316 Commits

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Benno Schulenberg
7b48a9f671 bump version numbers and add a news item for the 7.2 release 2023-01-18 09:07:41 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
6e88389fb8 copyright: update the years for the FSF 2023-01-06 10:37:15 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
3791ed86a3 bump version numbers and add a news item for the 7.1 release 2022-12-14 10:50:32 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
972be2df04 bump version numbers and add a news item for the 7.0 release 2022-11-15 11:17:34 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
baa4edc6ca docs: improve the legibility of an itemized list
Also, mention my email address in the colophon of the PDF,
to avoid the impression that Chris is the sole responsible.

And improve the general layout by adding three blank lines.
2022-10-20 15:44:44 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
98e9a881c0 docs: mention in the man page how M-V can insert any Unicode code point
This addresses https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?63055.

Inspired-by: Tasos Papastylianou <tpapastylianou@hotmail.com>
2022-09-18 09:05:28 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
bdaec3f934 docs: clarify the distinction between binding a function and "{function}"
This addresses https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?63010.

Inspired-by: Tasos Papastylianou <tpapastylianou@hotmail.com>
2022-09-11 16:29:18 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
e7491920fd docs: explain how to include a double quote plus space in a nanorc regex
As double-quote-plus-space indicates the end of a regular expression
in a nanorc file, the inclusion of this combination *in* a regular
expression requires breaking the juxtaposition of the two, which
can be achieved by putting either of them between square brackets.

(It can also be achieved by preceding the space with a backslash,
which is shorter, but... the above method is more symmetrical.)

This addresses https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?62997.
2022-09-01 17:29:04 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
80f7852941 docs: describe --disable-formatter and --disable-linter configure options 2022-08-29 08:30:30 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
8b4bf2bb8d docs: mention that string binds may contain function names between braces 2022-08-18 09:11:49 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
f4a2e7efe2 tweaks: move the --magic option up, so that --zero comes last
This makes that the three options that change the default layout
of the interface (--stateflags, --minibar, --zero) come last.

Also, sort the option letters into a consistent order in the code.
2022-08-17 14:31:44 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
f1651abdac bump version numbers and add a news item for the 6.4 release 2022-08-02 08:44:50 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
b60a26d40b tweaks: reshuffle a description and rewrap another
The reshuffling places the detailed descriptions of some commands
in the same section.
2022-07-25 10:45:02 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
36fcdce886 docs: concisely describe how the linter behaves 2022-07-25 10:27:15 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
1980f1b2ba docs: stop mentioning the obsoleted keywords that were removed
But keep the note about --suspendable, as it has been obsoleted rather
recentl.  Move it to the NOTES section.
2022-06-19 10:29:46 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
a6b534d760 bump version numbers and add a news item for the 6.3 release 2022-04-28 10:08:34 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
a1ba7ee786 bump version numbers and add a news item for the 6.2 release 2022-02-18 10:44:22 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
a6dc5c963c bump version numbers and add a news item for the 6.1 release 2022-02-09 11:31:03 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
f9f0a8fd67 copyright: update the years for the FSF 2022-02-02 17:10:09 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
caf583ec4b docs: mention bindable function 'zero', for toggling the interface bars
This should have been part of commit a623f583 from six weeks ago.

Reported-by: Tasos Papastylianou <tpapastylianou@hotmail.com>
2021-12-23 16:14:21 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
33ba6be91f bump version numbers and add a news item for the 6.0 release 2021-12-15 12:04:56 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
9c1c6c18ae docs: explain what it means when --rawsequences is needed 2021-12-13 16:45:42 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
c00c12b64b docs: list the new color names, from 'rosy' to 'crimson' 2021-12-12 12:01:45 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
a43ee17ad0 docs: document the effect of --quickblank together with --zero/--minibar 2021-11-29 10:47:49 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
9ebee362a5 tweaks: fix typo, and improve description of 'set zero' in sample nanorc 2021-11-27 16:52:54 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
27928e47be docs: mention that --zero and 'set zero' hide also the help lines 2021-11-26 11:01:33 +01:00
Brad Town
9a778f9a00 docs: add a description of the hexadecimal #rgb color specification
Also, update the syntax to colorize these codes the same as color names.

Signed-off-by: Brad Town <brad@bradtown.com>
2021-11-23 11:56:06 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
b66a040828 tweaks: shorten the description of --zero in the manuals a bit 2021-11-16 16:23:23 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
b76b5b9967 tweaks: use a few fewer capitals, and drop an unneeded synonym 2021-11-13 16:33:47 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
1007ca5af8 docs: mention M-Z (for toggling the interface) among the Feature Toggles
And rephrase the M-Y description a bit, for shortness and variety.
2021-11-13 16:30:38 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
a623f5836c docs: explain the effect of --zero / -0 / 'set zero'
Also, colorize 'set zero' as valid option in a nanorc file.
2021-11-09 16:31:04 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
dfbe3ce6dc docs: clarify that --enable options do not fully counteract --enable-tiny
This addresses https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?61441.
Reported-by: Hannu Nyman <hannu.nyman@iki.fi>
2021-11-09 10:50:29 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
cc24e8b86b docs: give more examples of things that --enable-tiny excludes 2021-11-08 17:20:15 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
d0c2c1e6b9 suspension: leave ^Z unbound by default -- just ^T^Z will suspend nano
Suggest in the documentation how to get a one-keystroke Suspend.
2021-11-05 15:24:45 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
7365ef4092 docs: mention "grey" also at the other place where color names are listed
And harmonize the wrapping of the phrase.

Indirectly-reported-by: Brad Town <brad@bradtown.com>
2021-11-03 11:21:39 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
52d4b96639 docs: mark options -z, --suspendable, and 'set suspendable' as obsolete 2021-10-31 10:55:07 +01:00
Benno Schulenberg
f368e2732d docs: reword several of the descriptions in the chapter on building nano 2021-10-20 16:12:48 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
ad13746da9 docs: reword the beginning of the chapter on nanorc files
Also, move the text about valid color names to another item,
for shorter cross references.
2021-10-20 16:05:01 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
440f39e558 docs: correct the description of the layout -- four areas, not five
Also, remove the concept of "shortcut list", as there is no need.
Just use "two help lines" instead, like elsewhere.
2021-10-19 16:17:53 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
108c84daf8 docs: move the chapter about editor basics into third position
Or rather, move the chapter about command-line options to between
the chapters on file browser and feature toggles.  Also, rename the
chapter about the built-in help, and move the section about screen
layout to be the first in the editor-basics chapter.
2021-10-19 15:53:49 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
e63fe3be69 tweaks: reword a paragraph, and use usual M- to depict Meta keystrokes 2021-10-19 15:36:38 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
bc4a141cba tweaks: mark keystrokes consistently with @kbd in the manual
The @key command has the same visual result in the Info output, but
looks different (non-italic) from @kbd in the HTML and PDF outputs.
2021-10-19 14:21:28 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
1f36d5411a docs: improve the title of the manual, away from the bare "nano"
Also, suppress two unwanted blank lines in the HTML output, and
use a macro to avoid repeating the same three lines eight times.
2021-10-18 10:47:32 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
46f76ca8b8 docs: avoid large Table of Contents at top of HTML version of manual
Texinfo-6.8 (that was used to build the docs of nano-5.9) changed
the way the @contents command is processed for HTML output, with as
result a detailed table of contents at the start of the HTML page.
That is ugly and too much detail.  To avoid that, produce a table
of contents only when generating output meant for printing.

This fixes https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?61344.

Bug existed since version 5.9.
2021-10-17 16:55:24 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
3a09577e0c tweaks: replace the obscure @* with the slightly clearer @sp
What @* does is guesswork when you don't use Texinfo regularly.
That the "sp" in the @sp command refers to vertical space is not
very clear either, but the command is used on nearby lines too,
so better use it more.

Also, improve two wordings and fix a four-year old typo.
2021-10-17 12:36:57 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
557d8131ca docs: prevent a black square in the PDF after the long synopsis line
Also, prevent an unwanted break in a keystroke.
2021-10-16 17:46:33 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
89fd11109d docs: add a meta description for the HTML rendering of the manual
Also, drop the Emacs mode line -- we don't use Emacs,
and Emacs doesn't need it.
2021-10-16 17:03:45 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
ba9e5ac05d bump version numbers and add a news item for the 5.9 release 2021-10-06 10:04:22 +02:00
Benno Schulenberg
88f7ec38f8 docs: spell "filename" as a single word, like in most other occurrences 2021-09-15 10:27:31 +02:00
Hussam al-Homsi
b8daf1fb0b docs: correct the default value of the errorcolor option
It should be "bold,white,red" instead of "brightwhite,red"
because "bright" is deprecated and not documented.

Signed-off-by: Hussam al-Homsi <sawuare@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@telfort.nl>
2021-09-14 12:03:04 +02:00