Updated FAQ, updated Spanish and Catalan, added utils.c to translations and
little typo fixes here and there.
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@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@
<insert keystroke here>!</a></font>
<br><font color="#330000"><a href="#4.3">4.3. Nano crashes when I resize
my window. How can I fix that?</a></font>
-<br><font color="#330000"><a href="#4.4">4.4. Why does nano show ^\ and
-^_ in the shortcut list instead of ^G and ^J?</a></font>
+<br><font color="#330000"><a href="#4.4">4.4. Why does nano show ^\
+in the shortcut list instead of ^J?</a></font>
<br><font color="#330000"><a href="#4.5">4.5. When I type in a
search string, the string I last searched for is already in front of
-my cursor! !What happened?!</a></font>
+my cursor! What happened?!</a></font>
<br><font color="#330000"><a href="#4.6">4.6. I get the message "NumLock
glitch detected. Keypad will malfunction with NumLock off." What
gives?</a></font>
@@ -156,8 +156,8 @@
to use interfaces. With the proliferation of GNU/Linux in the mid to
late 90's, many University students became intimately familiar with the
strengths (and weaknesses) of Pine and Pico.</font>
-<p><b><font color="#330000">Then came debian...</font></b>
-<p><font color="#330000">The <a href="http://www.debian.org">debian GNU/Linux</a>
+<p><b><font color="#330000">Then came Debian...</font></b>
+<p><font color="#330000">The <a href="http://www.debian.org">Debian GNU/Linux</a>
distribution, known for its strict standards in distributing truly "free"
software (i.e. had no restrictions on redistribution), would not include
a binary package for Pine or Pico. Many people had a serious dilemma:
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
hero) was yet again complaining to himself about the less-than-perfect
license Pico was distributed under, the 1.0.1 makefiles that came with
it and how just a few small improvements could make it the Best Editor
-in the World (TM). Having been a convert from Slackware to debian,
+in the World (TM). Having been a convert from Slackware to Debian,
he missed having a simple binary package that included Pine and Pico, and
had grown tired of downloading them himself.</font>
<p><font color="#330000">Finally something snapped inside and Chris coded
@@ -177,12 +177,11 @@
(barely usable) Pico clone, at the time called TIP (Tip Isn't Pico).
The program could not be invoked without a filename, could not save files,
had no help menu, spell checker, and so forth. But over time it improved,
-and with the help of a few great coders it matured to the almost stable
+and with the help of a few great coders it matured to the (hopefully) stable
state it is today.
<p><font color="#330000">In February 2001, nano has been declared an
-official GNU program by Richard Stallman. Nano is also nearing its 1.0
-release as of this writing (Valentine's Day 2001).
- </font></blockquote>
+official GNU program by Richard Stallman. Nano also reached it's first
+production release on March 22, 2001.</font></blockquote>
<h2>
<a NAME="1.5"></a><font color="#330000">1.5. Why the name change from TIP?</font></h2>
@@ -267,7 +266,7 @@
<h2>
<a NAME="2.3"></a><font color="#330000">2.3. Debian (.deb) packages.</font></h2>
-<blockquote><font color="#330000">For debian users, you can check out the
+<blockquote><font color="#330000">For Debian users, you can check out the
current nano packages for:</font>
<ul>
<li>
@@ -277,9 +276,9 @@
<font color="#330000"><a href="http://www.debian.org/Packages/unstable/editors/nano.html">unstable</a></font></li>
</ul>
<font color="#330000">Note that versions < 0.9.10 are probably not for
-those wanting to get serious work done, so until the stable distribution
-has an updated version of nano, you are best off using the one in unstable
-for now.</font></blockquote>
+those wanting to get serious work done, so if you are using Debian 2.2, check
+that you have updated to 2.2r3, which comes with nano 0.9.23. If you're
+tracking unstable, you probably have the newest version already.</font></blockquote>
<h2>
<a NAME="2.4"></a><font color="#330000">2.4. By CVS (for the brave).</font></h2>
@@ -367,6 +366,8 @@
<b>--disable-speller</b> Disables spell checker function
<b>--disable-help</b> Disables help function (^G)
<b>--disable-browser</b> Disables mini file browser
+<b>--disable-wrapping</b> Disables all wrapping of text (and -w flag)
+<b>--disable-mouse</b> Disables mouse support (and -m flag)
</pre><br>
There's also the <b>--enable-tiny</b> option which disables everything
above, as well as some larger chunks of the program (like the marker code
@@ -376,6 +377,12 @@
on if you have locale support on your system. And finally there's always
good old <b>strip</b> to strip all debugging code and code that exists in
libraries on your system.
+<p>If, in the other hand, you can't live with bells and whistles, you could
+try:
+<pre>
+<b>--enable-extra</b> Enable extra functions, including easter eggs
+<b>--enable-nanorc</b> Enable use of .nanorc file
+<b>--enable-color</b> Enables color and syntax highlighting
</font></blockquote> <hr WIDTH="100%"> <h1>
<a NAME="4"></a><font color="#330000">4. Running</font></h1>
@@ -395,7 +402,8 @@
<blockquote><font color="#330000">If you aren't trying some bizarre keystroke
combination with some bizarre $TERM entry, chances are you have found a
-bug. You are welcome to submit it to the nano-devel list or
+bug. You are welcome to submit it to the
+<a href="mailto:nano-devel@lists.sourceforge.net">nano-devel</a> list or
to <a href="mailto:nano@nano-editor.org">nano@nano-editor.org</a>.</font></blockquote>
<h2>
@@ -407,19 +415,21 @@
is recommended).</font></blockquote>
<h2>
-<a NAME="4.4"></a><font color="#330000">4.4. Why does nano show ^\ and
-^_ in the shortcut list instead of ^G and ^J?</font></h2>
+<a NAME="4.4"></a><font color="#330000">4.4. Why does nano show ^\ in the
+shortcut list instead of ^J?</font></h2>
-<blockquote><font color="#330000">The help (^G) and justify (^J) functions
+<blockquote><font color="#330000">The help (^G) and justify (^J) function
were among the last to be written. To show the improvements that
nano had over Pico (goto line # and replace), ^_ and ^\ were put on the
-shortcut list. If you use the <b>-p</b> option to nano you
-will get the same shortcuts at the bottom as Pico.</font></blockquote>
+shortcut list. Later, ^G came back in place of ^_ as it proved
+to be very valuable for new UNIX users. If you use the <b>-p</b> option to
+nano (or hit Meta-P) you will get the same shortcuts at the bottom as
+Pico.</font></blockquote>
<h2>
<a name="4.5"><font color="#330000">4.5. When I type in a search
string, the string I last searched for is already in front of my
-cursor! !What happened?!</font></h2>
+cursor! What happened?!</font></h2>
<blockquote><font color="#330000">In nano version 0.9.20, the default is
to have a completely consistent user interface across all user input
@@ -488,7 +498,7 @@
language to write one =-). Just grab the <b>nano.pot</b> file from
the latest and greatest nano distribution (it's in the <b>po/</b> directory)
and translate each line into your native language on the <b>msgstr</b>
-line. Then send it to the nano devel list or <a href="mailto:nano@nano-editor.org">nano@nano-editor.org</a>.</font></blockquote>
+line. Then send it to the <a href="mailto:nano-devel@lists.sourceforge.net">nano-devel</a> list or <a href="mailto:nano@nano-editor.org">nano@nano-editor.org</a>.</font></blockquote>
<h2>
<a NAME="5.2"></a><font color="#330000">5.2. I don't like the translation
@@ -521,7 +531,7 @@
the type of person who likes using the original version of a program, then
Pico is the editor for you. If you're looking for a few more
features and a 'better' license as far as adding your own changes (sacrificing
-mailer integration and a little stability), nano is the way to go.
+mailer integration with Pine), nano is the way to go.
</blockquote>
<h2>
@@ -580,7 +590,7 @@
hosted at <a href="http://www.sourceforge.net">SourceForge</a>, nano-announce
and nano-devel. Nano-announce is a very low traffic list where new
versions of nano are announced (surprise!) Nano-devel is a normally
-low, sometimes very high traffic list for dicussing the present and future
+low, sometimes high traffic list for discussing the present and future
development of nano. Here are links to where you can sign up for
a given list:</font><font color="#330000"></font>
<p><font color="#330000">nano-announce - <a href="http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/nano-announce">http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/nano-announce</a></font>