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diff --git a/doc/man/nanorc.5.html b/doc/man/nanorc.5.html index 94e2b6d..9f1ea5d 100644 --- a/doc/man/nanorc.5.html +++ b/doc/man/nanorc.5.html @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -<!-- Creator : groff version 1.20.1 --> -<!-- CreationDate: Tue Aug 10 22:44:00 2010 --> +<!-- Creator : groff version 1.22.2 --> +<!-- CreationDate: Sun Mar 22 23:46:10 2015 --> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> @@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ <a href="#NAME">NAME</a><br> <a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a><br> <a href="#OPTIONS">OPTIONS</a><br> -<a href="#KEY BINDINGS">KEY BINDINGS</a><br> +<a href="#SYNTAX HIGHLIGHTING">SYNTAX HIGHLIGHTING</a><br> +<a href="#REBINDING KEYS">REBINDING KEYS</a><br> <a href="#FILES">FILES</a><br> <a href="#SEE ALSO">SEE ALSO</a><br> <a href="#AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a><br> @@ -44,24 +45,13 @@ GNU nano’s rcfile</p> </h2> -<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">This manual -page briefly documents GNU <b>nano</b>’s rcfile.</p> - -<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>nano</b> is -a small, free and friendly editor which aims to replace -Pico, the default editor included in the non-free Pine -package. Rather than just copying Pico’s look and -feel, <b>nano</b> also implements some missing (or disabled -by default) features in Pico, such as "search and -replace" and "go to line and column -number".</p> - <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">The <i>nanorc</i> file contains the default settings for -<b>nano</b>. It should not be in DOS or Mac format. During -startup, <b>nano</b> will first read its system-wide -settings from <i>SYSCONFDIR/nanorc</i>, and then -user-specific settings from <i>~/.nanorc</i>.</p> +<b>nano</b>, a small and friendly editor. The file should be +in Unix format, not in DOS or Mac format. During startup, +<b>nano</b> will first read the system-wide settings, from +<b>/etc/nanorc</b> (the exact path might be different), and +then the user-specific settings, from <b>~/.nanorc</b>.</p> <h2>OPTIONS <a name="OPTIONS"></a> @@ -71,150 +61,182 @@ user-specific settings from <i>~/.nanorc</i>.</p> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">The configuration file accepts a series of <b>set</b> and <b>unset</b> commands, which can be used to configure nano -on startup without using the command line options. -Additionally, the <b>syntax</b>, <b>color</b>, and -<b>icolor</b> keywords are used to define syntax -highlighting rules for different text patterns. <b>nano</b> -will read one command per line.</p> +on startup without using command-line options. Additionally, +there are some commands to define syntax highlighting and to +rebind keys -- see the two separate sections on those. +<b>nano</b> reads one command per line.</p> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Options in <i>nanorc</i> files take precedence over nano’s -defaults, and command line options override <i>nanorc</i> -settings. Also, options are unset by default, except for -those that take arguments.</p> - -<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Quotes inside -string parameters don’t have to be escaped with -backslashes. The last double quote in the string will be -treated as its end. For example, for the <b>brackets</b> -option, "<i>"’)>]}</i>" will match -<i>"</i>, <i>’</i>, <i>)</i>, <i>></i>, -<i>]</i>, and <i>}</i>.</p> +defaults, and command-line options override <i>nanorc</i> +settings. Also, options that do not take an argument are +unset by default. So using the <b>unset</b> command is only +needed when wanting to override a setting of the +system’s <i>nanorc</i> file in your own +<b>~/.nanorc</b>. Options that take an argument cannot be +unset.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Below, the +<i>string</i> parameters need to be enclosed in double +quotes. Quotes inside these string parameters don’t +have to be escaped with backslashes. The last double quote +in the string will be treated as its end. For example, for +the <b>brackets</b> option, +"<b>"’)>]}</b>" will match +<b>"</b>, <b>’</b>, <b>)</b>, <b>></b>, +<b>]</b>, and <b>}</b>.</p> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">The supported commands and arguments are: <b><br> -set/unset allow_insecure_backup</b></p> +set allow_insecure_backup</b></p> <p style="margin-left:15%;">When backing up files, allow the backup to succeed even if its permissions can’t be (re)set due to special OS considerations. You should NOT enable this option unless you are sure you need it.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset autoindent</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set autoindent</b></p> <p style="margin-left:15%;">Use auto-indentation.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset backup</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set backup</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Create backup files in -<i>filename~</i>.</p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Create backup files by adding a +tilde (<b>~</b>) to each file’s name.</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set backupdir</b> <i>directory</i></p> <p style="margin-left:15%;">Set the directory where -<b>nano</b> puts unique backup files if file backups are +<b>nano</b> puts unique backup files, if file backups are enabled.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset backwards</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set backwards</b></p> <p style="margin-left:15%;">Do backwards searches by default.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset boldtext</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set boldtext</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Use bold text instead of -reverse video text.</p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Use bold instead of reverse +video for the titlebar, statusbar, key combos, and selected +text. This can be overridden for the first three by setting +the options <b>titlecolor</b>, <b>statuscolor</b>, and +<b>keycolor</b>.</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set brackets</b> <i>string</i></p> <p style="margin-left:15%;">Set the characters treated as -closing brackets when justifying paragraphs. They cannot -contain blank characters. Only closing punctuation, -optionally followed by closing brackets, can end sentences. -The default value is -"<i>"’)>]}</i>".</p> +closing brackets when justifying paragraphs. This may not +include blank characters. Only closing punctuation (see +<b>punct</b>), optionally followed by the specified closing +brackets, can end sentences. The default value is +"<b>"’)>]}</b>".</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset -casesensitive</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set casesensitive</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Do case sensitive searches by +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Do case-sensitive searches by default.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset const</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set const</b></p> <p style="margin-left:15%;">Constantly display the cursor position in the status bar.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset cut</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set cut</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Use cut to end of line by -default.</p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Use cut-to-end-of-line by +default, instead of cutting the whole line.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set fill</b> +<i>number</i></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Hard-wrap lines at column +number <i>number</i>. If <i>number</i> is 0 or less, the +maximum line length will be the screen width less +<i>number</i> columns. The default value is +<b>−8</b>.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set functioncolor</b> +<i>fgcolor</i>,<i>bgcolor</i></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Specify the color combination +to use for the function descriptions in the two help lines +at the bottom of the screen. See <b>set titlecolor</b> for +more details.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set historylog</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set fill</b> <i>n</i></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Enable the use of +<b>~/.nano/search_history</b> for saving and reading +search/replace strings.</p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Wrap lines at column number -<i>n</i>. If <i>n</i> is 0 or less, the maximum line length -will be the screen width less <i>n</i> columns. The default -value is −8.</p> +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set keycolor</b> +<i>fgcolor</i>,<i>bgcolor</i></p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset historylog</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Specify the color combination +to use for the shortcut key combos in the two help lines at +the bottom of the screen. See <b>set titlecolor</b> for more +details.</p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Enable <i>~/.nano_history</i> -for saving and reading search/replace strings.</p> +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set locking</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Enable vim-style lock-files for +when editing files.</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set matchbrackets</b> <i>string</i></p> <p style="margin-left:15%;">Set the opening and closing -brackets that can be found by bracket searches. They cannot -contain blank characters. The former set must come before -the latter set, and both must be in the same order. The -default value is "<i>(<[{)>]}</i>".</p> +brackets that can be found by bracket searches. This may not +include blank characters. The opening set must come before +the closing set, and the two sets must be in the same order. +The default value is "<b>(<[{)>]}</b>".</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset morespace</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set morespace</b></p> <p style="margin-left:15%;">Use the blank line below the titlebar as extra editing space.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset mouse</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set mouse</b></p> <p style="margin-left:15%;">Enable mouse support, if available for your system. When enabled, mouse clicks can be used to place the cursor, set the mark (with a double click), and execute shortcuts. The mouse will work in the X -Window System, and on the console when gpm is running.</p> +Window System, and on the console when gpm is running. Text +can still be selected through dragging by holding down the +Shift key.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset -multibuffer</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set multibuffer</b></p> <p style="margin-left:15%;">Allow inserting files into their own buffers.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset noconvert</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set noconvert</b></p> <p style="margin-left:15%;">Don’t convert files from DOS/Mac format.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset nofollow</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set nofollow</b></p> <p style="margin-left:15%;">Don’t follow symlinks when writing files.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset nohelp</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set nohelp</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Don’t display the help -lists at the bottom of the screen.</p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Don’t display the two +help lines at the bottom of the screen.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset nonewlines</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set nonewlines</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Don’t add newlines to the -ends of files.</p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Don’t automatically add a +newline to the ends of files.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset nowrap</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set nowrap</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Don’t wrap text at +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Don’t hard-wrap text at all.</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set operatingdir</b> @@ -223,10 +245,15 @@ all.</p> <p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>nano</b> will only read and write files inside <i>directory</i> and its subdirectories. Also, the current directory is changed to here, so files are -inserted from this diractory. By default, the operating +inserted from this directory. By default, the operating directory feature is turned off.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset preserve</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set poslog</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Save the cursor position of +files between editing sessions.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set preserve</b></p> <p style="margin-left:15%;">Preserve the XON and XOFF keys (^Q and ^S).</p> @@ -235,25 +262,26 @@ directory feature is turned off.</p> <i>string</i></p> <p style="margin-left:15%;">Set the characters treated as -closing punctuation when justifying paragraphs. They cannot -contain blank characters. Only closing punctuation, -optionally followed by closing brackets, can end sentences. -The default value is "<i>!.?</i>".</p> - -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset quiet</b></p> - -<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>nano</b> will not report -errors in the <i>nanorc</i> file and ask them to be -acknowledged by pressing enter at startup. If this is used -it should be placed at the top of the file to be fully -effective.</p> +closing punctuation when justifying paragraphs. This may not +include blank characters. Only the specfified closing +punctuation, optionally followed by closing brackets (see +<b>brackets</b>), can end sentences. The default value is +"<b>!.?</b>".</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset quickblank</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set quickblank</b></p> <p style="margin-left:15%;">Do quick statusbar blanking. Statusbar messages will disappear after 1 keystroke instead of 25.</p> +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set quiet</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>nano</b> will not report +errors in the <i>nanorc</i> file nor ask them to be +acknowledged by pressing Enter at startup. If this is used, +it should be placed at the top of the file to be fully +effective.</p> + <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set quotestr</b> <i>string</i></p> @@ -261,33 +289,31 @@ of 25.</p> justify email-quoted paragraphs. This is an extended regular expression if your system supports them, otherwise a literal string. The default value is -"<i>^([ \t]*[#:>\|}])+</i>" if you have -extended regular expression support, or -"<i>> </i>" otherwise. Note that +"<b>^([ \t]*[#:>\|}])+</b>" if you have +extended regular expression support, and +"<b>> </b>" otherwise. Note that ’\t’ stands for a literal Tab character.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset -rebinddelete</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set rebinddelete</b></p> <p style="margin-left:15%;">Interpret the Delete key differently so that both Backspace and Delete work properly. You should only need to use this option if Backspace acts like Delete on your system.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset -rebindkeypad</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set rebindkeypad</b></p> <p style="margin-left:15%;">Interpret the numeric keypad keys so that they all work properly. You should only need to use this option if they don’t, as mouse support won’t work properly with this option enabled.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset regexp</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set regexp</b></p> <p style="margin-left:15%;">Do extended regular expression searches by default.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset smarthome</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set smarthome</b></p> <p style="margin-left:15%;">Make the Home key smarter. When Home is pressed anywhere but at the very beginning of @@ -296,15 +322,15 @@ that beginning (either forwards or backwards). If the cursor is already at that position, it will jump to the true beginning of the line.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset smooth</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set smooth</b></p> <p style="margin-left:15%;">Use smooth scrolling by default.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset softwrap</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set softwrap</b></p> <p style="margin-left:15%;">Enable soft line wrapping for -easier viewing of very long lones.</p> +easier viewing of very long lines.</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set speller</b> <i>spellprog</i></p> @@ -313,100 +339,161 @@ easier viewing of very long lones.</p> <i>spellprog</i> instead of the built-in one, which calls <i>spell</i>.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset suspend</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set statuscolor</b> +<i>fgcolor</i>,<i>bgcolor</i></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Specify the color combination +to use for the statusbar. See <b>set titlecolor</b> for more +details.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set suspend</b></p> <p style="margin-left:15%;">Allow <b>nano</b> to be suspended.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set tabsize</b> <i>n</i></p> +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set tabsize</b> +<i>number</i></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Use a tab size of <i>n</i> -columns. The value of <i>n</i> must be greater than 0. The -default value is 8.</p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Use a tab size of <i>number</i> +columns. The value of <i>number</i> must be greater than 0. +The default value is <b>8</b>.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset -tabstospaces</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set tabstospaces</b></p> <p style="margin-left:15%;">Convert typed tabs to spaces.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset tempfile</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set tempfile</b></p> <p style="margin-left:15%;">Save automatically on exit, don’t prompt.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset undo</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set titlecolor</b> +<i>fgcolor</i>,<i>bgcolor</i></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Enable experimental -generic-purpose undo code.</p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Specify the color combination +to use for the titlebar. Valid color names for foreground +and background are: +<b>white</b>, <b>black</b>, <b>red</b>, <b>blue</b>, <b>green</b>, <b>yellow</b>, <b>magenta</b>, +and <b>cyan</b>. And either "<i>fgcolor</i>" or +",<i>bgcolor</i>" may be left out.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset view</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set view</b></p> <p style="margin-left:15%;">Disallow file modification.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset softwrap</b></p> - -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Enable soft line wrapping for -easier viewing of very long lones.</p> - <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set whitespace</b> <i>string</i></p> <p style="margin-left:15%;">Set the two characters used to -display the first characters of tabs and spaces. They must -be single-column characters.</p> +indicate the presence of tabs and spaces. They must be +single-column characters.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset wordbounds</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set wordbounds</b></p> <p style="margin-left:15%;">Detect word boundaries more accurately by treating punctuation characters as parts of words.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>syntax</b> <i>str</i> -<b>["</b><i>fileregex</i><b>" ... ]</b></p> +<h2>SYNTAX HIGHLIGHTING +<a name="SYNTAX HIGHLIGHTING"></a> +</h2> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Defines a syntax named -<i>str</i> which can be activated via the -−Y/−−syntax command line option, or will -be automatically activated if the current filename matches -the extended regular expression <i>fileregex</i>. All -following <b>color</b> and <b>icolor</b> statements will -apply to <i>syntax</i> until a new syntax is defined.</p> -<p style="margin-left:15%; margin-top: 1em">The <i>none</i> +<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Coloring the +different syntactic elements of a file is done via regular +expressions (see the <b>color</b> command below). This is +inherently imperfect, because regular expressions are not +powerful enough to fully parse a file. Nevertheless, regular +expressions can do a lot and are easy to make, so they are a +good fit for a small editor like <b>nano</b>.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">A separate +syntax can be defined for each kind of file via the +following commands: <b><br> +syntax</b> "<i>str</i>" +["<i>fileregex</i>" ...]</p> + +<p style="margin-left:22%;">Defines a syntax named +<i>str</i> which can be activated via the +<b>−Y</b>/<b>−−syntax</b> command-line +option, or will be automatically activated if the current +filename matches the extended regular expression +<i>fileregex</i>. All following <b>color</b> and +<b>icolor</b> statements will apply to this <i>str</i> +syntax until a new syntax is defined.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em">The <b>none</b> syntax is reserved; specifying it on the command line is the -same as not having a syntax at all. The <i>default</i> +same as not having a syntax at all. The <b>default</b> syntax is special: it takes no <i>fileregex</i>, and applies to files that don’t match any other syntax’s <i>fileregex</i>.</p> +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>linter</b> <i>program</i> +[<i>arg</i> ...]</p> + +<p style="margin-left:22%;">For the currently defined +syntax, use the given <i>program</i> to invoke the linter +(this overrides the speller function when defined).</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>formatter</b> <i>program</i> +[<i>arg</i> ...]</p> + +<p style="margin-left:22%;">For the currently defined +syntax, use the given <i>program</i> to automatically +reformat text. Useful in certain programming languages (e.g. +go).</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>header</b> <i>regex</i> +<b>...</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:22%;">For the currently defined +syntax, add one or more regexes which will be compared +against the very first line of the file to be edited, to +determine whether this syntax should be used for that +file.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>magic</b> <i>regex</i> +<b>...</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:22%;">For the currently defined +syntax, add one or more regexes which will be compared +against the result of querying the <b>magic</b> database +about the file to be edited, to determine whether this +syntax should be used for that file. This functionality only +works when <b>libmagic</b> is installed on the system and +will be silently ignored otherwise.</p> + <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>color</b> -<i>fgcolor</i><b>,</b><i>bgcolor regex</i> <b>...</b></p> +<i>fgcolor</i>,<i>bgcolor</i> "<i>regex</i>" +...</p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">For the currently defined +<p style="margin-left:22%;">For the currently defined syntax, display all expressions matching the extended regular expression <i>regex</i> with foreground color <i>fgcolor</i> and background color <i>bgcolor</i>, 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 <i>bgcolor</i> tells <b>nano</b> to attempt to -use a transparent background.</p> +one of which must be specified. Valid colors for foreground +and background are: white, black, red, blue, green, yellow, +magenta, and cyan. You may use the prefix "bright" +to get a stronger color highlight for the foreground. If +your terminal supports transparency, not specifying a +<i>bgcolor</i> tells <b>nano</b> to attempt to use a +transparent background.</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>icolor</b> -<i>fgcolor</i><b>,</b><i>bgcolor regex</i> <b>...</b></p> +<i>fgcolor</i>,<i>bgcolor</i> "<i>regex</i>" +...</p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Same as above, except that the +<p style="margin-left:22%;">Same as above, except that the expression matching is case insensitive.</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>color</b> -<i>fgcolor</i><b>,</b><i>bgcolor</i> -<b>start="</b><i>sr</i><b>" -end="</b><i>er</i><b>"</b></p> +<i>fgcolor</i>,<i>bgcolor</i> +<b>start=</b>"<i>sr</i>" +<b>end=</b>"<i>er</i>"</p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Display expressions which start +<p style="margin-left:22%;">Display expressions which start with the extended regular expression <i>sr</i> and end with the extended regular expression <i>er</i> with foreground color <i>fgcolor</i> and background color <i>bgcolor</i>, at @@ -417,23 +504,34 @@ is found will be highlighted until the first instance of <i>er</i>.</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>icolor</b> -<i>fgcolor</i><b>,</b><i>bgcolor</i> -<b>start="</b><i>sr</i><b>" -end="</b><i>er</i><b>"</b></p> +<i>fgcolor</i>,<i>bgcolor</i> +<b>start=</b>"<i>sr</i>" +<b>end=</b>"<i>er</i>"</p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Same as above, except that the +<p style="margin-left:22%;">Same as above, except that the expression matching is case insensitive.</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>include</b> -<i>syntaxfile</i></p> +"<i>syntaxfile</i>"</p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Read in self-contained color +<p style="margin-left:22%;">Read in self-contained color syntaxes from <i>syntaxfile</i>. Note that <i>syntaxfile</i> -can only contain <b>syntax</b>, <b>color</b>, and -<b>icolor</b> commands.</p> - -<h2>KEY BINDINGS -<a name="KEY BINDINGS"></a> +can only contain the above commands, from <b>syntax</b> to +<b>icolor</b>.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>extendsyntax</b> <i>str +directive</i> [<i>arg</i> ...]</p> + +<p style="margin-left:22%;">Extend the syntax previously +defined as <i>str</i> to include new information. This +allows you to add a new <i>color</i>, <i>icolor</i>, +<i>magic</i>, <i>header</i>, or <i>linter</i> directive to +an already defined syntax -- useful when you want to add to +definitions from the system-installed syntax definitions +(which are normally not writable).</p> + +<h2>REBINDING KEYS +<a name="REBINDING KEYS"></a> </h2> @@ -443,481 +541,568 @@ bind</b> <i>key function menu</i></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">Rebinds the key <i>key</i> to a new function named <i>function</i> in the context of menu -<i>menu</i>. The format of <i>key</i> should be one of:</p> +<i>menu</i> (or in all menus where the function exists by +using <b>all</b>).</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>unbind</b> <i>key +menu</i></p> + +<p style="margin-left:22%;">Unbinds the key <i>key</i> from +the menu named <i>menu</i> (or from all menus where it +exists by using <b>all</b>).</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;">The format of <i>key</i> should +be one of:</p> <table width="100%" border="0" rules="none" frame="void" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> -<td width="11%"></td> +<td width="15%"></td> <td width="3%"> <p><b>^</b></p></td> -<td width="8%"></td> -<td width="78%"> +<td width="2%"></td> +<td width="80%"> <p>followed by an alpha character or the word "Space". Example: ^C</p></td></tr> <tr valign="top" align="left"> -<td width="11%"></td> +<td width="15%"></td> <td width="3%"> <p><b>M-</b></p></td> -<td width="8%"></td> -<td width="78%"> +<td width="2%"></td> +<td width="80%"> <p>followed by a printable character or the word "Space". Example: M-C</p></td></tr> <tr valign="top" align="left"> -<td width="11%"></td> +<td width="15%"></td> <td width="3%"> <p><b>F</b></p></td> -<td width="8%"></td> -<td width="78%"> +<td width="2%"></td> +<td width="80%"> <p>followed by a numeric value from 1 to 16. Example: F10</p> </td></tr> </table> -<p style="margin-left:11%;">Valid function names to be -bound include: <b><br> -help</b></p> - -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Invoke the help menu.</p> +<p style="margin-left:11%;">Valid <i>function</i> names to +be bound include:</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>cancel</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>help</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Cancel the current command.</p> +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Invokes the help viewer.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>exit</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>cancel</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Exit from the program.</p> +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Cancels the current +command.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>writeout</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>exit</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Write the current buffer to -disk.</p> +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Exits from the program (or from +the help viewer or the file browser).</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>justify</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>writeout</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Justify the current text.</p> +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Writes the current buffer to +disk.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>insert</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>insert</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Insert a file into the current +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Inserts a file into the current buffer (or into a new buffer when multibuffer is enabled).</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>whereis</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>whereis</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Search for text in the current -buffer.</p> +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Searches for text in the +current buffer -- or for filenames matching a string in the +current list in the file browser.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>searchagain</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>searchagain</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Repeat the last search +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Repeats the last search command.</p> -<table width="100%" border="0" rules="none" frame="void" - cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> -<tr valign="top" align="left"> -<td width="11%"></td> -<td width="3%"> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>replace</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Interactively replaces text +within the current buffer.</p> -<p><b>up</b></p></td> -<td width="1%"></td> -<td width="51%"> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>cut</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Cuts and stores the current +line (or the marked region).</p> -<p>Move up in the editor or browser.</p></td> -<td width="34%"> -</td></tr> -</table> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>copytext</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>down</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Copies the current line (or the +marked region) without deleting it.</p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Move down in the editor or -browser.</p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>uncut</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>left</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Copies the currently stored +text into the current buffer at the current cursor +position.</p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Move left in the editor or -browser.</p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>mark</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>right</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Sets the mark at the current +position, to start selecting text.</p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Move right in the editor or -browser.</p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>cutrestoffile</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>cut</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Cuts all text from the cursor +position till the end of the buffer.</p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Cut the current line of text -and store it.</p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>curpos</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>uncut</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Shows the current cursor +position: the line, column, and character positions.</p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Copy the currently stored text -into the current buffer position.</p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>wordcount</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>curpos</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Counts the number of words, +lines and characters in the current buffer.</p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Show the current line, column, -word positions in the file.</p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>speller</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>firstline</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Invokes a spell-checking +program (or a linting program, if the current syntax +highlighting defines one).</p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Move to the first line of the -file.</p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>justify</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>lastline</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Justifies the current +paragraph.</p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Move to the last line of the -file.</p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>fulljustify</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>gotoline</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Justifies the entire current +buffer.</p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Move to a specific line (and -column if specified).</p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>indent</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>replace</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Indents (shifts to the right) +the currently marked text.</p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Interactively replace text -within the current buffer.</p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>unindent</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Unindents (shifts to the left) +the currently marked text.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>left</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>mark</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Goes left one position (in the +editor or browser).</p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Begin selecting text for -cutting or pasting at the current position.</p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>right</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>copytext</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Goes right one position (in the +editor or browser).</p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Copy the currently marked text -without deleting it.</p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>up</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>indent</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Goes one line up (in the editor +or browser).</p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Indent the currently marked -text (shift to the right).</p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>down</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>unindent</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Goes one line down (in the +editor or browser).</p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Un-indent the currently marked -text (shift to the left).</p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>scrollup</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>nextword</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Scrolls up one line of text +from the current position.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>scrolldown</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Scrolls down one line of text +from the current position.</p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Move the cursor to the +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>nextword</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Moves the cursor to the beginning of the next word.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>prevword</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>prevword</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Move the cursor to the +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Moves the cursor to the beginning of the previous word.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>home</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>home</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Move the cursor to the +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Moves the cursor to the beginning of the current line.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>end</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>end</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Move the cursor to the end of +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Moves the cursor to the end of the current line.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>beginpara</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>beginpara</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Move the cursor to the +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Moves the cursor to the beginning of the current paragraph.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>endpara</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>endpara</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Move the cursor to the end of +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Moves the cursor to the end of the current paragraph.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>findbracket</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>prevpage</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Move the cursor to the matching -bracket (brace, parenthesis, etc.) of the one under the -cursor.</p> +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Goes up one screenful.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>scrollup</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>nextpage</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Scroll up one line of text from -the current position.</p> +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Goes down one screenful.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>scrolldown</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>firstline</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Scroll down one line of text -from the current position.</p> +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Goes to the first line of the +file.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>lastline</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Goes to the last line of the +file.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>prevbuf</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>gotoline</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Switch to editing/viewing the +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Goes to a specific line (and +column if specified).</p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>gototext</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Switches from targeting a line +number to searching for text.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>findbracket</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Moves the cursor to the bracket +(brace, parenthesis, etc.) that matches (pairs) with the one +under the cursor.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>prevbuf</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Switches to editing/viewing the previous buffer when using multibuffer mode.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>nextbuf</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>nextbuf</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Switch to editing/viewing the +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Switches to editing/viewing the next buffer when using multibuffer mode.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>verbatim</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>verbatim</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Insert the next character +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Inserts the next character verbatim into the file.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>tab</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>tab</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Insert a tab at the current +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Inserts a tab at the current cursor location.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>enter</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>enter</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Insert a new line below the +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Inserts a new line below the current one.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>delete</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>delete</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Delete the character under the +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Deletes the character under the cursor.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>fulljustify</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>backspace</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Justify the entire current -file.</p> +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Deletes the character before +the cursor.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>wordcount</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>undo</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Count the number of words in -the current buffer.</p> +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Undoes the last performed text +action (add text, delete text, etc).</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>refresh</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>redo</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Refresh the screen.</p> +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Redoes the last undone action +(i.e., it undoes an undo).</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>undo</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>refresh</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Undo the text action peformed -(add text, delete text, etc).</p> +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Refreshes the screen.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>redo</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>suspend</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Redo the last undone action -(i.e., undo an undo).</p> - -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>suspend</b></p> - -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Suspend the editor (if the -suspend function is enabled, see the +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Suspends the editor (if the +suspending function is enabled, see the "suspendenable" entry below).</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>casesens</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>casesens</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Toggle case sensitivity in +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Toggles case sensitivity in searching (search/replace menus only).</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>regexp</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>regexp</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Toggle whether +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Toggles whether searching/replacing is based on literal strings or regular expressions.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>prevhistory</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>backwards</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Toggles whether +searching/replacing goes forward or backward.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>prevhistory</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Show the previous history entry -in the prompt menus (e.g. search).</p> +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Shows the previous history +entry in the prompt menus (e.g. search).</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>nexthistory</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>nexthistory</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Show the next history entry in +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Shows the next history entry in the prompt menus (e.g. search).</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>dontreplace</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>flipreplace</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Toggles between searching for +something and replacing something.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>flipexecute</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Toggles between inserting a +file and executing a command.</p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Switch back to searching -instead of replacing.</p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>flipnewbuffer</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>gototext</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Toggles between inserting into +the current buffer and into a new empty buffer.</p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Search for files matching a -string in the file browser (reading or writing files).</p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>tofiles</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>dosformat</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Starts the file browser, +allowing to select a file from a list.</p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">When writing a file, switch to -writing a DOS format (CR/LF).</p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>gotodir</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>macformat</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Goes to a directory to be +specified, allowing to browse anywhere in the +filesystem.</p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">When writing a file, switch to -writing a Mac format.</p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>dosformat</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>append</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:18%;">When writing a file, switches +to writing a DOS format (CR/LF).</p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">When writing a file, append to +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>macformat</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:18%;">When writing a file, switches +to writing a Mac format.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>append</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:18%;">When writing a file, appends to the end instead of overwriting.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>prepend</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>prepend</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">When writing a file, -’prepend’ (write at the beginning) instead of +<p style="margin-left:18%;">When writing a file, +’prepends’ (writes at the beginning) instead of overwriting.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>backup</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>backup</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">When writing a file, create a +<p style="margin-left:18%;">When writing a file, creates a backup of the current file.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>firstfile</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>firstfile</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Move to the first file when +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Goes to the first file when using the file browser (reading or writing files).</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>lastfile</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>lastfile</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Move to the last file when +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Goes to the last file when using the file browser (reading or writing files).</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>nohelp</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>nohelp</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Toggle showing/hiding the +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Toggles the presence of the two-line list of key bindings at the bottom of the screen.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>constupdate</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>constupdate</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Toggles the constant display of +the current line, column, and character positions.</p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Constantly display the current -line, column, word positions.</p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>morespace</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>morespace</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Toggles the presence of the +blank line which ’separates’ the titlebar from +the file text.</p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Toggle showing/hiding the blank -line which ’separates’ the ’title’ -from the file text.</p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>smoothscroll</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>smoothscroll</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Toggles smooth scrolling (when +moving around with the arrow keys).</p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Toggle smooth scrolling when -moving via the arrow keys.</p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>softwrap</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>whitespacedisplay</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Toggles the displaying of +overlong lines on multiple screen lines.</p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Toggle whether whitespace is -shown.</p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>whitespacedisplay</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>smarthome</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Toggles the showing of +whitespace.</p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Toggle whether the smart home -key function is enabled.</p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>nosyntax</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>autoindent</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Toggles syntax +highlighting.</p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Toggle whether new lines will -contain the same amount of whitespace as the line above.</p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>smarthome</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>cuttoend</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Toggles the smartness of the +Home key.</p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Toggle whether cutting text +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>autoindent</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Toggles whether new lines will +contain the same amount of whitespace as the preceding +line.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>cuttoend</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Toggles whether cutting text will cut the whole line or just from the current cursor position to the end of the line.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>nowrap</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>nowrap</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Toggles whether long lines will +be hard-wrapped to the next line.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>tabstospaces</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Toggles whether typed tabs will +be converted to spaces.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>backupfile</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Toggles whether a backup will +be made of the file to be edited.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>multibuffer</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Toggles the use of multiple +file buffers (if support for them has been compiled in).</p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>mouse</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Toggle whether long lines will -be wrapped to the next line.</p> +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Toggles mouse support.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>suspendenable</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>noconvert</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Toggle whether the suspend +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Toggles automatic conversion of +files from DOS/Mac format.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>suspendenable</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:18%;">Toggles whether the suspend sequence (normally ^Z) will suspend the editor window.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Valid menu -sections are: <b><br> -main</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:11%;">Valid <i>menu</i> sections +are:</p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">The main editor window where -text is entered.</p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>main</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>search</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:18%;">The main editor window where +text is entered and edited.</p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">The search menu (AKA +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>search</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:18%;">The search menu (AKA whereis).</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>replace</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>replace</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">The ’search to +<p style="margin-left:18%;">The ’search to replace’ menu.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>replacewith</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>replacewith</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">The ’replace with’ +<p style="margin-left:18%;">The ’replace with’ menu, which comes up after ’search to replace’.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>gotoline</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>gotoline</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">The ’goto line (and +<p style="margin-left:18%;">The ’goto line (and column)’ menu.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>writeout</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>writeout</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">The ’write file’ +<p style="margin-left:18%;">The ’write file’ menu.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>insert</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>insert</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">The ’insert file’ +<p style="margin-left:18%;">The ’insert file’ menu.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>extcmd</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>extcmd</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">The menu for inserting output -from an external comman, reached from the insert menu.</p> +<p style="margin-left:18%;">The menu for inserting output +from an external command, reached from the insert menu.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>help</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>help</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">The help menu.</p> +<p style="margin-left:18%;">The help-viewer menu.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>spell</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>spell</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">The interactive spell checker +<p style="margin-left:18%;">The interactive spell checker Yes/no menu.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>browser</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>linter</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:18%;">The linter menu.</p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">The file browser for inserting +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>browser</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:18%;">The file browser for inserting or writing a file.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>whereisfile</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>whereisfile</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">The ’search for a +<p style="margin-left:18%;">The ’search for a file’ menu in the file browser.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>gotodir</b></p> - -<p style="margin-left:15%;">The ’go to -directory’ menu.</p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>gotodir</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>all</b></p> +<p style="margin-left:18%;">The ’go to +directory’ menu in the file browser.</p> -<p style="margin-left:15%;">A special name meaning: apply -to all menus where this function exists.</p> +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>all</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>unbind</b> <i>key -menu</i></p> - -<p style="margin-left:15%;">Unbind the key <i>key</i> from -the menu named <i>menu</i> or from all menus by using -<i>all</i>. Same key syntax as for binding. Rebinds the key -<i>key</i> to a new function named <i>function</i> in the -context of menu <i>menu</i>. The format of <i>key</i> should -be one of:</p> +<p style="margin-left:18%;">A special name that encompasses +all menus. For <b>bind</b> it means all menus where the +specified <i>function</i> exists; for <b>unbind</b> it means +all menus where the specified <i>key</i> exists.</p> <h2>FILES <a name="FILES"></a> @@ -925,35 +1110,39 @@ be one of:</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><i>SYSCONFDIR/nanorc</i></p> +<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>/etc/nanorc</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">System-wide configuration -file</p> +file.</p> -<p style="margin-left:11%;"><i>~/.nanorc</i></p> +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>~/.nanorc</b></p> -<p style="margin-left:22%;">Per-user configuration file</p> +<p style="margin-left:22%;">Per-user configuration +file.</p> <h2>SEE ALSO <a name="SEE ALSO"></a> </h2> -<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>nano</b>(1) -<i><br> -/usr/share/doc/nano/examples/nanorc.sample</i> (or -equivalent on your system)</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>nano</b>(1)</p> + + +<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><i>/usr/share/doc/nano/examples/nanorc.sample</i> +(or equivalent on your system)</p> <h2>AUTHOR <a name="AUTHOR"></a> </h2> -<p style="margin-left:11%;">Chris Allegretta -<chrisa@asty.org>, et al (see <i>AUTHORS</i> and -<i>THANKS</i> for details). This manual page was originally -written by Jordi Mallach <jordi@gnu.org>, for the -Debian system (but may be used by others).</p> +<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Chris +Allegretta <chrisa@asty.org>, et al (see +<i>AUTHORS</i> and <i>THANKS</i> for details). This manual +page was originally written by Jordi Mallach +<jordi@gnu.org>, for the Debian system (but may be +used by others).</p> <hr> </body> </html> |