docs: reshuffle the section about the file browser to a better place
First mention the three main 'pieces' of the editor: Editing window,
Help viewer, and File browser.  Then mention how to change settings:
with the toggles or with nanorc files.
2020-08-19 08:54:30 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg b5fb41e963 docs: mention in the FAQ how to change the escape sequences of urxvt
Replace an obsolete question that doesn't have a good answer: setting
TERM to vt100 is unlikely to make the more complicated keystrokes work,
which are the ones that are most likely not to work.
2020-08-18 09:00:56 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg a14c894325 docs: add a cross-reference from 'findbracket' to 'set matchbrackets' 2020-08-17 14:20:03 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg 306906a8a7 docs: adjust description of ^T in cheatsheet, and mention M-Bsp 2020-08-13 07:21:21 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg b1a0f5e65a bump version numbers and add a news item for the 5.1 release 2020-08-12 07:57:31 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg 5b56791aef docs: mention that anchors are visible when line numbers are shown
Suggested-by: Tomáš Mudruňka <mudrunka@spoje.net>
2020-08-03 10:27:57 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg eb57b10273 docs: fix a closing tag in the FAQ [tidy] 2020-08-01 20:58:29 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg df9ca85961 bump version numbers and add a news item for the 5.0 release 2020-07-29 09:44:39 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg ee78f2348b rcfile: rename bindable function 'curpos' to 'location'
It is better that the bindable function is named the same as the
tag in the help lines, and that it is not an ugly abbreviation.
2020-07-05 11:05:45 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg 2261377309 docs: complete the renaming of 'tempfile' to 'saveonexit'
This should have been part of commit d4ee6a2b from two months ago.
2020-07-05 10:53:57 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg 2c228796a8 docs: improve some descriptions concerning the file browser 2020-07-03 18:45:09 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg 1a2d0c1770 scrolling: add a function and a key binding to center the cursor line
By default, this function is bound to ^L, to make that keystroke do
something actually useful.  To not lose the Refresh function that this
keystroke had, the centering function additionally does a full redraw
and refresh of the screen.
2020-07-02 11:11:44 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg da0ac58ecc docs: document the new -O/--bookstyle and 'set bookstyle' options 2020-06-27 11:12:21 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg 8061a981b1 tweaks: correct two spelling mistakes [codespell] 2020-06-26 11:27:07 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg b1b89f01b7 docs: mention that M-X toggle is special, because available in most menus 2020-06-24 09:30:08 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg 054cafa138 docs: mention the nine new color names, and "bold" plus "italic" 2020-06-18 15:31:06 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg 26fb83c61f docs: use 'bold' and 'light' instead of 'bright' in the sample nanorc 2020-06-15 15:30:52 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg 7ff82aa5e2 rcfile: add bindable function 'execute', for access to "Execute Command"
(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
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
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 af062af490 docs: mention that doing a full-buffer operation wipes away all anchors 2020-04-30 18:58:17 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg 56d1214187 syntax: move distro-specific files down to a subdirectory, syntax/extra/ 2020-04-14 19:05:41 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg 5755ecdbfc options: let --afterends affect also the deleting of words (Ctrl+Delete)
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 66e64dd2d2 docs: in the sample nanorc file, refer instead of duplicating
Instead of duplicating information, just refer to 'man nanorc'.

Also reshuffle a paragraph, and add a suggestion to just select
the syntax files that will actually get used.
2020-04-09 10:27:39 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg 2d4bacf61d docs: stop mentioning that --wordchars overrides --wordbounds
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 7d3aad403d options: make -S the short synonym of --softwrap
The form -$ is still accepted, but is deprecated.
2020-03-27 17:02:55 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg aa70f3d95e options: stop recognizing the obsolete --morespace and --smooth
They have been no-ops for a year.

Also remove their documentation entries.

(The nanorc options still remain -- to be removed next year.)
2020-03-27 16:54:09 +01:00
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'
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
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 0856f53703 docs: mention that -D/--boldtext gets overridden by some nanorc options
Also, remove an obsolete anchor, and add a missing word.
2020-02-06 16:07:11 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg 7f0bfdfeb2 docs: put the three new behaviors in a bulletted list, to catch the eye
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
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 3f5ba950d6 tweaks: suggest a few more alternative key bindings and unbindings
This demonstrates the presence of the 'savefile' function,
and makes the main help text look better.
2020-01-31 17:16:31 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg 0a52e92d4c docs: for the alternative bindings, rebind ^C only in the main menu
Because ^C is needed for Cancel in most other menus.

This fixes https://bugs.debian.org/950223.
Reported-by: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>

Bug existed since version 4.0, commit 3a170d2c.
2020-01-31 16:54:55 +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 63cddceeaa docs: document the new -f/--rcfile option 2020-01-19 12:55:43 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg afa4c6b9fc copyright: update the years for the FSF 2020-01-15 11:42:38 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg 7b0b9a12ea docs: mention in the FAQ that auto-indentation is suppressed when pasting
And that ^Js will be filtered out too.
2020-01-12 12:09:09 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg 12742586e5 tweaks: adjust or reword a few items in the FAQ 2020-01-07 16:55:30 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg 194620c5f0 docs: add a FAQ item about a self-compiled nano not reading /etc/nanorc 2020-01-07 14:34:23 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg 67d37adf98 tweaks: renumber some FAQ items in preparation for adding another 2020-01-07 14:24:47 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg ade93ccf25 docs: use more generally available arrows in the cheatsheet
Use bolded HTML entities for the four arrows, instead of the literal
triangular Unicode "arrows" which many fonts don't include.

This addresses https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57505.
2019-12-30 16:41:22 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg 6c09504040 docs: stop saying that 'set fill' enables hard-wrapping -- it does not
This fixes https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57477.
2019-12-25 14:20:35 +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 60b826e5ee tweaks: trim or adjust some whitespace in HTML, and add two keywords 2019-12-05 17:01:55 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg 1dd7b216a0 docs: add or improve the 'description' meta tag in the two HTML pages 2019-12-05 12:06:24 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg 87bf46ffb6 docs: add the 'lang' attribute in the right place to the two HTML pages 2019-12-05 11:52:17 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg 076eb6f6af docs: mention that a negative number after "+" counts from the end
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
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 3258bb0ff4 docs: adjust the compilation instructions to two-digit version numbers 2019-10-27 19:21:55 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg 4281b6becb commands: rename 'fixer' to 'formatter', to be less misleading
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 bfdc31fbb4 docs: add the M-F and M-N keystrokes to the cheatsheet 2019-10-14 17:14:07 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg c63f4c1f58 docs: remove the note about the formatter having been removed
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
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
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