commit fc71eb5f72b88385211ef287180435925224ce7f
parent 07e2000094cc13f0a6087c542954230df9644f9b
Author: Jordi Mallach <jordi@gnu.org>
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 13:34:03 +0000
nanorc.5 fixes from DB.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.savannah.gnu.org/nano/trunk/nano@1471 35c25a1d-7b9e-4130-9fde-d3aeb78583b8
Diffstat:
2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ CVS code
- Translation updates (see po/ChangeLog for details).
- nanorc.5:
- Fix formatting error and update copyright year (Jordi).
+ - Several enhancements (David Benbennick).
GNU nano 1.1.99pre3 - 2003.02.13
- General:
diff --git a/nanorc.5 b/nanorc.5
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ GNU nano will read one command per line.
Options in rcfiles take precedence over nano's defaults, and command line
options override rcfile settings.
+Options are unset by default, except for options that take an argument.
+
The supported commands and arguments are:
.TP 3
@@ -44,13 +46,14 @@ Use auto-indentation.
Create backup files in filename~.
.TP
\fBset/unset const\fP
-Constantly update the cursor position.
+Constantly display the cursor position in the status bar.
.TP
\fBset/unset cut\fP
Use cut to end of line with ^K by default.
.TP
\fBset fill \fIn\fP\fP
-Set the column where lines will be wrapped at to \fIn\fP.
+Wrap lines at column number \fIn\fP. If \fIn\fP is 0 or less, the line
+length will be the screen width less \fIn\fP. The default value is -8.
.TP
\fBset/unset keypad\fP
Use alternate keypad routines.
@@ -71,16 +74,23 @@ Don't display the help lists at the bottom of the screen.
Don't wrap text at all.
.TP
\fBset operatingdir "\fIdirectory\fP"\fP
-Set operating directory (chroots the user to \fIdirectory\fP and below).
+\fBnano\fP will only read and write files inside \fIdirectory\fP and its
+subdirectories. Also, the current directory is changed to here, so files
+are inserted from this dir. By default the operating directory feature is
+turned off.
.TP
\fBset/unset preserve\fP
Preserve the XON and XOFF keys (^Q and ^S).
.TP
\fBset quotestr "\fIstring\fP"\fP
-The email-quote string. This is a "regular expression" if your
-system supports them, otherwise a literal string.
-Default value is set quotestr "^([ \t]*[|>:}#])+" if you have regexps,
-otherwise set quotestr "> ".
+The email-quote string, used to justify email-quoted paragraphs. This is
+an "extended regular expression" if your system supports them, otherwise a
+literal string. The default value is
+
+ set quotestr "^([ \\t]*[|>:}#])+"
+
+if you have regexps, otherwise set quotestr "> ". Note that '\\t' above
+stands for a literal Tab character.
.TP
\fBset/unset regexp\fP
Do regular expression searches by default.
@@ -89,7 +99,8 @@ Do regular expression searches by default.
Use smooth scrolling by default.
.TP
\fBset speller \fIspellprog\fP\fP
-Use spelling checker \fIspellprog\fP instead of the default (spell).
+Use spelling checker \fIspellprog\fP instead of the built-in one, which
+calls \fIspell\fP.
.TP
\fBset/unset suspend\fP
Allow nano to be suspended with ^Z.
