commit 230bd0d1dfd088b82547d736b250101b02aa67e7
parent 4e5af833ad277eee1c0e39e6485f219f290d19c6
Author: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>
Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 12:52:15 +0000
Adding an example of colouring nano's interface elements.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.savannah.gnu.org/nano/trunk/nano@4888 35c25a1d-7b9e-4130-9fde-d3aeb78583b8
Diffstat:
2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
actually going to use it, and close it afterward.
* doc/syntax/{perl.nanorc,xml.nanorc}: Improve two magic regexes.
* src/color.c (color_update): Stop seeking when a magic matched.
+ * doc/nanorc.sample.in: Add an example of colouring nano's interface
+ elements, and tweak some of the other descriptions.
2014-05-13 Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>
* src/text.c (do_linter): Make an error message somewhat clearer.
diff --git a/doc/nanorc.sample.in b/doc/nanorc.sample.in
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
## Use auto-indentation.
# set autoindent
-## Backup files to filename~.
+## Back up files to the current filename plus a tilde.
# set backup
## The directory to put unique backup files in.
@@ -78,9 +78,8 @@
## Window System, and on the console when gpm is running.
# set mouse
-## Allow multiple file buffers (inserting a file will put it into a
-## separate buffer). You must have configured with --enable-multibuffer
-## for this to work.
+## Switch on multiple file buffers (inserting a file will put it into
+## a separate buffer).
# set multibuffer
## Don't convert files from DOS/Mac format.
@@ -186,7 +185,15 @@
# set wordbounds
-## Color setup
+## Paint the interface elements of nano.
+## This is an example, by default there are no colors.
+# set titlecolor brightwhite,blue
+# set statuscolor brightwhite,green
+# set keycolor green
+# set functioncolor yellow
+
+
+## Setup of syntax coloring.
##
## Format:
##
@@ -201,8 +208,8 @@
## or
## icolor foreground,background "regex" ["regex"...]
##
-## "color" will do case sensitive matches, while "icolor" will do case
-## insensitive matches.
+## "color" will do case-sensitive matches, while "icolor" will do
+## case-insensitive matches.
##
## Valid colors: white, black, red, blue, green, yellow, magenta, cyan.
## For foreground colors, you may use the prefix "bright" to get a
@@ -215,9 +222,10 @@
## color will use a transparent color. If you don't want this, be sure
## to set the background color to black or white.
##
-## If you wish, you may put your syntaxes in separate files. You can
-## make use of such files (which can only include "syntax", "color", and
-## "icolor" commands) as follows:
+## All regexes should be extended regular expressions.
+##
+## If you wish, you may put your syntax definitions in separate files.
+## You can make use of such files as follows:
##
## include "/path/to/syntax_file.nanorc"
##
@@ -226,15 +234,14 @@
## name inside that file. These names are kept fairly short to make
## them easier to remember and faster to type using nano's -Y option.
##
-## All regexes should be extended regular expressions.
-
+## To include all existing syntax definitions, you can do:
# include "@PKGDATADIR@/*.nanorc"
-## Key bindings
-## Please see nanorc(5) for more details on this.
+## Key bindings.
+## See nanorc(5) for more details on this.
##
-## Here are some samples to get you going.
+## Here are a few samples to get you going.
##
# bind M-W nowrap main
# bind M-A casesens search
