nano

commit 336fa400551de8ffa59cdac89d9abae49b7bb7c6
parent 93318b972deeb8b098fe7a13a4b2c2ae750e5c71
Author: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@telfort.nl>
Date:   Sat, 17 Mar 2018 14:23:16 +0100

docs: clarify what the scrollup and scrolldown bindable functions do

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doc/nano.texi
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6
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doc/nanorc.5
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6
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2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/nano.texi b/doc/nano.texi
@@ -1188,10 +1188,12 @@ Goes one line up (in the editor or browser).
 Goes one line down (in the editor or browser).
 
 @item scrollup
-Scrolls up one line of text from the current position.
+Scrolls the viewport up one row (meaning that the text slides down)
+while keeping the cursor in the same text position, if possible.
 
 @item scrolldown
-Scrolls down one line of text from the current position.
+Scrolls the viewport down one row (meaning that the text slides up)
+while keeping the cursor in the same text position, if possible.
 
 @item prevword
 Moves the cursor to the beginning of the previous word.
diff --git a/doc/nanorc.5 b/doc/nanorc.5
@@ -543,10 +543,12 @@ Goes one line up (in the editor or browser).
 Goes one line down (in the editor or browser).
 .TP
 .B scrollup
-Scrolls up one line of text from the current position.
+Scrolls the viewport up one row (meaning that the text slides down)
+while keeping the cursor in the same text position, if possible.
 .TP
 .B scrolldown
-Scrolls down one line of text from the current position.
+Scrolls the viewport down one row (meaning that the text slides up)
+while keeping the cursor in the same text position, if possible.
 .TP
 .B prevword
 Moves the cursor to the beginning of the previous word.