From: David Lawrence Ramsey Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 06:02:05 +0000 (+0000) Subject: minor fixes for the README X-Git-Tag: v1.3.2~80 X-Git-Url: https://git.wh0rd.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f0b30094004c7a961c2f7c0b19776937e7cddc9b;p=nano.git minor fixes for the README git-svn-id: svn://svn.savannah.gnu.org/nano/trunk/nano@1618 35c25a1d-7b9e-4130-9fde-d3aeb78583b8 --- diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index ad91055b..b5d2cb93 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,4 +1,7 @@ CVS code - +- README: + - Reformat to 72 characters per line, fix wording in one spot, + and fix spacing in several spots. (DLR) GNU nano 1.3.1 - 2004.01.09 - General: diff --git a/README b/README index 2ec662d8..6e903aa8 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -7,18 +7,19 @@ Overview wonderfully easy-to-use and friendly Pico text editor. First and foremost is its license: the Pine suite does not use the - GPL or a GPL-friendly license, and has unclear restrictions on - redistribution. Because of this, Pine and Pico are not included with - many GNU/Linux distributions. Also, other features (like goto line - number or search and replace) were unavailable until recently or - require a command line flag. Yuck. + GPL or a GPL-friendly license, and has unclear restrictions on + redistribution. Because of this, Pine and Pico are not included + with many GNU/Linux distributions. Also, other features (like goto + line number or search and replace) were unavailable until recently + or require a command line flag. Yuck. nano aims to solve these problems by emulating the functionality of Pico as closely as possible while addressing the problems above and perhaps providing other extra functionality. - The nano editor is now an official GNU package. For more information - on GNU and the Free Software Foundation please see http://www.gnu.org. + The nano editor is now an official GNU package. For more + information on GNU and the Free Software Foundation please see + http://www.gnu.org. How to compile and install nano @@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ How to compile and install nano make make install - It's that simple. Use --prefix with configure to override the + It's that simple. Use --prefix with configure to override the default installation directory of /usr/local. Web Page @@ -39,26 +40,30 @@ Web Page Mailing List and Bug Reports Savannah hosts all the nano-related mailing-lists. + + info-nano@gnu.org is a very low traffic list - used to announce new Nano versions or other important information - about the project. + used to announce new Nano versions or other important + information about the project. + help-nano@gnu.org is for those seeking to get help without wanting to hear about the technical details of its development. + nano-devel@gnu.org is the list used by the people that make Nano and a general development discussion list, with moderate traffic. - To subscribe, send email to nano--request@gnu.org - with a subject of "subscribe", where is the list you want to + + To subscribe, send email to nano--request@gnu.org with a + subject of "subscribe", where is the list you want to subscribe to. + For general bug reports, send a description of the problem to nano@nano-editor.org or directly to the development list. Current Status - GNU nano has reaching its second major milestone, 1.2.x. Development - of new features will continue in the 1.3.x branch, while 1.2.x - versions will be dedicated to bugfixing and polishing. + GNU nano has reached its second major milestone, 1.2.x. + Development of new features will continue in the 1.3.x branch, + while 1.2.x versions will be dedicated to bugfixing and + polishing. Chris Allegretta (chrisa@asty.org)