commit 96df9e0a20b4509e45f74bf44a64e80d23550dee
parent a04d2a433cc6c9af044a6b99cb4e4532773c23b5
Author: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@telfort.nl>
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2023 16:31:04 +0100
docs: mention how to get the old behavior of ^F, ^B, M-F, and M-B back
Diffstat:
3 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/nano.1 b/doc/nano.1
@@ -30,6 +30,24 @@ nano \- Nano's ANOther text editor, inspired by Pico
.sp
.BR nano " [" \fIoptions "] [[" + [ crCR ]{ / | ? } \fIstring "] " \fIfile ]...
+.SH NOTICE
+Since version 8.0, to be newcomer friendly, \fB^F\fR starts a forward search,
+\fB^B\fR starts a backward search, \fBM\-F\fR searches the next occurrence
+forward, and \fBM\-B\fR searches the next occurrence backward. If you want
+those keystrokes to do what they did before version 8.0, add the following
+lines at the end of your \fInanorc\fR file:
+.sp
+.RS 4
+.B bind ^F forward main
+.br
+.B bind ^B back main
+.br
+.B bind M\-F formatter main
+.br
+.B bind M\-B linter main
+.RE
+.sp
+
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBnano\fP is a small and friendly text editor. It copies the look and feel
of Pico, but is free software, and implements several features that Pico
diff --git a/doc/nanorc.5 b/doc/nanorc.5
@@ -32,6 +32,24 @@ 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 8.0, to be newcomer friendly, \fB^F\fR starts a forward search,
+\fB^B\fR starts a backward search, \fBM\-F\fR searches the next occurrence
+forward, and \fBM\-B\fR searches the next occurrence backward. If you want
+those keystrokes to do what they did before version 8.0, add the following
+lines at the end of your \fInanorc\fR file:
+.sp
+.RS 4
+.B bind ^F forward main
+.br
+.B bind ^B back main
+.br
+.B bind M\-F formatter main
+.br
+.B bind M\-B linter main
+.RE
+.sp
+
.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
diff --git a/doc/sample.nanorc.in b/doc/sample.nanorc.in
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@
## Inside string parameters, quotes should not be escaped -- the last
## double quote on the line will be seen as the closing quote.
+## If you want ^F, ^B, M-F and M-B to do what they did before version 8.0:
+# bind ^F forward main
+# bind ^B back main
+# bind M-F formatter main
+# bind M-B linter main
+
## Make 'nextword' (Ctrl+Right) and 'chopwordright' (Ctrl+Delete)
## stop at word ends instead of at beginnings.
# set afterends
