commit d04c8f88f1e640d5528dc8cb83c50a79b27b7500
parent a67f6c60317dc72b632ba2e8990248205510e6d6
Author: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@telfort.nl>
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2018 08:32:15 +0200
docs: say that 'cutwordright' is now bound to <Ctrl+Delete> by default
Also, suggest to rebind ^H to 'cutwordleft' so that <Ctrl+Backspace>
will delete the word to the left of the cursor (on some terminals).
Diffstat:
3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/nano.texi b/doc/nano.texi
@@ -1148,9 +1148,13 @@ current cursor position.
@item cutwordleft
Cuts from the cursor position to the beginning of the preceding word.
+(This function is not bound by default. If your terminal produces
+@code{^H} for <Ctrl+Backspace>, you can make <Ctrl+Backspace> delete
+the word to the left of the cursor by rebinding ^H to this function.)
@item cutwordright
Cuts from the cursor position to the beginning of the next word.
+(This function is bound by default to <Ctrl+Delete>.)
@item cutrestoffile
Cuts all text from the cursor position till the end of the buffer.
diff --git a/doc/nanorc.5 b/doc/nanorc.5
@@ -498,9 +498,13 @@ current cursor position.
.TP
.B cutwordleft
Cuts from the cursor position to the beginning of the preceding word.
+(This function is not bound by default. If your terminal produces
+\fB^H\fR for <Ctrl+Backspace>, you can make <Ctrl+Backspace> delete
+the word to the left of the cursor by rebinding ^H to this function.)
.TP
.B cutwordright
Cuts from the cursor position to the beginning of the next word.
+(This function is bound by default to <Ctrl+Delete>.)
.TP
.B cutrestoffile
Cuts all text from the cursor position till the end of the buffer.
diff --git a/doc/sample.nanorc.in b/doc/sample.nanorc.in
@@ -263,10 +263,14 @@
## Key bindings.
## See nanorc(5) (section REBINDING KEYS) for more details on this.
##
-## The following two functions are not bound to any key by default.
-## You may wish to choose other keys than the ones suggested here.
-# bind M-B cutwordleft main
-# bind M-N cutwordright main
+## The <Ctrl+Delete> keystroke deletes the word to the right of the cursor.
+## On some terminals the <Ctrl+Backspace> keystroke produces ^H, which is
+## the ASCII character for backspace, so it is bound by default to the
+## backspace function. The <Backspace> key itself produces a different
+## keycode, which is hard-bound to the backspace function. So, if you
+## normally use <Backspace> for backspacing and not ^H, you can make
+## <Ctrl+Backspace> delete the word to the left of the cursor with:
+# bind ^H cutwordleft main
## Set this if your Backspace key sends Del most of the time.
# bind Del backspace all
