Commit Graph

718 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
Benno Schulenberg
cb56a575fd options: recognize -M and --trimblanks on the command line 2018-01-23 13:49:48 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
6a4d88cb4c docs: update the FAQ for the changed default location of history files
And reword some things about translations and Unicode support.
2018-01-14 11:51:21 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
30f367e0db bump version numbers and add a news item for the 2.9.2 release 2018-01-02 15:51:12 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
66fd6a5ab1 options: rename 'justifytrim' to 'trimblanks', because it has morphed
The option now causes nano to trim trailing whitespace also when
hardwrapping occurs while the user is typing.
2017-12-06 20:38:13 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
800a997008 bump version numbers and add a news item for the 2.9.1 release 2017-11-27 19:06:26 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
0465adb9ce bump version numbers and add a news item for the 2.9.0 release 2017-11-18 11:33:28 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
7ea13d4269 tweaks: correct two minor things in the documentation 2017-11-17 21:52:31 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
06049f5141 docs: update references to the nanorc files for the XDG changes 2017-11-17 21:40:54 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
4220854367 docs: mention that macros work correctly only on terminal emulators 2017-11-13 21:08:36 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
c3a11fb7ed options: remove '--quiet' and 'set quiet', because they hide problems
If the user uses a single version of nano, they have no need for
--quiet.  If they do sometimes use an older version and don't want
to see the warnings, they can use 2>/dev/null (they could make an
alias for that and put it before the call of nano).
2017-11-02 17:27:53 +01:00
David Lawrence Ramsey
2356693b81 docs: document the more everyday names of three bindable functions
List "browser", "pageup" and "pagedown" in the manuals; the first
because it matches "speller", and the latter two because they are
what these functions are commonly known by.  The names "tofiles",
"prevpage" and "nextpage" are now undocumented, but they are still
recognized by the code, as they match the tags for these functions.
2017-10-25 17:44:13 +02:00
David Lawrence Ramsey
4d35835189 docs: decribe the bindable functions 'recordmacro' and 'runmacro' 2017-10-19 21:37:41 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
fc36ff7275 options: retire 'set backwards' -- it's still recognized but a no-op 2017-10-15 10:45:22 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
ba65cd48cc bindings: make ^Q and ^S do something useful by default
^S will be the first thing people will try for saving a file,
and ^Q is somewhat mnemonic because it is to the left of ^W:
it searches backward.

Make these keystrokes available also in the tiny version.
2017-10-14 20:34:43 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
c7eecd74de new feature: a bindable function that starts always a backward search 2017-10-14 20:30:46 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
80ed2568fc tweaks: remove a comment from the docs that is no longer accurate
Date and version are updated to match each release, so the user does
not have to wonder whether the man page really describes the binary.

Also remove a bit of superfluous markup.
2017-10-12 21:17:39 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
aa45994bbb build: let git ignore also the generated PDF file 2017-09-19 20:56:04 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
4aec1649f5 docs: remove another remark about indenting lacking undo capability 2017-09-13 19:44:31 +02:00
David Lawrence Ramsey
6c2c6b58a4 docs: remove man page reference to indent/unindent lacking undo/redo
This is no longer accurate.
2017-09-12 20:08:50 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
a09eedf0a3 bump version numbers and add a news item for the 2.8.7 release 2017-08-27 09:37:01 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
4562401505 bindings: hard-bind Alt+Up and Alt+Down to findprevious and findnext
So that these functions have bindings by default, and easy bindings.
Add them to the help viewer too, so that searching backward becomes
possible there.
2017-08-14 10:34:15 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
f2317cc64e tweaks: a comma does not end a sentence, and is not part of a variable 2017-08-08 21:45:21 +02:00
David Lawrence Ramsey
1c1cbae6bc small addition: allow customizing the color of selected text
The new option 'set selectedcolor' applies to marked text, to the
currently selected file in the file browser, and to the highlighted
match during interactive search-and-replace.
2017-08-06 09:30:32 +02:00
David Lawrence Ramsey
969e99bc85 tweaks: adjust spacing and wording in sample.nanorc 2017-08-06 09:08:02 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
8f2ac1b7f6 bump version numbers and add a news item for the 2.8.6 release 2017-07-21 09:51:22 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
e4a69f8b94 docs: move the descriptions of 'header' and 'magic' next to 'syntax'
And reword them too, so that it is clearer what the mechanism is
for determining which syntax to use for a file.
2017-07-15 12:32:57 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
63c428ad08 options: rename --cut to --cutfromcursor, to be clearer
Rename the corresponding rc-file option too, of course.
2017-07-14 16:06:52 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
f4c3670f64 docs: reword the explanation of the 'syntax' command 2017-07-14 15:21:30 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
6d121cc81f docs: improve some spacing, especially of the synopsis in the PDF
And in the bargain improve some mark-up here and there.
2017-07-14 13:38:32 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
e57b755665 docs: use the @command and @option mark-up more consistently 2017-07-14 10:44:59 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
961294f533 docs: add some more mark-up to the Info document
And rewrap the feature toggles, so that a title does not start
a sentence.
2017-07-13 22:17:29 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
46cec27b26 docs: use real cross references in the Info document
And refer backward instead of forward.
2017-07-13 21:43:27 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
baa73d69e3 docs: improve cross references and mark-up in the Info document 2017-07-13 19:49:44 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
ac7a071893 options: recognize -a and --atblanks on the command line
In nano, -a is only effective when also -$ is given, so this will
not conflict with Pico since Pico does not know the -$ option.
2017-07-07 13:07:10 +02:00
David Lawrence Ramsey
bb4d0d548a new feature: allow lines to be softwrapped at whitespace
Extend get_softwrap_breakpoint() to break softwrapped lines on
whitespace when a flag is set.  This flag is controlled by the new
rcfile option "atblanks".  The '>' characters marking two-column
characters at the edge of the screen are disabled when it's on.

If get_softwrap_breakpoint() can't find whitespace in screen range, it
will break the line on the screen edge.  (In this case, a blank can be
on the last column of the screen, but text can't, so that a blank on the
last column doesn't become invisible and possibly break the display.)

This fulfills https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?49959.
Requested-by: Nicholas Boel <axxisd@gmail.com>
2017-07-07 13:07:10 +02:00
David Lawrence Ramsey
30986db708 docs: mention that boldtext can be overridden also for function tags 2017-07-07 10:27:18 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
79971a309f docs: remove the mention of backslashes for the argument of 'comment'
Also remove the backslashes from the two syntaxes that contained them.

This completes the fix for https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?51370.
2017-07-07 10:15:17 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
747310562c tweaks: avoid a failure with black diamonds in a PDF 2017-07-03 17:40:37 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
1ae97076cd docs: make the guillemot and the middle dot appear correctly in HTML
For the man page, encode them properly, and for the Info stuff,
just set the right document encoding.

This fixes https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?51369.
2017-07-03 13:03:54 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
09f516a58b syntax: man, groff: fix the string that introduces a comment
The comment marker is not «."» but «.\"», which requires three
backslashes to specify.  Also adjust the documentation.
2017-07-03 11:07:21 +02:00
David Lawrence Ramsey
025232b25b docs: mention the default values for comment and whitespace directives
Also, use proper mark-up for the examples.
2017-07-03 10:43:09 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
3719d8e208 docs: be more precise about when a dash is given instead of a filename
The dash doesn't have to be the first non-option argument: it can
be anywhere among the filenames -- there can even be multiple ones
(but don't mention this explicitly).
2017-06-29 20:56:58 +02:00
David Lawrence Ramsey
9ffd3c0222 docs: consistently describe the -U/-c and -r/-w overrides 2017-06-29 17:48:50 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
c0a52372f1 docs: drop the cluttering Info-style links from the HTML manual
Especially: get rid of the "Up: (dir)" link that points nowhere.

Also, add a horizontal line before the final Table of Contents.
2017-06-27 19:55:12 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
6520aa0079 bump version numbers and add a news item for the 2.8.5 release 2017-06-25 10:37:17 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
dbbc14e0ac tweaks: be consistent in the spelling of title bar and status bar 2017-06-23 10:33:19 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
b4a955512e docs: spell "title bar" and "status bar" correctly 2017-06-18 20:09:30 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
403e87c0a0 docs: avoid a double "see" for cross references in the HTML manual
This fixes https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?51208.
2017-06-08 16:25:23 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
5907f8801b bump version numbers and add a news item for the 2.8.4 release 2017-05-21 10:21:03 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
491e02f532 tweaks: reorder three items in the Info document 2017-05-19 21:09:02 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
afd8a4e804 bump version numbers and add a news item for the 2.8.3 release 2017-05-18 11:53:19 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
e1e15fd0f4 bump version numbers and add a news item for the 2.8.2 release 2017-05-04 10:24:54 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
c1ebfa04ae docs: in the FAQ, extend the answer to the pasting problem 2017-04-28 22:13:02 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
7b442ea4cb tweaks: be more precise about what --disable-extra does
Also, harmonize some configure-option descriptions,
add a slash after a subdir, and fix a typo.
2017-04-26 13:54:48 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
a846a2c19f docs: add an item to the FAQ, about pasting from Windows to a remote nano
Also, add two missing configure options, and frob some other things.
2017-04-26 12:49:10 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
d6313c2f8c tweaks: fix two typos 2017-04-24 20:29:41 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
ac1444578c docs: harmonize the nanorc man page and Info document a bit
And make the strings after "start=" and  "end=" more readable.
2017-04-21 11:29:19 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
9a4c384afa docs: reword the main paragraph of the man page
Mention some things that really set nano apart from Pico.
Plus some other small tweaks here and there.
2017-04-19 20:31:04 +02:00
David Lawrence Ramsey
bbc718633e docs: mention that also numbercolor overrides boldtext 2017-04-16 19:30:40 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
1e8f6fd7a9 bump version numbers and add a news item for the 2.8.1 release 2017-04-12 10:11:45 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
0b93fff802 docs: correct an answer to a question in the FAQ 2017-04-11 21:10:07 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
1c74517629 docs: remove the self-referencing stuff and the changelog from the FAQ
Furthermore, change an item header into a question, swap two items,
and tweak the formatting a bit.
2017-04-11 20:41:17 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
754c62c5cc copyright: update the years, use ranges, and explain this usage
The interval 2013-2017 for the Free Software Foundation is valid
because in those years there were releases with changes by either
Chris or David, and the GNU maintainers guide advises to mention
a new year in all files of a package, not just in the ones that
actually changed, and be done with it for the rest of the year.
2017-04-09 12:09:23 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
6d70ab11d6 docs: mention another difference with Pico in the Info document 2017-04-02 13:26:53 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
032030566c bump version numbers and add a news item for the 2.8.0 release 2017-03-31 10:54:55 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
42ae3e377f docs: mention some more differences with Pico in the Info document
Mention the ability to use <Tab> in the search history, the ability
to restore the cursor position when reopening a file, the ability to
read output of a command, and the lack of file-managing commands in
the file browser.
2017-03-26 12:41:44 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
19b7021076 tweaks: suggest a separate color scheme for root
And slightly change the existing one for normal users.
2017-03-23 19:28:33 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
da62ef8a43 tweaks: correct some formatting irregularities in the FAQ
And modify a few wordings too.
2017-03-20 20:33:47 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
6d873d3760 startup: add option 'nopauses' to disable pausing after a warning
This addresses a followup of https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50362.
Reported-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
2017-03-16 19:26:39 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
926fe5f789 bump version numbers and add a news item for the 2.7.5 release 2017-02-23 11:33:45 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
fb8fdcaa0a tweaks: fiddle with some wordings in the texinfo document
Also, add two cross references: one in words, and one with a link.
2017-02-12 12:06:44 +01:00
David Lawrence Ramsey
7fac9ec51c docs: mention the ability to read from stdin
Also, remove the special "+line,column" argument from among the options,
since it isn't an option -- put it in a separate paragraph instead.
2017-02-12 11:39:51 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
eba470a869 tweaks: normalize some paragraph formatting in the FAQ 2017-01-21 12:31:01 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
f119a90fe5 bump version numbers and add a news item for the 2.7.4 release 2017-01-10 11:29:34 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
4920030384 docs: snip some obsolete items from the FAQ, and normalize its dates 2017-01-09 21:43:59 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
54e6fe2b4a build: install the Info and Html manuals even when 'makeinfo' is missing
If the system on which nano is configured does not have the 'makeinfo'
program installed, the prebuilt and packaged nano.info and nano.html
should nevertheless be installed.

Also, the TEXINFOS primary has built-in rules for generating HTML files
from the texinfo sources, so an explicit rule is not needed.

This indirectly addresses https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49969.
2017-01-06 20:01:41 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
991e49a36a docs: bring some air into the FAQ, so that <Ctrl+Up/Down> become useful 2017-01-03 14:00:21 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
f1b87f960c build: rename the sample config file, so it will be colored like a nanorc 2016-12-30 22:05:01 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
b0ef2e2803 build: move the syntax files out of the doc/ directory
They are not documentation, they are functional elements of nano.
2016-12-30 22:05:01 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
6981294c9d build: move all documentation into a single directory
There are just a handful of source files for the documentation --
it is wasteful and cumbersome to have these in separate directories.

Also: remove the French man pages -- they are too far out of date.
(And anyway, we should acquire a general framework for translating
the documentation.)
2016-12-30 22:05:00 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
293423bdda bump version numbers and add a news item for the 2.7.3 release 2016-12-28 12:24:05 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
f4321250ef docs: clarify the difference between "Esc Esc ddd" and "M-V xxxxxx" 2016-12-28 11:54:49 +01:00
Arturo Borrero González
2fbb71d555 syntax: nftables: add two new families, and add set references
Signed-off-by: Arturo Borrero González <arturo@debian.org>
2016-12-23 09:47:44 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
7a8ae90dac bump version numbers and add a news item for 2.7.2 2016-12-12 15:05:34 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
fd3423f79a syntax: give the statistics part of a git patch a different color
Also, be more selective when coloring a git diff line.  And color
an svn index line too.
2016-12-10 17:53:53 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
0e01080983 binding: allow to rebind the word-completion function, and document it 2016-12-07 17:18:56 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
68a0314500 build: add configure option --disable-wordcomp to disable word completion
(The variable 'pletion_line' is not conditionalized with this option, as
it would become messy.  The compiler will probably be able to elide it.)

When using --enable-tiny, it is not possible to use --enable-wordcomp,
because the word completion function uses the undo system.
2016-12-07 17:02:25 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
f03f5d5b51 docs: correct and improve the description of --disable-wrapping 2016-12-04 17:14:11 +01:00
Mike Frysinger
eb68cd1c6b syntax: avoid using black colors
We should avoid defining color schemes that are unreadable on common
white-on-black or black-on-white terminals.  Change the black in the
autoconf error strings to brightred for that reason.
2016-11-23 21:08:59 +01:00
Mike Frysinger
e472b72565 syntax: gentoo: various updates
- make version highlight less blindly greedy and conform to real versions
- move version matching before USE matching to avoid hitting USE flags
  that look like versions
- change USE regex to match the Gentoo PMS
- extend arch match to include more keywords
- make category matching more restrictive to avoid false positives
- drop operators =< and => that Gentoo doesn't support

URL: https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49569
Reported-by: Konstantin Shakhnov <kastian@mail.ru>
2016-11-14 13:44:53 -05:00
Benno Schulenberg
8a66c820ab syntax: don't leave the number after 'fill' and 'tabsize' in red
Also, don't use ignore-case for things that don't contain letters.
2016-11-12 13:00:09 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
af0f81f71d docs: mention that a foreground color can be bright
Also replace some backslashed spaces because they hinder the
justification of the man page.
2016-10-30 10:03:06 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
04aab233d0 bump version numbers and add a news item for 2.7.1 2016-10-29 11:11:33 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
10c9093942 general: add the option -g/--showcursor, to match Pico
The nanorc option already exists, but not the corresponding one
for the command line.
2016-10-27 11:34:41 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
3ed5ddba31 docs: remove a reference that was only valid on Debian systems 2016-10-23 17:22:30 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
6cacd1e320 tweaks: make several small adjustments to the documentation 2016-10-23 12:29:21 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
d9cae81a0e docs: mention the existence of the toggles in the man page 2016-10-22 17:27:15 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
83ee1feda4 docs: add 'set linenumbers' and '--linenumbers' to the texinfo document
Also mention the corresponding toggle (M-#).
2016-10-22 17:06:50 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
c7610ba356 docs: add 'linenumbers' and 'numbercolor' to the sample nanorc 2016-10-22 13:49:13 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
de2aa4f24a rcfile: add an option to customize the color of line numbers 2016-10-20 16:48:45 +02:00