From: Chris Allegretta Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 19:04:32 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Added new previous string display to section 4 of faq X-Git-Tag: v0.9.20~3 X-Git-Url: https://git.wh0rd.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=47ddfaf44f485404bedfba17a036c716b1c6ae51;p=nano.git Added new previous string display to section 4 of faq git-svn-id: svn://svn.savannah.gnu.org/nano/trunk/nano@294 35c25a1d-7b9e-4130-9fde-d3aeb78583b8 --- diff --git a/faq.html b/faq.html index 26fcbe98..d6b0b951 100644 --- a/faq.html +++ b/faq.html @@ -59,8 +59,11 @@ bucky/meta key doesn't seem to work!  What can I do? my window.   How can I fix that?
4.4. Why does nano show ^\ and ^_ in the shortcut list instead of ^G and ^J? -
4.5 How do I make nano my default editor (in Pine, mutt, -etc.)? +
4.5. When I type in a +search string, the string I last searched for is already in front of +my cursor! !What happened?! +
4.6 How do I make nano my default editor (in Pine, +mutt, etc.)?

5. Internationalization

@@ -369,8 +372,21 @@ shortcut list.   If you use the -p option to nano you will get the same shortcuts at the bottom as Pico.

-4.5 How do I make nano my default editor (in Pine, mutt, -etc)?

+4.5. When I type in a search +string, the string I last searched for is already in front of my +cursor! !What happened?! + +
In nano version 0.9.20, the default is +to have a completely consistent user interface across all user input +functions. This means that regardless of whether you're being asked for +a filename to insert or write, or a string to search for, the string you +previously entered is already inserted before the cursor. If you +prefer the old behavior, use the pico emulation mode (-p or --pico) or +just hit Meta-P while in nano (see the ^G help text for more details). + +

+4.6. How do I make nano my default editor (in Pine, +mutt, etc)?

You need to make nano your $EDITOR.  If you want this to be saved, you should put a line like this in your .bashrc if