commit a644af58a35d30e88b20cd29696f0225abbd9884
parent 7c78b45e7689962b1ff190b38cb0cc57a52aa4a2
Author: David Lawrence Ramsey <pooka109@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 21:30:50 +0000
update documentation for the "color" regex
git-svn-id: svn://svn.savannah.gnu.org/nano/trunk/nano@2619 35c25a1d-7b9e-4130-9fde-d3aeb78583b8
Diffstat:
3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@ CVS code -
and put it back so that it isn't lost. This is especially
needed if the keystroke is part of a multibyte character.
(DLR)
+- nanorc.5:
+ - Update the description of how the "color" regex works. (DLR)
- configure.ac:
- Minor tweaks to some of the test blocks to avoid XSI:isms.
(DLR, adapted from a Debian patch for GNU ed by David
diff --git a/doc/man/nanorc.5 b/doc/man/nanorc.5
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
.\" Public License for copying conditions. There is NO warranty.
.\"
.\" $Id$
-.TH NANORC 5 "version 1.3.8" "June 3, 2005"
+.TH NANORC 5 "version 1.3.8" "June 8, 2005"
.\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
.\"
.SH NAME
@@ -159,21 +159,23 @@ flag, or will be automatically activated if the current filename matches
\fIfileregex\fP. All following \fBcolor\fP statements will apply to
\fIsyntax\fP until a new syntax is defined.
.TP
-.B color \fIfgcolor\fP[,\fIbgcolor\fP] "\fIregex\fP" ...
+.B color \fIfgcolor\fP,\fIbgcolor\fP "\fIregex\fP" ...
For the currently defined syntax, display all expressions matching
-\fIregex\fP with foreground color \fIfgcolor\fP and optional background
-color \fIbgcolor\fP. Legal colors for foreground and background color
-are: white, black, red, blue, green, yellow, magenta, and cyan. You may
-use the prefix "bright" to force a stronger color highlight. If your
-terminal supports transparency, not specifying a \fIbgcolor\fP tells
-\fBnano\fP to attempt to use a transparent background.
-.TP
-.B color \fIfgcolor\fP[,\fIbgcolor\fP] start="\fIsr\fP" end="\fIer\fP"
+\fIregex\fP with foreground color \fIfgcolor\fP and background color
+\fIbgcolor\fP, at least one of which must be specified. Legal colors
+for foreground and background color are: white, black, red, blue, green,
+yellow, magenta, and cyan. You may use the prefix "bright" to force a
+stronger color highlight for the foreground. If your terminal supports
+transparency, not specifying a \fIbgcolor\fP tells \fBnano\fP to attempt
+to use a transparent background.
+.TP
+.B color \fIfgcolor\fP,\fIbgcolor\fP start="\fIsr\fP" end="\fIer\fP"
Display expressions which start with \fIsr\fP and end with \fIer\fP
-with foreground color \fIfgcolor\fP and optional background color
-\fIbgcolor\fP. This allows syntax highlighting to span multiple lines.
-Note that all subsequent instances of \fIsr\fP after an initial \fIsr\fP
-is found will be highlighted until the first instance of \fIer\fP.
+with foreground color \fIfgcolor\fP and background color \fIbgcolor\fP,
+at least one of which must be specified. This allows syntax
+highlighting to span multiple lines. Note that all subsequent instances
+of \fIsr\fP after an initial \fIsr\fP is found will be highlighted until
+the first instance of \fIer\fP.
\fI
.SH FILES
diff --git a/doc/nanorc.sample b/doc/nanorc.sample
@@ -129,14 +129,14 @@
## color foreground,background "regex" ["regex"...]
##
## Legal colors: white, black, red, blue, green, yellow, magenta, cyan.
-## You may use the prefix "bright" to mean a stronger color highlight.
+## You may use the prefix "bright" to mean a stronger color highlight
+## for the foreground.
##
## To use multi-line regexes use the start="regex" end="regex" format.
##
-## Not specifying a foreground color will use the default foreground
-## color. If your system supports transparency, not specifying a
-## background color will use a transparent color. If you don't want the
-## latter, be sure to set the background color to black or white.
+## If your system supports transparency, not specifying a background
+## color will use a transparent color. If you don't want this, be sure
+## to set the background color to black or white.
##
# syntax "c-file" "\.(c|C|cc|cpp|h|H|hh|hpp)$"
# color red "\<[A-Z_]{2,}\>"
