From 47ddfaf44f485404bedfba17a036c716b1c6ae51 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Allegretta <chrisa@asty.org> Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 19:04:32 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added new previous string display to section 4 of faq git-svn-id: svn://svn.savannah.gnu.org/nano/trunk/nano@294 35c25a1d-7b9e-4130-9fde-d3aeb78583b8 --- faq.html | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/faq.html b/faq.html index 26fcbe98..d6b0b951 100644 --- a/faq.html +++ b/faq.html @@ -59,8 +59,11 @@ bucky/meta key doesn't seem to work! What can I do?</a></font> 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><a href="#4.5">4.5 How do I make nano my default editor (in Pine, mutt, -etc.)?</a></blockquote> +<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> +<br><a href="#4.6">4.6 How do I make nano my default editor (in Pine, +mutt, etc.)?</a></blockquote> <h2> <font color="#330000"><a href="#5">5. Internationalization</a></font></h2> @@ -369,8 +372,21 @@ 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> <h2> -<a NAME="4.5"></a>4.5 How do I make nano my default editor (in Pine, mutt, -etc)?</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> + +<blockquote><font color="#330000">In nano version 0.9.20, the default is +to have a completely consistent user interface across all user input +functions. This means that regardless of whether you're being asked for +a filename to insert or write, or a string to search for, the string you +previously entered is already inserted before the cursor. If you +prefer the old behavior, use the pico emulation mode (-p or --pico) or +just hit Meta-P while in nano (see the ^G help text for more details). + +<h2> +<a NAME="4.6"></a>4.6. How do I make nano my default editor (in Pine, +mutt, etc)?</h2> <blockquote>You need to make nano your $EDITOR. If you want this to be saved, you should put a line like this in your <b>.bashrc</b> if -- GitLab