From 98bab0db0738cdbff82b97dfce04711c43c1ceba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@telfort.nl>
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025 15:25:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] docs: improve the description of the `constantshow` bindable
 function

And of the '--constantshow' and 'set constantshow' options.
---
 doc/nano.1           | 2 +-
 doc/nano.texi        | 7 ++++---
 doc/nanorc.5         | 5 +++--
 doc/sample.nanorc.in | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/nano.1 b/doc/nano.1
index 18e2b24b..49e3404b 100644
--- a/doc/nano.1
+++ b/doc/nano.1
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ Automatically hard-wrap the current line when it becomes overlong.
 the last one given takes effect.)
 .TP
 .BR \-c ", " \-\-constantshow
-Constantly show the cursor position on the status bar.
+Constantly report the cursor position on the status bar.
 Note that this overrides option \fB\-U\fR (\fB\-\-quickblank\fR).
 .TP
 .BR \-d ", " \-\-rebinddelete
diff --git a/doc/nano.texi b/doc/nano.texi
index 85daabb7..5a495e53 100644
--- a/doc/nano.texi
+++ b/doc/nano.texi
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ the last one given takes effect.)
 
 @item -c
 @itemx --constantshow
-Constantly display the cursor position (line number, column number,
+Constantly report the cursor position (line number, column number,
 and character number) on the status bar.
 Note that this overrides option @option{-U} (@option{--quickblank}).
 
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ the original filename as is.  To disable this colon parsing for some
 file, use @code{+1} or similar before the relevant filename.
 
 @item set constantshow
-Constantly display the cursor position on the status bar.
+Constantly report the cursor position on the status bar.
 Note that this overrides @option{quickblank}.
 
 @item set cutfromcursor
@@ -1832,7 +1832,8 @@ and the linter.  All further toggles are available in the main menu only.)
 Toggles the presence of title bar and status bar.
 
 @item constantshow
-Toggles the constant display of the current line, column, and character positions.
+Toggles the constant reporting (on the status bar)
+of the current line, column, and character positions.
 
 @item softwrap
 Toggles the displaying of overlong lines on multiple screen lines.
diff --git a/doc/nanorc.5 b/doc/nanorc.5
index 788ded4c..eed92654 100644
--- a/doc/nanorc.5
+++ b/doc/nanorc.5
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ the original filename as is.  To disable this colon parsing for some
 file, use \fB+1\fR or similar before the relevant filename.
 .TP
 .B set constantshow
-Constantly display the cursor position in the status bar.
+Constantly report the cursor position on the status bar.
 This overrides the option \fBquickblank\fR.
 .TP
 .B set cutfromcursor
@@ -982,7 +982,8 @@ and the linter.  All further toggles are available in the main menu only.)
 Toggles the presence of title bar and status bar.
 .TP
 .B constantshow
-Toggles the constant display of the current line, column, and character positions.
+Toggles the constant reporting (on the status bar)
+of the current line, column, and character positions.
 .TP
 .B softwrap
 Toggles the displaying of overlong lines on multiple screen lines.
diff --git a/doc/sample.nanorc.in b/doc/sample.nanorc.in
index 18f39c00..c322a495 100644
--- a/doc/sample.nanorc.in
+++ b/doc/sample.nanorc.in
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 ## as the line number to go to in that file.
 # set colonparsing
 
-## Constantly display the cursor position in the status bar or minibar.
+## Constantly report the cursor position, in the status bar or minibar.
 # set constantshow
 
 ## Use cut-from-cursor-to-end-of-line by default.