commit 85682abbd563e5434dfd4265fff6a775ba53cb17
parent 4005ee32847b963f2c987a22b56378af9b2e0562
Author: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@telfort.nl>
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2021 10:15:07 +0200
docs: add a simulated "screenshot" of nano to the README
Suggested-by: Lars Wirzenius -- https://liw.fi/readme-review/
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diff --git a/README b/README
@@ -10,6 +10,29 @@ Purpose
holding Shift, search-and-replace with regular expressions, and
several other conveniences.
+Appearance
+
+ In rough ASCII graphics, this is what nano's screen looks like:
+
+ ____________________________________________________________________
+ | GNU nano 5.8 filename Modified |
+ --------------------------------------------------------------------
+ | This is the text window, displaying the contents of a 'buffer', |
+ | the contents of the file you are editing. |
+ | |
+ | The top row of the screen is the 'title bar'; it shows nano's |
+ | version, the name of the file, and whether you modified it. |
+ | The two bottom rows display the most important shorcuts; in |
+ | those lines ^ means Ctrl. The third row from the bottom shows |
+ | some feedback message, or gets replaced with a prompt bar when |
+ | you tell nano to do something that requires extra input. |
+ | |
+ --------------------------------------------------------------------
+ | [ Some status message ] |
+ |^G Help ^O Write Out ^W Where Is ^K Cut ^T Execute |
+ |^X Exit ^R Read File ^\ Replace ^U Paste ^J Justify |
+ --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
Origin
The nano project was started in 1999 because of a few "problems"
