commit 91155486c70255edea6beb599c6d07dcc8abe073
parent 63f2be7a2f70fd967e043149d1bf1eeeeb1bd175
Author: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@telfort.nl>
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 19:26:45 +0200
docs: document the slightly changed workings of the --view option
Diffstat:
3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/nano.1 b/doc/nano.1
@@ -245,6 +245,8 @@ default behavior of saving a file in the format that it had.
.TP
.BR \-v ", " \-\-view
Just view the file and disallow editing: read-only mode.
+This mode allows the user to open also other files for viewing,
+unless \fB--restricted\fR is given too.
.TP
.BR \-w ", " \-\-nowrap
Disable the hard-wrapping of long lines. This option conflicts with
diff --git a/doc/nano.texi b/doc/nano.texi
@@ -374,9 +374,11 @@ default behavior of saving a file in the format that it had.
@item -v
@itemx --view
-Don't allow the contents of the file to be altered. Note that this
-option should NOT be used in place of correct file permissions to
-implement a read-only file.
+Don't allow the contents of the file to be altered: read-only mode.
+This mode allows the user to open also other files for viewing,
+unless @option{--restricted} is given too.
+(Note that this option should NOT be used in place of correct
+file permissions to implement a read-only file.)
@item -w
@itemx --nowrap
@@ -911,7 +913,9 @@ default behavior of saving a file in the format that it had.
(This option has no effect when you also use @code{set noconvert}.)
@item set view
-Disallow file modification.
+Disallow file modification: read-only mode.
+This mode allows the user to open also other files for viewing,
+unless @option{--restricted} is given on the command line.
@anchor{Whitespace}
@item set whitespace "@var{string}"
diff --git a/doc/nanorc.5 b/doc/nanorc.5
@@ -280,7 +280,9 @@ default behavior of saving a file in the format that it had.
(This option has no effect when you also use \fBset noconvert\fR.)
.TP
.B set view
-Disallow file modification.
+Disallow file modification: read-only mode.
+This mode allows the user to open also other files for viewing,
+unless \fB--restricted\fR is given on the command line.
.TP
.B set whitespace "\fIstring\fP"
Set the two characters used to indicate the presence of tabs and
