commit e332d2df7432106eaac2848aefd7edb5aea76533
parent ed165827bc5f9d505156b561a4c28ab218225e94
Author: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2016 20:35:19 +0100
docs: harmonize the indentation of the README, and tweak some wordings
Diffstat:
| M | README | | | 85 | ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------------------- |
1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README b/README
@@ -1,70 +1,67 @@
- GNU nano - an enhanced clone of the Pico text editor.
+ GNU nano -- an enhanced clone of the Pico text editor
Overview
- The nano project was started because of a few "problems" with the
- wonderfully easy-to-use and friendly Pico text editor.
+ The nano project was started because of a few "problems" with the
+ wonderfully easy-to-use and friendly Pico text editor.
- First and foremost was its license: the Pine suite does not use
- the GPL or a GPL-friendly license, and has unclear restrictions on
- redistribution. Because of this, Pine and Pico are not included
- with many GNU/Linux distributions. Also, other features (like
- go-to-line-number or search-and-replace) were unavailable until
- recently or require a command-line flag. Yuck.
+ First and foremost was its license: the Pine suite does not use
+ the GPL or a GPL-friendly license, and has unclear restrictions on
+ redistribution. Because of this, Pine and Pico are not included
+ with many GNU/Linux distributions. Also, other features (like
+ go-to-line-number or search-and-replace) were unavailable until
+ recently or require a command-line flag. Yuck.
- nano aims to solve these problems by emulating the functionality of
- Pico as closely as possible while addressing the problems above and
- providing other extra functionality.
+ nano aims to solve these problems by emulating the functionality of
+ Pico as closely as possible while addressing the problems above and
+ providing other extra functionality.
- The nano editor is an official GNU package. For more information on
- GNU and the Free Software Foundation, please see http://www.gnu.org/.
+ The nano editor is an official GNU package. For more information on
+ GNU and the Free Software Foundation, please see http://www.gnu.org/.
How to compile and install nano
- Download the nano source code, then:
+ Download the nano source code, then:
- tar zxvf nano-x.y.z.tar.gz
- cd nano-x.y.z
- ./configure
- make
- make install
+ tar xvzf nano-x.y.z.tar.gz
+ cd nano-x.y.z
+ ./configure
+ make
+ make install
- It's that simple. Use --prefix with configure to override the
- default installation directory of /usr/local.
+ It's that simple. Use --prefix with configure to override the
+ default installation directory of /usr/local.
- If you haven't configured with the "--disable-nanorc" option, after
- installation you may want to copy the doc/nanorc.sample to your
- home directory, rename it to ".nanorc", and then edit it according
- to your taste.
+ If you haven't configured with the --disable-nanorc option, after
+ installation you may want to copy the doc/nanorc.sample file to
+ your home directory, rename it to ".nanorc", and then edit it
+ according to your taste.
Web Page
https://nano-editor.org/
-Mailing Lists and Bug Reports
+Mailing Lists
- Savannah hosts all the nano-related mailing-lists.
+ There are three nano-related mailing-lists.
+ info-nano@gnu.org is a very low traffic list used to announce
- new nano versions or other important information about the
- project.
+ new nano versions or other important info about the project.
+ help-nano@gnu.org is for those seeking to get help without
wanting to hear about the technical details of its development.
- + nano-devel@gnu.org is the list used by the people that make
- nano and a general development discussion list, with moderate
- traffic.
-
- To subscribe, send email to <name>-request@gnu.org with a
- subject of "subscribe", where <name> is the list you want to
- subscribe to.
-
- For general bug reports, please file a description of the problem
- on the Savannah bug tracker page for nano
- (https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=nano). The issue may have
- already been reported, and we are better able to track the state
- of the issue and whom to notify when fixed, the more the bug
- tracker is used.
+ + nano-devel@gnu.org is the list used by the people that make nano
+ and a general development discussion list, with moderate traffic.
+
+ To subscribe, send email to <name>-request@gnu.org with a subject
+ of "subscribe", where <name> is the list you want to subscribe to.
+
+Bug Reports
+
+ To report a bug, please file a description of the problem on nano's
+ bug tracker (https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=nano -- hover on
+ "Bugs", then click "Submit new"). The issue may have already been
+ reported, so please look first.
Current Status
