From 4220854367f6a7b9f51cfa90433e9e03442e6b8f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@telfort.nl>
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2017 21:08:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] docs: mention that macros work correctly only on terminal
emulators
---
doc/nano.1 | 4 ++++
doc/nano.texi | 9 ++++++---
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/nano.1 b/doc/nano.1
index b835eb06..2394e9ac 100644
--- a/doc/nano.1
+++ b/doc/nano.1
@@ -298,6 +298,10 @@ that is not immediately undone, earlier edits
cannot be undone any more. The workaround is, of course, to exit without
saving.
.sp
+The recording and playback of keyboard macros works correctly only on a
+terminal emulator, not on a Linux console (VT), because the latter is a
+deficient terminal. And it works only with recent versions of ncurses.
+.sp
Please report any other bugs that you encounter via:
.br
\fIhttps://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=nano\fR.
diff --git a/doc/nano.texi b/doc/nano.texi
index aee41480..93c40f68 100644
--- a/doc/nano.texi
+++ b/doc/nano.texi
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ Ignored, for compatibility with Pico.
* Screen Layout::
* Search and Replace::
* Using the Mouse::
-* Limitation::
+* Limitations::
@end menu
@node Entering Text
@@ -552,8 +552,8 @@ Shift key during those actions.
The mouse will work in the X Window System, and on the console when gpm
is running.
-@node Limitation
-@section Limitation
+@node Limitations
+@section Limitations
Justifications (@kbd{^J})
are not yet covered by the general undo system. So after a justification
@@ -561,6 +561,9 @@ that is not immediately undone, earlier edits
cannot be undone any more. The workaround is, of course, to exit without
saving.
+The recording and playback of keyboard macros works correctly only on a
+terminal emulator, not on a Linux console (VT), because the latter is a
+deficient terminal. And it works only with recent versions of ncurses.
@node Built-in Help
@chapter Built-in Help
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