From: David Lawrence Ramsey Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 18:00:16 +0000 (+0000) Subject: more miscellaneous documentation updates X-Git-Tag: v1.3.8~98 X-Git-Url: https://git.wh0rd.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9b494fa90c6b093f8aa488c5fdd827255fe351b7;p=nano.git more miscellaneous documentation updates git-svn-id: svn://svn.savannah.gnu.org/nano/trunk/nano@2705 35c25a1d-7b9e-4130-9fde-d3aeb78583b8 --- diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index e001f9ab..174a1ac1 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -298,6 +298,10 @@ CVS code - (DLR) - nanorc.5: - Update the description of how the "color" regex works. (DLR) + - Clarify descriptions of the characters that aren't allowed + in the "punct" or "brackets" options. (DLR) + - Use .B instead of \fB ... \fP where possible, as nano.1 does. + (DLR) - configure.ac: - Minor tweaks to some of the test blocks to avoid XSI:isms. (DLR, adapted from a Debian patch for GNU ed by David @@ -319,6 +323,8 @@ CVS code - foreground color, and update the associated comments. Also, tweak the "comment" regex to color comments that don't start at the beginning of a line. (DLR) + - Clarify descriptions of the characters that aren't allowed + in the "punct" or "brackets" options. (DLR) - Update comment referring to --enable-extra. (DLR) - doc/man/fr/Makefile.am: - Set mandir to @mandir@/fr, so French manpages get installed diff --git a/doc/man/nanorc.5 b/doc/man/nanorc.5 index 912cdcf5..6b306c19 100644 --- a/doc/man/nanorc.5 +++ b/doc/man/nanorc.5 @@ -41,80 +41,80 @@ Options are unset by default, except for options that take an argument. The supported commands and arguments are: .TP 3 -\fBset/unset autoindent\fP +.B set/unset autoindent Use auto-indentation. .TP -\fBset/unset backup\fP +.B set/unset backup Create backup files in .IR filename~ . .TP -\fBset backupdir "\fIdirectory\fP"\fP +.B set backupdir "\fIdirectory\fP" Set the directory where \fBnano\fP puts unique backup files if file backups are enabled. .TP -\fBset/unset backwards\fP +.B set/unset backwards Do backwards searches by default. .TP -\fBset brackets "\fIstring\fP"\fP +.B set brackets "\fIstring\fP" Set the characters treated as closing brackets. They cannot contain -tabs or spaces. Only closing punctuation, optionally followed by +blank characters. Only closing punctuation, optionally followed by closing brackets, can end sentences. .TP -\fBset/unset casesensitive\fP +.B set/unset casesensitive Do case sensitive searches by default. .TP -\fBset/unset const\fP +.B set/unset const Constantly display the cursor position in the status bar. .TP -\fBset/unset cut\fP +.B set/unset cut Use cut to end of line by default. .TP -\fBset fill \fIn\fP\fP +.B set fill \fIn\fP Wrap lines at column number \fIn\fP. If \fIn\fP is 0 or less, the line length will be the screen width less \fIn\fP. The default value is -8. .TP -\fBset/unset historylog\fP +.B set/unset historylog Enable .I ~/.nano_history for saving and reading search/replace strings. .TP -\fBset/unset morespace\fP +.B set/unset morespace Allow use of the blank line below the titlebar as extra editing space. .TP -\fBset/unset mouse\fP +.B set/unset mouse Enable mouse support, so that mouse clicks can be used to set the mark and run shortcuts. .TP -\fBset/unset multibuffer\fP +.B set/unset multibuffer Allow inserting files into their own buffers. .TP -\fBset/unset noconvert\fP +.B set/unset noconvert Don't convert files from DOS/Mac format. .TP -\fBset/unset nofollow\fP +.B set/unset nofollow Don't follow symlinks when writing files. .TP -\fBset/unset nohelp\fP +.B set/unset nohelp Don't display the help lists at the bottom of the screen. .TP -\fBset/unset nowrap\fP +.B set/unset nowrap Don't wrap text at all. .TP -\fBset operatingdir "\fIdirectory\fP"\fP +.B set operatingdir "\fIdirectory\fP" \fBnano\fP will only read and write files inside \fIdirectory\fP and its subdirectories. Also, the current directory is changed to here, so files are inserted from this dir. By default the operating directory feature is turned off. .TP -\fBset/unset preserve\fP +.B set/unset preserve Preserve the XON and XOFF keys (^Q and ^S). .TP -\fBset punct "\fIstring\fP"\fP +.B set punct "\fIstring\fP" Set the characters treated as closing punctuation. They cannot contain -tabs or spaces. Only closing punctuation, optionally followed by +blank characters. Only closing punctuation, optionally followed by closing brackets, can end sentences. .TP -\fBset quotestr "\fIstring\fP"\fP +.B set quotestr "\fIstring\fP" The email-quote string, used to justify email-quoted paragraphs. This is an "extended regular expression" if your system supports them, otherwise a literal string. The default value is @@ -124,45 +124,45 @@ otherwise a literal string. The default value is if you have regexps, otherwise set quotestr ">\ ". Note that '\\t' above stands for a literal Tab character. .TP -\fBset/unset rebinddelete\fP +.B set/unset rebinddelete Interpret the Delete key differently so that both Backspace and Delete work properly. You should only need to use this option if Backspace acts like Delete on your system. .TP -\fBset/unset regexp\fP +.B set/unset regexp Do regular expression searches by default. .TP -\fBset/unset smarthome\fP +.B set/unset smarthome Make the Home key smarter. When Home is pressed anywhere but at the very beginning of non-whitespace characters on a line, the cursor will jump to that beginning (either forwards or backwards). If the cursor is already at that position, it will jump to the true beginning of the line. .TP -\fBset/unset smooth\fP +.B set/unset smooth Use smooth scrolling by default. .TP -\fBset speller \fIspellprog\fP\fP +.B set speller \fIspellprog\fP Use spelling checker \fIspellprog\fP instead of the built-in one, which calls \fIspell\fP. .TP -\fBset/unset suspend\fP +.B set/unset suspend Allow nano to be suspended. .TP -\fBset tabsize \fIn\fP\fP +.B set tabsize \fIn\fP Use a tab size of \fIn\fP columns instead of the default (8); must be greater than 0. .TP -\fBset/unset tabstospaces\fP +.B set/unset tabstospaces Convert typed tabs to spaces. .TP -\fBset/unset tempfile\fP +.B set/unset tempfile Save automatically on exit, don't prompt. .TP -\fBset/unset view\fP +.B set/unset view Disallow file modification. .TP -\fBset whitespace "\fIstring\fP"\fP +.B set whitespace "\fIstring\fP" Set the two characters used to display the first characters of tabs and spaces. They must be single-column characters. .TP diff --git a/doc/nanorc.sample b/doc/nanorc.sample index ca3cabfb..285edca3 100644 --- a/doc/nanorc.sample +++ b/doc/nanorc.sample @@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ ## Do backwards searches by default. # set backwards -## The characters treated as closing brackets. They cannot contain tabs -## or spaces. Only closing punctuation, optionally followed by closing -## brackets, can end sentences. +## The characters treated as closing brackets. They cannot contain +## blank characters. Only closing punctuation, optionally followed by +## closing brackets, can end sentences. ## # set brackets "'")}]>" @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ # set preserve ## The characters treated as closing punctuation. They cannot contain -## tabs or spaces. Only closing punctuation, optionally followed by +## blank characters. Only closing punctuation, optionally followed by ## closing brackets, can end sentences. ## # set punct ".?!"