Adding a note on how to select and paste with the mouse

when mouse support is enabled: by holding down Shift.

git-svn-id: svn://svn.savannah.gnu.org/nano/trunk/nano@4682 35c25a1d-7b9e-4130-9fde-d3aeb78583b8

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9b09d09bc200b71bc2363a6f0c2c39cd00a7c254..2d62d42900f3d6726ff5e2c8bd9b9c079e75421a 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
        * configure.ac - Word, tab, and comment tweaks.
        * src/global.c - Some comment tweaks, and whitespace trimmings.
        * src/global.c (print_sclist) - Also print last shortcut in list.
+       * doc/texinfo/nano.texi - Explain how to select and paste with
+       the mouse when mouse support is enabled: by holding down Shift.
 
 2014-03-26  Mike Frysinger  <vapier@gentoo.org>.
        * configure.ac - Clean up most of the --with/--enable flags:

diff --git a/doc/texinfo/nano.texi b/doc/texinfo/nano.texi
index 5d9cb11b58398c788fc0a4060ceee6bbad23cd3e..2500bcb1f30af238f40a2a6e47fda9988e8d1cc5 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/texinfo/nano.texi
+++ b/doc/texinfo/nano.texi
@@ -387,7 +387,9 @@ show some of the more commonly used functions in the editor.
 When mouse support has been configured and enabled, a single mouse click
 places the cursor at the indicated position.  Clicking a second time in
 the same position toggles the mark.  Clicking in the shortcut list
-executes the selected shortcut.
+executes the selected shortcut.  To be able to select text with the
+left button, or paste text with the middle button, hold down the
+Shift key during those actions.
 
 The mouse will work in the X Window System, and on the console when gpm
 is running.