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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
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c51f5f4bff docs: mention that the 'nopauses' option is obsolete 2019-10-15 11:23:05 +02:00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
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
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
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
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
Benno Schulenberg
fea1901592 docs: remove "--" from the default value of 'quotestr'
Adjust the documentation to the removal of "--" in the previous commit.
2019-06-08 17:48:44 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
f2c61c4b9a docs: mention the default value for 'errorcolor' 2019-06-07 11:24:51 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
c4e04eb682 docs: show double quotes where they are needed
Instead of saying that string parameters should be enclosed in
double quotes, just show the quotes in the relevant commands.

Also, rename the parameters, to better fit the subsequent description.
2019-06-07 11:15:02 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
941637615b docs: clarify that in nano regexes are extended regular expressions
And add a concise summary of the most important special characters.

This addresses https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56438.
2019-06-06 15:16:56 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
378aa8bc41 docs: slightly reword the notice about the changed defaults since 4.0 2019-06-05 19:40:15 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
edbdcb9b9a docs: add a light warning to the explanation of --nonewlines 2019-06-04 19:54:58 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
1ca9241eaa bump version numbers and add a news item for the 4.2 release 2019-04-24 10:55:23 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
8a4639cdd6 docs: put the 'set guidestripe' option into its alphabetical position 2019-04-16 10:05:35 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
3a0a6b5db8 bump version numbers and add a news item for the 4.1 release 2019-04-15 09:33:07 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
1fe3e2ed69 docs: mention that -b is the opposite of -w also in the latter's item 2019-04-14 08:49:25 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
d79b9823ae bindings: add easier keystrokes for the linenumber and softwrap toggles
For most people, M-N and M-S are simpler to type than M-# and M-$,
and more mnemonic.
2019-04-09 17:48:26 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
82f1ce8ebf bindings: remove the jumpy-scrolling toggle entirely
It is still possible to use --jumpyscrolling on the command line or
'set jumpyscrolling' in a nanorc file, but a user will have to restart
nano when they decide they want chunky instead of smooth scrolling,
a decision that should be rather rare.

This frees up the M-S keystroke to be reused for toggling softwrap.
2019-04-09 17:46:21 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
209531a761 docs: remove all mention of --finalnewline, and undefault --nonewlines 2019-04-07 10:02:22 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
f6a7983a8a docs: for two of the toggles, mention the new instead of the old option 2019-03-26 17:08:31 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
3e4edb2a5a bump version numbers and add a news item for the 4.0 release 2019-03-24 12:14:12 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
37477bfbb5 tweaks: slightly reword, for esthetics of the resulting Info document 2019-03-24 10:57:55 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
bc40dd645a docs: adjust and extend the Pico-compatibility section in the manual 2019-03-24 10:49:47 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
69601315c4 docs: add notes to draw attention to the changed defaults 2019-03-18 20:08:01 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
d5b21d7bd0 copyright: update the years for the FSF in the documentation too 2019-03-11 08:27:19 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
6e04d697a1 docs: describe the new options -J, --guidestripe, and 'set stripecolor' 2019-03-09 09:27:08 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
2c7d336711 bindings: rename 'cutwordleft' to 'chopwordleft', and similar for right
These bindable functions should not connote cutting, as they don't put
anything into the cutbuffer.
2019-02-24 17:31:40 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
5e769686fb docs: mention that 'cutwordleft' is bound to <Shift+Ctrl+Delete>
The default binding was made in commit e6429e78, half a year ago,
but the documentation was not adjusted.
2019-02-24 11:25:35 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
df4d181987 help, docs: say "Delete" when things don't go into the cutbuffer
Reported-by: Božidar Putanec <bozidarp@yahoo.com>
2019-02-24 11:00:06 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
00713a7c47 docs: deprecate the use of morespace, smooth, nonewlines, and nowrap 2019-02-20 16:34:29 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
3270250184 docs: mention that --morespace and --smooth are obsolete and ignored 2019-02-19 19:34:34 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
60bdac2bbc docs: describe breaklonglines, emptyline, finalnewline, jumpyscrolling 2019-02-19 19:06:26 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
f6c767a372 docs: describe the four new options (-b, -f, -j, -e) 2019-02-19 17:48:43 +01:00