well as curses, consolidate the warning and error messages
dealing with UTF-8 support as much as possible, and add a few
minor consistency fixes.
+- nanorc.sample:
+ - Fix the description for the whitespace option to mention that
+ only single-column characters are allowed. (DLR)
+- nano.1, nano.texi:
+ - Mention the -? alias for -h/--help, and synchronize the
+ description and placement of the +LINE option. (DLR)
+- nanorc.5:
+ - Fix the description for the whitespace option to mention that
+ only single-column characters are allowed. (DLR)
GNU nano 1.3.6 - 2005.03.20
- General:
.\" Public License for copying conditions. There is NO warranty.
.\"
.\" $Id$
-.TH NANO 1 "version 1.3.6" "March 11, 2005"
+.TH NANO 1 "version 1.3.7" "March 26, 2005"
.\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
.\"
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \+\fILINE\fP
-Places cursor at \fILINE\fP on startup.
+Places cursor at line number \fILINE\fP on startup, instead of the
+default of line 1.
+.TP
+.B \-?
+Same as \fB-h (\-\-help)\fP.
.TP
.B \-A (\-\-smarthome)
Make the Home key smarter. When Home is pressed anywhere but at the
.\" Public License for copying conditions. There is NO warranty.
.\"
.\" $Id$
-.TH NANORC 5 "version 1.3.6" "March 11, 2005"
+.TH NANORC 5 "version 1.3.7" "March 26, 2005"
.\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
.\"
.SH NAME
.TP
\fBset whitespace "\fIstring\fP"\fP
Set the two characters used to display the first characters of tabs and
-spaces. They cannot be control characters.
+spaces. They must be single-column characters.
.TP
.B syntax "\fIstr\fP" ["\fIfileregex\fP" ... ]
Defines a syntax named \fIstr\fP which can be activated via the \fB-Y\fP
## Disallow file modification; why would you want this in an rcfile? ;)
# set view
-## The two characters used to display the first characters of tabs and
-## spaces. 187 decimal (00BB hexadecimal) and 183 decimal (00B7
-## hexadecimal) seem to be good values for these.
+## The two single-column characters used to display the first characters
+## of tabs and spaces. 187 decimal (00BB hexadecimal) and 183 decimal
+## (00B7 hexadecimal) seem to be good values for these.
# set whitespace " "
## Color setup
@c Run `makeinfo' rather than `texinfo-format-buffer'.
@smallbook
@set EDITION 0.1
-@set VERSION 1.3.6
-@set UPDATED 11 Mar 2005
+@set VERSION 1.3.7
+@set UPDATED 26 Mar 2005
@dircategory Editors
@direntry
@titlepage
@title GNU @code{nano}
@subtitle a small and friendly text editor.
-@subtitle version 1.3.6
+@subtitle version 1.3.7
@author Chris Allegretta
@page
@code{nano} takes the following options from the command line:
@table @code
+@item +LINE
+Start at line number LINE instead of the default of line 1.
+
+@item -?
+Same as @code{-h, --help}.
@item -A, --smarthome
Make the Home key smarter. When Home is pressed anywhere but at the
@item -a, -b, -e, -f, -g, -j
Ignored, for compatibility with Pico.
-
-@item +LINE
-Start at line number LINE instead of the default of line 1.
@end table
@node Editor Basics, Online Help, Introduction, Top