From b68cd635bce2e71179c4727705c8687315b92afb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Lawrence Ramsey Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 23:15:30 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] in doc/faq.html, add a new section 4.14 by John M. Gabriele, with a few tweaks of mine, to explain how autoindent affects pasted text git-svn-id: svn://svn.savannah.gnu.org/nano/trunk/nano@4084 35c25a1d-7b9e-4130-9fde-d3aeb78583b8 --- ChangeLog | 6 ++++++ doc/faq.html | 8 ++++++-- 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 96ba3596..a6ebc236 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2007-04-18 John M. Gabriele + + * doc/faq.html: Add a new section 4.14 (with minor tweaks by + David Lawrence Ramsey) to explain how autoindent affects pasted + text. + 2007-04-18 David Lawrence Ramsey * files.c (open_file): Open files using their full paths diff --git a/doc/faq.html b/doc/faq.html index 93d7b0bf..b8b7ee1b 100644 --- a/doc/faq.html +++ b/doc/faq.html @@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ 4.10b. [version 1.1.99pre1 and later] Hey, the search string behavior has reverted, it's now like Pico, what happened to the consistency?
4.11. How do I make nano my default editor (in Pine, mutt, etc.)?
4.12. I've compiled nano with color support, but I don't see any color when I run it!
- 4.13. How do I select text for or paste text from the clipboard in an X terminal when I'm running nano in one and nano's mouse support is turned on?

+ 4.13. How do I select text for or paste text from the clipboard in an X terminal when I'm running nano in one and nano's mouse support is turned on?
+ 4.14. When I paste text into a document, each line gets indented further than the last. Why does nano do this, and how can I avoid it?

5. Internationalization

5.1. There's no translation for my language!
5.2. I don't like the translation for <x> in my language. How can I fix it?
@@ -216,6 +217,8 @@

If you want nano to actually use color, you have to specify the color configurations you want it to use in your .nanorc. Some example configurations are in the nanorc.sample that comes with the nano source or your nano package. See Section 3.9.

4.13. How do I select text for or paste text from the clipboard in an X terminal when I'm running nano in one and nano's mouse support is turned on?

Try holding down the Shift key and selecting or pasting the text as you normally would.

+

4.14. When I paste text into a document, each line gets indented further than the last. Why does nano do this, and how can I avoid it?

+

You have the autoindent feature turned on. Hit Meta-I to turn it off, paste your text, and then hit Meta-I again to turn it back on.

5. Internationalization

5.1. There's no translation for my language!

@@ -256,7 +259,8 @@

7.5. Can I have CVS write access?

Re-read Section 7.4 and you should know the answer.

8. ChangeLog

-

2007/04/04 - Update email address. (DLR)
+

2007/04/18 - Add a new section 4.14 to explain how autoindent affects pasted text. (John M. Gabriele, minor tweaks by DLR)
+2007/04/04 - Update email address. (DLR)
2007/01/01 - Update section 4.1 to describe how to open files with names beginning with '+' at specified columns as well as lines. (DLR)
2006/11/25 - Add miscellaneous wording and capitalization fixes. (DLR)
2006/10/28 - Update various links for the 2.0 branch of nano. (DLR)
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