Benno Schulenberg
89fd11109d
docs: add a meta description for the HTML rendering of the manual
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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
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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"
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Commit a69a8ce3
2021-08-23 09:39:12 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
296c5a32c7
docs: replace a non-problem in the FAQ with something possibly useful
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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
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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
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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
2021-06-11 11:10:28 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
74c6bdac9f
docs: add example bindings for uppercasing and lowercasing a word
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(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"
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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'
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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'
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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'
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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'
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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
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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
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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/
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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'
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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'
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This should have been part of commit d4ee6a2b
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
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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"
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(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
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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'
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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
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Since commit 98f038ad
2020-03-12 19:03:02 +01:00
