commit ccc9b24f162b34d0cef974469979891c535e25e2
parent 4bc8ff1e6d4550251e9216fe59ff8cbb8ee2b27d
Author: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2015 09:34:10 +0000
Adding a note to the documentation about undo not working after
a justification or reindentation.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.savannah.gnu.org/nano/trunk/nano@5475 35c25a1d-7b9e-4130-9fde-d3aeb78583b8
Diffstat:
3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
* src/text.c (do_indent): Also here discard the entire undo stack, to
prevent nano from making mistakes when trying to undo edits after an
indentation change. This works around Savannah bug #46591.
+ * doc/man/nano.1, doc/texinfo/nano.texi: Add a note about undo not
+ working after a justification or reindentation.
2015-12-02 Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>
* doc/syntax/python.nanorc: Don't colour triple quotes by themselves.
diff --git a/doc/man/nano.1 b/doc/man/nano.1
@@ -275,7 +275,13 @@ it unique. In multibuffer mode, \fBnano\fP will write all the open
buffers to their respective emergency files.
.SH BUGS
-Please report any bugs that you encounter via
+Justifications (\fB^J\fR) and reindentations (\fBM-{\fR and \fBM-}\fR)
+are not yet covered by the general undo system. So after a justification
+that is not immediately undone, or after any reindentation, earlier edits
+cannot be undone any more. The workaround is, of course, to exit without
+saving.
+.sp
+Please report any other bugs that you encounter via
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=nano.
.SH HOMEPAGE
diff --git a/doc/texinfo/nano.texi b/doc/texinfo/nano.texi
@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ Ignored, for compatibility with Pico.
* The Statusbar::
* Shortcut Lists::
* Using the Mouse::
+* Limitation::
@end menu
@node Entering Text
@@ -490,6 +491,15 @@ Shift key during those actions.
The mouse will work in the X Window System, and on the console when gpm
is running.
+@node Limitation
+@section Limitation
+
+Justifications (@code{^J}) and reindentations (@code{M-@{} and @code{M-@}})
+are not yet covered by the general undo system. So after a justification
+that is not immediately undone, or after any reindentation, earlier edits
+cannot be undone any more. The workaround is, of course, to exit without
+saving.
+
@node Built-in Help
@chapter Built-in Help
