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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
Benno Schulenberg
07c1e72216 tweaks: slightly reword some fragments in the manual's rebinding section 2019-10-07 13:01:18 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
7338b45d36 docs: remove some excessive detail from the sample nanorc file
The sample file should just mention the basics.  The manual contains
all the details.
2019-10-06 14:50:27 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
c95e5362e6 docs: mention that color rules are applied in the order they are listed
Suggested-by: Tiago Almeida <tjamadeira@gmail.com>
2019-10-06 14:27:29 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
9a2ef3a542 bump version numbers and add a news item for the 4.5 release 2019-10-04 11:31:29 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
cdb9b04980 docs: add two examples of the 'tabgives' command to the sample nanorc 2019-10-03 16:41:10 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
310c971d50 docs: describe the new syntax-specific 'tabgives' command 2019-09-25 19:42:16 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
aecbc6faa9 bump version numbers and add a news item for the 4.4 release 2019-08-25 10:29:14 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
a06b921f12 docs: document the search-at-startup feature (+/string or +?string) 2019-08-20 19:22:25 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
a2f7e31ba2 new document: a condensed overview of nano's shortcut keystrokes
It's in a two-column format that fits on a single page, and uses the
more widely known Ctrl+X and Alt+X notations (instead of ^X and M-X).

The file is published on https://nano-editor.org/cheatsheet.html.
2019-08-16 19:49:50 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
55983ee9d1 docs: make the synopsis of --speller and 'set speller' more accurate 2019-08-16 18:50:49 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
94c9defde1 docs: slightly reword some of the descriptions around syntax highlighting 2019-08-09 19:16:16 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
52e39ae5f7 docs: slightly reword the descriptions of most configure options 2019-08-02 17:10:11 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
5e7ba03ad1 docs: stop mentioning the 'unjustify' function, as it no longer exists
Unjustifying is done by using the general undo function (M-U).
2019-07-29 19:42:52 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
97fec5603f docs: mention the M-N toggle instead of the obsolete M-# one
Reported-by: Bill Hager <prog00@protonmail.com>
2019-07-29 19:29:55 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
895d2b8e9c bump version numbers and add a news item for the 4.3 release 2019-06-18 10:04:16 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
3bf04afa6d tweaks: specifically refer to the manual of GNU grep for more regex info 2019-06-09 12:30:35 +02:00