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.\" Hey, EMACS: -*- nroff -*-
-.\" Copyright (C) 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-.\" Skeleton based on nano-tiny.1:
-.\" Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+.\" $Id: rnano.1 5135 2015-03-08 15:59:15Z bens $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (C) 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.\"
.\" This document is dual-licensed. You may distribute and/or modify it
.\" under the terms of either of the following licenses:
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@
.\" Documentation License along with this program. If not, see
.\" <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
.\"
-.\" $Id: rnano.1 4188 2007-12-08 04:27:44Z dolorous $
-.TH RNANO 1 "version 2.0.0" "August 23, 2007"
+.TH RNANO 1 "version 2.4.0" "March 2015"
.\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
.\"
.SH NAME
@@ -29,18 +28,12 @@ Pico clone
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B rnano
-.I [OPTIONS]\ [[\+LINE,COLUMN]\ FILE]...
-.br
+.RI [ options "] [[+" line , column "]\ " file "]..."
.SH DESCRIPTION
-This manual page briefly documents the \fBrnano\fP command.
-.PP
-.\" TeX users may be more comfortable with the \fB<whatever>\fP and
-.\" \fI<whatever>\fP escape sequences to invoke bold face and italics,
-.\" respectively.
\fBnano\fP 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, \fBnano\fP also implements some
+Pico, the default editor included in the non-free Pine package. On
+top of copying Pico's look and feel, \fBnano\fP also implements some
missing (or disabled by default) features in Pico, such as "search and
replace" and "go to line and column number".
.PP
@@ -48,7 +41,7 @@ replace" and "go to line and column number".
specific files and doesn't allow the user access to the filesystem or a
command shell.
.PP
-In restricted mode, \fBnano\fP will \fInot\fP:
+In restricted mode, \fBnano\fP will \fInot\/\fP:
.IP \[bu] 2
read or write to any file not specified on the command line;
.IP \[bu]
@@ -63,22 +56,13 @@ use backup files or spell checking.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
-.B \+\fILINE\fP,\fICOLUMN\fP
-Places cursor at line number \fILINE\fP and column number \fICOLUMN\fP
-(at least one of which must be specified) on startup, instead of the
-default of line 1, column 1.
-.TP
-.B \-?
-Same as \fB-h (\-\-help)\fP.
-.TP
-.B \-h (\-\-help)
-Show a summary of command line options and exit.
+.BR \-h ", " \-\-help
+Show a summary of command-line options and exit.
.TP
-.B \-V (\-\-version)
+.BR \-V ", " \-\-version
Show the current version number and exit.
.PP
-See the \fBnano\fP(1) manpage for the complete documentation of
-\fBnano\fP.
+See the \fBnano\fP(1) manpage for all of the possible options.
.SH BUGS
Please send any comments or bug reports to \fBnano@nano-editor.org\fP.
@@ -92,7 +76,7 @@ of "subscribe".
http://www.nano-editor.org/
.SH AUTHOR
-Chris Allegretta <chrisa@asty.org>, et al (see AUTHORS for details).
+Chris Allegretta <chrisa@asty.org>, et al (see the file AUTHORS for details).
This manual page was originally written by Thijs Kinkhorst
<thijs@kinkhorst.com>, for the Debian system (but may be used by
others).