commit 7f0bfdfeb27b7017805372158ed54f61e5b69644
parent 51371e0ca5953e2660306563dd9dbdb8a257ab06
Author: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@telfort.nl>
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2020 15:15:36 +0100
docs: put the three new behaviors in a bulletted list, to catch the eye
Also, move the relevant section down in the nanorc man page, to increase
the contrast between the two pages.
Diffstat:
2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/nano.1 b/doc/nano.1
@@ -28,12 +28,18 @@ nano \- Nano's ANOther editor, inspired by Pico
.BR nano " [" \fIoptions "] [[" + [ crCR ]( / | ? ) \fIstring "] " \fIfile ]...
.SH NOTICE
-Starting with version 4.0, \fBnano\fR no longer hard-wraps an overlong
-line by default. It further uses smooth scrolling by default, and by
-default includes the line below the title bar into the editing area.
+Since version 4.0, \fBnano\fR by default:
+.sp
+.RS 4
+\(bu does not automatically hard-wrap lines that become overlong,
+.br
+\(bu includes the line below the title bar in the editing area,
+.br
+\(bu does linewise (smooth) scrolling.
+.RE
.sp
If you want the old, Pico behavior back, you can use \fB\-\-breaklonglines\fR,
-\fB\-\-jumpyscrolling\fR, and \fB\-\-emptyline\fR (or \fB\-bje\fR for short).
+\fB\-\-emptyline\fR, and \fB\-\-jumpyscrolling\fR (or \fB\-bej\fR for short).
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBnano\fP is a small and friendly editor. It copies the look and feel
diff --git a/doc/nanorc.5 b/doc/nanorc.5
@@ -21,14 +21,6 @@
.SH NAME
nanorc \- GNU nano's configuration file
-.SH NOTICE
-Starting with version 4.0, \fBnano\fR no longer hard-wraps an overlong
-line by default. It further uses smooth scrolling by default, and by
-default includes the line below the title bar into the editing area.
-.sp
-If you want the old, Pico behavior back, you can use \fBset breaklonglines\fR,
-\fBset jumpyscrolling\fR, and \fBset emptyline\fR.
-
.SH DESCRIPTION
The \fInanorc\fP files contain the default settings for \fBnano\fP, a
small and friendly editor. They should be in Unix format, not in
@@ -41,6 +33,20 @@ or from \fI~/.config/nano/nanorc\fR, whichever is encountered first.
If \fB\-\-rcfile\fR is given, \fBnano\fR will read just the specified
settings file.
+.SH NOTICE
+Since version 4.0, \fBnano\fR by default:
+.sp
+.RS 4
+\(bu does not automatically hard-wrap lines that become overlong,
+.br
+\(bu includes the line below the title bar in the editing area,
+.br
+\(bu does linewise (smooth) scrolling.
+.RE
+.sp
+To get the old, Pico behavior back, you can use \fBset breaklonglines\fR,
+\fBset emptyline\fR, and \fBset jumpyscrolling\fR.
+
.SH OPTIONS
The configuration file accepts a series of \fBset\fP and \fBunset\fP
commands, which can be used to configure nano on startup without using
