--- nano/nanorc.5 Fri Feb 14 17:49:30 2003 +++ nano-patch/nanorc.5 Fri Feb 14 18:46:31 2003 @@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ 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 @@ 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. Default value -8. .TP \fBset/unset keypad\fP Use alternate keypad routines. @@ -71,16 +74,23 @@ 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. 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 @@ 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.