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
unintentionally removed the double quote that should
terminate the version string.
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
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since the more usual example bindings were introduced.
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