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.
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Benno Schulenberg 2020-02-06 15:15:36 +01:00
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@ -28,12 +28,18 @@ nano \- Nano's ANOther editor, inspired by Pico
.BR nano " [" \fIoptions "] [[" + [ crCR ]( / | ? ) \fIstring "] " \fIfile ]...
.SH NOTICE
Starting with version 4.0, \fBnano\fR no longer hard-wraps an overlong
line by default. It further uses smooth scrolling by default, and by
default includes the line below the title bar into the editing area.
Since version 4.0, \fBnano\fR by default:
.sp
.RS 4
\(bu does not automatically hard-wrap lines that become overlong,
.br
\(bu includes the line below the title bar in the editing area,
.br
\(bu does linewise (smooth) scrolling.
.RE
.sp
If you want the old, Pico behavior back, you can use \fB\-\-breaklonglines\fR,
\fB\-\-jumpyscrolling\fR, and \fB\-\-emptyline\fR (or \fB\-bje\fR for short).
\fB\-\-emptyline\fR, and \fB\-\-jumpyscrolling\fR (or \fB\-bej\fR for short).
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBnano\fP is a small and friendly editor. It copies the look and feel

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@ -21,14 +21,6 @@
.SH NAME
nanorc \- GNU nano's configuration file
.SH NOTICE
Starting with version 4.0, \fBnano\fR no longer hard-wraps an overlong
line by default. It further uses smooth scrolling by default, and by
default includes the line below the title bar into the editing area.
.sp
If you want the old, Pico behavior back, you can use \fBset breaklonglines\fR,
\fBset jumpyscrolling\fR, and \fBset emptyline\fR.
.SH DESCRIPTION
The \fInanorc\fP files contain the default settings for \fBnano\fP, a
small and friendly editor. They should be in Unix format, not in
@ -41,6 +33,20 @@ or from \fI~/.config/nano/nanorc\fR, whichever is encountered first.
If \fB\-\-rcfile\fR is given, \fBnano\fR will read just the specified
settings file.
.SH NOTICE
Since version 4.0, \fBnano\fR by default:
.sp
.RS 4
\(bu does not automatically hard-wrap lines that become overlong,
.br
\(bu includes the line below the title bar in the editing area,
.br
\(bu does linewise (smooth) scrolling.
.RE
.sp
To get the old, Pico behavior back, you can use \fBset breaklonglines\fR,
\fBset emptyline\fR, and \fBset jumpyscrolling\fR.
.SH OPTIONS
The configuration file accepts a series of \fBset\fP and \fBunset\fP
commands, which can be used to configure nano on startup without using